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HEAVY THINGS SEEM TO FLOAT IN AIR Somewhere between the nostalgic musings of I. M. Pei and the flickering of an independent-minded slideshow, noted Marcel Breuer expert Barry Bergdoll expressed perhaps the most remarkable aspect of Breuer's architecture: "by the end of his career, even heavy things seem to float in air." Bergdoll illustrated his point with a series of striking images in which massive concrete structures balance as if on tiptoe.
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Public urban open space. In the course of one L.A. day, those four little words inspired comparisons to a dining room table, descriptions of a "third revolution," arguments for spatial justice, historical tales of the search for an R-1 residential paradise, and an examination of what being "green" means in a desert.
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Probably the most classic and memorable of New England central-chimney houses had a two-story front and a long roofline sloping down to one story in the rear. It went by several names. Saltbox is the most familiar term, reflecting the look of a once-familiar container.
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More Building Culture Herzog & de Meuron Face Opposition in Hong Kong — Architectural Record, 2008.0206Industrial Designer Viktor Schreckengost Dead at 101 — Metropolis, 2008.0204 Still a Warehouse Wonderland — New York Times, 2008.0203 High and Mighty — Guardian Unlimited, 2008.0202 Built from Scratch on the River's Edge — The Globe and Mail, 2008.0201 New Town Centre for 21st Century in West Dublin — Irish Times, 2008.0131 Army Corps of Engineers Determines Natomas Levees Substandard — Califronia Aggie, 2008.0130 Rem Koolhaas to Redesign Hermitage Museum's Art Displays — Bloomberg, 2008.0130 Wrecking Ball to Swing on Johnson's Ball House? — Architectural Record, 2008.0129 Architects and Designers Propose the Creation of a New National Academy — Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008.0129 Lack of Affordable Housing Affects Health Care, Education — Denver Business Journal, 2008.0128 At Yale, Architects Consider Universities as Patrons — Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008.0128 Builders Oppose Affordable Housing — Modesto Bee, 2008.0128 Welcome to New Mexico. Now Create. — New York Times, 2008.0127 A Campus Serves as a Needed Oasis in a Crowded City — New York Times, 2008.0127 Downsizing Boulder County's Dream Homes — Daily Camera, 2008.0127 Zaha in Human Rights Row over Azerbaijan Project — BD, 2008.0125 In Architecture, as Elsewhere, Sex Sells — The Globe and Mail, 2008.0125 All of America, and Parking Too — New York Times, 2008.0125 Phipps Strives to Be America's Greenest Garden, Receives National Award — Pop City, 2008.0123 Gwathmey Helps Yale Architecture School Icon Re-Emerge — AIArchitect, 2008.0118 Making a Splash — New York Post, 2008.0116 Famed Female Architect Chosen to Design MSU Museum — Detroit Free Press, 2008.0115 Urban Splash and Hammerson to Regenerate Swansea — Architects' Journal, 2008.0115 A Main Street with Real Staying Power — New York Times, 2008.0113 Home Builders with Experience Have Seen This Before — Chicago Sun-Times, 2008.0111 Farrell Blasts Edinburgh Waterfront — BD, 2008.0111 Construction from Calamity — Metropolis, 2008.0109 Fight to Save 'Wonderland' Home — Guardian Unlimited, 2008.0109 Man with a Brilliant Touch — Ottawa Citizen, 2008.0109
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