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Dear ArchitectureWeek, Greetings from New Orleans!
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At a time when the stylistic vogue in Europe was moving from Arts and Crafts into what became known as Modernism, out in the far West of America a talented and remarkable architect was expressing a special regional style that also continues to resonate strongly. And her name was not Frank.
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While most glass artists treat their medium with care, one of them deliberately shatters it. Cyprus-born, London-based Yorgos Papadopoulos has developed an edgy art form that is attracting international attention. His work exploits the crystalline forms of broken glass and mixes in bold combinations of color to create provocative art panels.
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More Building Culture Russell Johnson, Who Transformed the Sound in Concert Halls, Dies at 83 — New York Times, 2007.0810Take a Walking Tour of Berkeley's Best Art Deco — Berkeley Daily Planet, 2007.0810 Gothic's Moral Superiority — Economist, 2007.0809 Battle for the Big Apple — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0809 Designing Woman: Kristina Andresen — Santa Monica Mirror, 2007.0809 Historic New London House Gets Reprieve from Wrecking Ball — The Day, 2007.0809 Netherlands Architecture Institute Presents ‘Architecture with Mission’ — Huliq, 2007.0809 Little Building Defies Beijing's Olympic Ambitions — New York Times, 2007.0809 Housing Scene in Turmoil — Seacoast Online, 2007.0807 Palo Alto Council Approves Affordable Housing Project — San Jose Mercury News, 2007.0807 Lowered Ceiling on Rent Planned — Missourian, 2007.0807 Affordable No More — Edmonton Journal, 2007.0807 HUD Takes over Miami-Dade Housing Agency — Local 10, 2007.0807 Gov't Urged to House the Needy Amid Soaring Housing Prices — Xinhua, 2007.0806 The City Is Their Laboratory — Village Voice, 2007.0806 Voter-Approved Urban Limit Line Faces Challenges — Contra Costa Times, 2007.0806 The Rich Will Get Richer; the Poor Will Move Away — Sydney Morning Herald, 2007.0806 Steel Will Be Studied in Minneapolis Bridge Collapse — Purchasing, 2007.0806 Zaha Hadid Recalls Life in Baghdad, Revs Up for China, Russia — Bloomberg, 2007.0806 Why Retreat on Affordable Housing Ordinance? — Opinion at Sacramento Bee, 2007.0805 Architectonic Debate — Philippine Daily Inquirer, 2007.0805 Is Santa Fe Ready for a Makeover? — New York Times, 2007.0805 Inflation Set to Rise in Aftermath of Floods — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0805 Pedaling through a City Reborn — New York Times, 2007.0805 Modernist Master's Deceptively Simple World — New York Times, 2007.0805 Even a Master Needs Help Sometimes — New York Times, 2007.0805 Brazil's Colossus of Concrete — Taipei Times, 2007.0805 Affordable Housing Doesn't Have to Mean Projects — Newsday, 2007.0805 Home Repossessions Soar to Eight-Year High — Telegraph, 2007.0804 Housing Strategy? I'd Call It Futile Fiddling — Opinion at The Times (London), 2007.0804 Surviving Urban Renewal — New York Sun, 2007.0803 Enough Already — The Age (Australia), 2007.0803 Was Bath Right to Reject the Holburne Museum Scheme? — BD Online, 2007.0803 You Can Go Your Own Way (Sometimes) — Telegraph, 2007.0731 Now You Own It, Soon You Don't? — New York Times, 2007.0729 We Need Dense, Affordable Housing in the Heart of the City — Opinion at Los Angeles Times, 2007.0726
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