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As China's share of the global limelight grows brighter, it's little surprise that architecture has become one of the country's greatest public relations tools. Signature buildings thrust up all over the place, brash new developments blanket the countryside, and developers' appetites for innovation are hitting extremes. China has always been very much about "face," and with both the Beijing 2008 Olympics and the Shanghai 2010 World Expo on the way, that face is getting a lot of attention.
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The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri, recently underwent a complete overhaul — and the glowing lenses of the new Bloch Building, designed by Steven Holl Architects, are just the tip of the iceberg.
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A jewelry shop designed as a jewel box is certainly not a new idea, but the designers of the Joyeria SH2K shop in Santiago, Chile, have taken it to a new level. Architects Paola Kaiser and Cristóbal Gross have created a ribbon of concrete and glass, crystal and chrome, as a cool, elegant setting for the display of jewels.
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More Architecture and Design An Irish House Hides in Plain Sight — New York Times, 2007.0920Three New Buildings about Communication Are Also Designed to Communicate — New York Times, 2007.0919 A New London Underground — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0917 Sipping from a Utopian Well in the Desert — New York Times, 2007.0916 The Late developersNice, but Can It Wash Itself? — New York Times, 2007.0913 Poles Aim for the High Life — The Times (London), 2007.0908 Bed and Bored — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0903 A Whole New Level — Telegraph, 2007.0902 Pleasure at the Heart of a City — Toronto Star, 2007.0901 New Houses on an Old Land — New York Times, 2007.0829 Two Infusions of Vision to Bolster New Orleans — New York Times, 2007.0828 Welcome to the Future — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0827 Magic Circle — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0821 Architectural Horse Races: Win or Lose, It's Hard Work — International Herald Tribune, 2007.0820 A Museum to Get Lost in, and How Israel Is Fixing It — New York Times, 2007.0812 In City of Ancient Bridges, Dissent over a New One — New York Times, 2007.0812 A Gehry Signature in the Napa Valley — New York Times, 2007.0812 The New English House — Canadian Architect, 2007.0810 Young Modern — Canadian Architect, 2007.0810 Window on the World — Canadian Architect, 2007.0810 With a Hammer, Finding Ghosts in the Glass — New York Times, 2007.0805 Language of Architecture — The Hindu, 2007.0731 Taking the Long View — Seattle Times, 2007.0729 Growing Panes — Brisbane Times, 2007.0727 BMW's Shrine to Horsepower — New York Times, 2007.0727 Learning Curves — San Francisco Chronicle, 2007.0725 Changing Skyline — The Hindu, 2007.0722 Holl-Designed Swiss Embassy Garners RIBA Award — AIArchitect, 2007.0720 Home and hosedHome and Hosed — Brisbane Times, 2007.0715 Akron's Art Museum Addition May Be More Radical Than KC's — Kansas City Star, 2007.0715
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