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POSTCARD FROM SHANGHAI Dear ArchitectureWeek, In the interior design of its own three-story office space in downtown Shanghai, China, completed in April 2006, MoHen Design International emphasizes decorative elements. The reception desk is a glass case lit from the inside, an island of light in a dark space. In the main office and work space, cubicles line two opposite walls. Two long faux-finished tables for collaborative work stretch lengthwise down the middle of the room, flanked by furry, bench-style seats. Task lighting drops from the ceiling.
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THE SUNDANESE HOUSE Three hundred steps lead down to the Sundanese village of Kampung Naga. Here, in this valley of West Java, Indonesia, the people consciously maintain the knowledge of their ancestors and their traditional lifestyles in a close relationship with nature. This philosophy extends to their construction methods using local materials of timber, stone, bamboo, and palm leaves.
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GRAVES IN ROME In 1960, Michael Graves was awarded the American Academy in Rome's prestigious Prix de Rome. Having just completed his graduate studies in architecture, he embarked on a two-year "Grand Tour" that led to a lifelong fascination with the landscape, the culture, and the history of Italy. During this time, Graves was exposed to ideas about architecture that went well beyond his modernist upbringing.
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More Building Culture Will Failing Vision Impair Opera House Improvements? — The Australian, 2007.0320Baskervill and Scott & Goble: IDP Outstanding Firm Award — American Institute of Architects press release, 2007.0320 Preservationists Hope to Save Historic Lakewood Home — Dallas Morning News, 2007.0319 Local Habitat Home Plagued by Mold — Register-Mail, 2007.0319 Foster Buys Out Employees Prior to Sale — Telegraph, 2007.0319 Old Town Revamp Makes the Grade — Scotsman Online, 2007.0319 Hollywood Considers Trust Fund for Affordable Housing — Miami Herald, 2007.0319 Storm over an Ill-Starred Chapel — New York Times, 2007.0318 Fear Stalks Infamous Chicago Housing Project — International Herald Tribune, 2007.0318 Building a Following — Hartford Courant, 2007.0318 Hail the New Golden Age of the Train — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0318 Pop Psychology — New York Times, 2007.0318 Buying with Help from Mom and Dad — New York Times, 2007.0318 Preservation vs. Live and Let Build — New York Times, 2007.0318 Trend Is Toward Smaller Homes — Detroit Free Press, 2007.0318 Structural Integrity — Boston Globe, 2007.0318 Home Sweet Heritage Home — Prince Edward Island Guardian, 2007.0317 At Home Among Rocks — Contra Costa Times, 2007.0317 Great Cathedrals Are 'Catechism in Stone,' Says Architect — Indian Catholic, 2007.0317 Lawyers: Blood-Sucking Devils... — Building Design, 2007.0316 Exhibit Explores Zagreb and Its Transformations — Boston Globe, 2007.0316 London in Crisis as Projects Threatened by Proposed Restrictions — World Architecture News, 2007.0316 Guy Hyde Chick, the Man Behind the House — Berkeley Daily Planet, 2007.0316 Recruiting in the 21st Century — World Architecture News, 2007.0316 ...Or Guardian Angels? — Building Design, 2007.0316 Announcing the Master of Science in Classical Design — Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America, 2007.0315 A Museum Takes Steps to Collect Houses — New York Times, 2007.0315 The Malling of Moscow with a View of the Kremlin — New York Times, 2007.0315 AIA Introduces Contract Documents on Demand — American Institute of Architects press release, 2007.0315 Hawkeye Urbanism — Metropolis, 2007.0314 Living in an Amsterdam Canal House — New York Times, 2007.0314 Tastemakers: Architecture — Forbes, 2007.0314 Architect Property Preserved — Rocky Mountain News, 2007.0313 Housing Bust as Deconstructivist Architecture — City Pages, 2007.0313 Digging for the Roots of American Theater — New York Times, 2007.0311 Making His Mark on the World — The Star (Malaysia), 2007.0311 Holl's Knut Hamsun Center Back on Track — AIArchitect, 2007.0309 The City's New Heart — Toronto Star, 2007.0309 Myths Persist Regarding Merger & Acquisitions — ZweigWhite press release, 2007.0309 Vinoly Defends His "Walkie Talkie" — BD Online, 2007.0309 Sarah Susanka Publishes "The Not So Big Life" — NotSoBigLife.com, 2007.0309 Heritage 'Buffer Zones' Threaten KPF Towers — Building Design, 2007.0309 A Twist in the Tinfoil - Gehry Doing Weisman Addition — Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 2007.0308 Architecture for Humanity Launches Open Architecture Network — Architecture for Humanity press release, 2007.0308 Architect Aalto's Personal Paradise Inspires at London Barbican — Bloomberg, 2007.0308 The ICA&CA Announces Winners of the 2007 Arthur Ross Awards — Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America, 2007.0308 2 Planned Towers Tell of the New Dublin and Ireland — International Herald Tribune, 2007.0306 My Abu Dhabi Adventure — Opinion at Guardian Unlimited (blog), 2007.0305 Breaking the Density Deadlock — Opinion at Governing, 2007.0301
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