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POSTCARD FROM VANCOUVER Dear ArchitectureWeek, I was delighted to visit the Vancouver Public Library, in Vancouver, British Columbia, designed by Israeli-Canadian architect Moshe Safdie. On the surface, the 1995 library seems to be a postmodern homage to the Roman Colosseum. The form and facade work together to render the building a good neighbor in downtown Vancouver, aided by active public plazas on two corners. But it is the interior that really sets this building apart.
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DOMINUS IN DEPTH Almost ten years ago, the Dominus Estate Winery was one of Herzog and de Meuron's first works in the U.S. to catch critical attention. To understand the design approach of this Pritzker and Stirling Prize-winning firm, and more importantly in terms of the architecture itself, it is worth taking a closer look.
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HOLISTIC LIBRARY The mechanistic worldview underlying contemporary architecture separates elements and creates an environment of autonomous fragments. The result is cities like Brasilia in Brazil, Chandigarth in India, the satellite towns in England and the new neighborhoods around Jerusalem, where the structured disconnection between the house and the street, the street and the neighborhood, the neighborhood and the city arouses a feeling of detachment and alienation.
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More Architecture and Design Grand Design That's a Family Favourite — Telegraph, 2007.0712The World's Most Ambitious Projects — The Times (London), 2007.0710 MIT Architects Design Building with 'Digital Water' Walls — MIT News, 2007.0710 For Paris, the Newest Look Is a Canopy — New York Times, 2007.0707 David Mihkail's Richmond House: Minimal Quibbles — BD Online, 2007.0706 Top Architecture Saluted by AIA at Awards Program — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2007.0702 Rising Out of a Tuscan Hillside, a £7m Wine Cellar by Renzo Piano — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0702 From Architect to 'Starchitect' — , 2007.0627 On Architecture: It's the Little Things — Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2007.0625 Southern Cross Wins Architecture Award — The Age, 2007.0624 The Winners of the 2007 RIBA Awards — BD Online, 2007.0623 Crisis in Public Design, Says Jury — Sydney Morning Herald, 2007.0622 Chipperfield Unveils Turner Contemporary Design for Margate — BD, 2007.0621 New York Law to Expand by Staying Put — New York Times, 2007.0620 Hines + Nouvel = More Moma — Slatin Report, 2007.0619 London's Cool New Courtyards — Telegraph, 2007.0614
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