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Construction frenzy may have taken hold of Shanghai and Beijing, not to mention China's hundreds of other towns and cities. But for the past ten years, Hong Kong has floated behind serenely, like a successful, rather conservative older cousin. Still, there are signs that the city is developing something that other Chinese cities lack: public discourse. Its first architecture biennale, running through March 15, 2008, headlines a growing public interest in the built environment.
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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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More Building Culture Martin Pawley — Slate, 2008.0312We Can Help Change in China Say Architects Herzog and de Meuron — The Times (London), 2008.0312 High Society Outshines High Modernism — Architectural Record, 2008.0311 Life and Death of an Urban Recluse — Helsingin Sanomat, 2008.0311 Martin Pawley — Guardian Unlimited, 2008.0311 Fire Won't Halt Vision for Historic IBM Building — San Jose Mercury News, 2008.0311 Architects Burdened by Leadership — HD Magazine, 2008.0310 Scholarship for Urban Wood — Open PR, 2008.0310 Cities on the Edge of Chaos — Guardian Unlimited, 2008.0309 Neighbors Strive to Stay Out of the Shadows — Boston Globe, 2008.0309 Look! It's the Brand New Face of China — Guardian Unlimited, 2008.0309 The Ascent of Manhattan — Financial Times, 2008.0308 Modernism for the Masses — Arizona Republic, 2008.0308 TWA Corporate Headquarters Rockets to New Use — AIArchitect, 2008.0307 Preserving Kahn’S Bath House — AIArchitect, 2008.0307 Preserving Modern Architecture in the Postmodern World — AIArchitect, 2008.0307 Saving Our Future by Building on Our Past — AIArchitect, 2008.0307 Street of Dreams May Go on -- Eventually — Herald Net, 2008.0306 Victoria Square 'New Era for NI' — BBC News, 2008.0306 Frank Lloyd Wright's Darwin Martin House Soon Will Have Visitors Center — Buffalo News, 2008.0306 An Old Friend of Ancient Wood — New York Times, 2008.0306 Richard Rogers Talks about His Aspirations for London — Architects' Journal, 2008.0305 Church Has Cost of Cross to Bear — The Oregonian, 2008.0305 UW Building Is Hot, but Is It Historic? — Seattle Times, 2008.0304 10 Great Buildings to See in NYC — CNN, 2008.0303 What's a Historic House You Can't Enter in Style? — New York Times, 2008.0302 The Office as Architectural Touchstone — New York Times, 2008.0302 Second Life — New York Times, 2008.0302 Cheap and Efficient: Capital's New Subway Route — Guardian Unlimited, 2008.0301
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