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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 Architects' and Engineers' Hourly Rates Are on the Rise — ZweigWhite press release, 2007.0530Frank Gehry's Buildings Seem to Be from Another Planet — The Times (London), 2007.0529 Frank Lloyd Wright Was Teacher, Subject in One Classroom — KTAR, 2007.0528 Opposing the Architects of the Occupation — Haaretz, 2007.0528 Michael Lee-Chin Crystal Wins Award — Canadian Architect, 2007.0528 It's Spring. Somebody Tell the Buyers. — New York Times, 2007.0527 In a City Known for Renters, Record Number Now Own Homes — New York Times, 2007.0527 A Slice of Relaxed Life, Sandwiched by Parks — New York Times, 2007.0527 Fighting Off Foreclosure — New York Times, 2007.0527 UK Housing Market Hits Tipping Point — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0527 Trouble on the Home Front — Telegraph, 2007.0527 Bird's Eye View from a Home Up Among the Branches — The Independent, 2007.0527 State Board Objects to 83-Year-Old's Role, but Legislature Intervenes — Kansas City Star, 2007.0527 Housing Answers Sought — The Desert Sun, 2007.0527 Shattering the Glass Ceiling — Haaretz, 2007.0527 On the Hill, a Heap of Trouble — Washington Post, 2007.0527 Foster’S Staff Force Inquiry into Trust Fund — U.K. Times, 2007.0527 Plans Underway to Preserve Frank Lloyd Wright's Lakeland Legacy — my Fox Tampa Bay, 2007.0527 A Tour with Head Tilted Up — New York Times, 2007.0527 Sanibel 'Spider' — The News-Press, 2007.0527 Allsopp May Have Wright Touch — Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, 2007.0527 Reinventing the Wheel — Wall Street Journal, 2007.0526 Festival of Britain: Model for Today's South Bank or Awful Warning? — Telegraph, 2007.0526 UConn Dorms: Occupied, Uninspected — Hartford Courant, 2007.0526 Labour Raps Hodge over Call to House 'Britons First' — Independent Digital, 2007.0526 Architect Hits the Roof over Plan to Turf Grass — Sydney Morning Herald, 2007.0526 Big Names Urge Israelis to End 'Oppressive' Works — Building Design, 2007.0525 The Tuscany Life, in Croatia — New York Times, 2007.0525 Sandy Wilson: A Passionate Champion of Democratic Space — Building Design, 2007.0525 Rome Prize Winners Announced — Interior Design, 2007.0524 In Search of Taiwan's Pagodas — Providence Journal, 2007.0524 Shortfall in Engineering Talent Pipeline and Ways to Fill It — Bentley Systems, Incorporated press release, 2007.0523 Running on Empty — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0523 'We Are Not Relief Workers' — Daily Commcercial News and Construction Record, 2007.0523 More Sophisticated Planning Needed to Survive Disaster — Chicago Tribune, 2007.0523 Living History in St. Petersburg — New York Times, 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 Sex and the City, Pregnancy and the Suburb? — Planetizen, 2007.0521 Living Larger, and Drawing Fire — New York Times, 2007.0520 1940s Communal Living in a Wright-Planned Utopia — New York Times, 2007.0520 Demise of Ancient People a Harbinger for Valley — Arizona Republic, 2007.0520 South Africa's Valley High — New York Times, 2007.0520 Exhibitions Honor Architect Who Sees Dandelions in the Sky — Asahi, 2007.0519 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
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