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POSTCARD FROM PUCON Dear ArchitectureWeek, Traveling in southern Chile recently, I was delighted to discover a lovely hotel in Pucon. Situated on a steep wooded hill overlooking Lago Villarica, the Hotel Antumalal is more than a hotel; it is an architectural experience. With a backdrop of snowcapped mountains, the small intimate hotel is surrounded by acres of beautiful gardens.
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NEW SACRED SPACE Chartres Cathedral in France is the "thought of the middle ages made visible," according to art historian, Emile Male. Through sculpture, stained glass windows, and high arches, it is understood as encapsulating an essence of the Christian spiritual mind of the time. Today, in an increasingly secularized world confronted with diversity, confusion, and a continued decline in church attendance, is there still a need for sacred architecture? If so, what is its contemporary expression?
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SAVING THE TAJ MAHAL Cities are often symbolized by their prominent buildings. For example, it is hard to contemplate Sydney without thinking of the Opera House by Jørn Utzon or Barcelona without recalling the works by Antoni Gaudí.
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More Building Culture In Search of Taiwan's Pagodas — Providence Journal, 2007.0524Shortfall in Engineering Talent Pipeline and Ways to Fill It — Bentley Systems, Incorporated press release, 2007.0523 'We Are Not Relief Workers' — Daily Commcercial News and Construction Record, 2007.0523 Savannah Adds to the Master Plan of 1733 — New York Times, 2007.0523 Fire Damages Building That Survived 1889 Great Seattle Fire — Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2007.0522 Fire House Design Still Alarms BAR — Leesburg Today, 2007.0522 The Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) - Kunstler — Atlantic Free Press, 2007.0521 Price, Place Key — Clarion Ledger, 2007.0521 Sex and the City, Pregnancy and the Suburb? — Planetizen, 2007.0521 Urban Rebirth — Philadelphia Inquirer, 2007.0521 Home Loans Edge Downwards — FindaProperty, 2007.0521 Neglected Shuter Townhouses Collapse — Torontoist, 2007.0520 Addicted to Ideas — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0520 Graves to Discuss Work, City — Louisville Courier-Journal, 2007.0520 Why Spend £10m on a House, Only to Knock It Down? — U.K. Times, 2007.0520 A History Set in Stone — Telegraph, 2007.0520 1940s Communal Living in a Wright-Planned Utopia — New York Times, 2007.0520 Condos Tighten the Rules — New York Times, 2007.0520 South Africa's Valley High — New York Times, 2007.0520 Living Larger, and Drawing Fire — New York Times, 2007.0520 Demise of Ancient People a Harbinger for Valley — Arizona Republic, 2007.0520 Housing Plan Turns Disney Grumpy — New York Times, 2007.0520 Adding Bargains to the Housing Mix — New York Times, 2007.0520 Waterfront Wrangle — New York Times, 2007.0520 The Rewards of Life on the Edge — Telegraph, 2007.0520 Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Presents 16 Awards — Yahoo News, 2007.0519 Sir Colin St John Wilson — Independent Digital, 2007.0519 Moscow Replicas Mock Russia's Past, Says Save — Building Design, 2007.0518 Koolhaas, Foster Clash over "Similar" Designs — Building Design, 2007.0518 Giorgio Cavaglieri, Urban Preservationist, Dies at 95 — New York Times, 2007.0518 A New Recipe for Social Housing — Building Design, 2007.0518 Koolhaas, Foster Clash over 'Similar' Designs — BD Online, 2007.0518 NCARB Survey Indicates 112,650 Registered Architects in the U.S. — AIArchitect, 2007.0518 The View from Atop Taipei 101 — Providence Journal, 2007.0517 Call to End 'Housing Obesity' — The Age, 2007.0517 The New Face of Fosters — World Architecture News, 2007.0517 Yorkshire Company to Transform Welsh Castle into Five Star Hotel — PR Newswire, 2007.0516 Soviet Architects and Their Edifice Complex — New York Times, 2007.0516 Modernist Gem for Sale to the Highest Bidder — New York Times, 2007.0516 1,030 New Homes in Blaine Proposal — Bellingham Herald, 2007.0516 New Building Science and Technology Program at TU Vienna — Vienna University of Technology, 2007.0516 Architect Defends Controversial Prague Library Design — SAWF News, 2007.0515 Innovative Skyscrapers on the Rise Worldwide — Philadelphia Inquirer, 2007.0514 Curator Casts a Fresh Eye on Architecture's Past at MoMA — New York Times, 2007.0514 Improving Gateway National Park by Design — New York Times, 2007.0513 Foster's Design for His Future — Telegraph, 2007.0513 Built to Last, and Lasting — New York Times, 2007.0512 Coverings Exhibitors Continue Contribution Tradition — Floor Covering Installer, 2007.0511 Delegates Vote to Expand the Scope of AIA Membership — AIArchitect, 2007.0511 AIA College of Fellows Inducts 2007 Class — AIArchitect, 2007.0511 Gottfried Bohm Sketches — Wallpaper, 2007.0510 Deutsche Bank Creates Award for Solving Urban Problems — Bloomberg, 2007.0504
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