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RENZO PIANO'S NEW YORK TIMES BUILDING Ask most architects to name the most elemental ingredients of great architecture, and chances are they will say "space and light." But these are not necessarily the first two words that come to mind when thinking about skyscrapers, especially tall buildings in New York City.
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There is something inherently abstract about the government archive. Storage of old records can too easily be seen as a utility function free of aesthetic aspiration. Compared to a classic library program, an archive might be seen as exaggerating the stacks while minimizing the interacting human element. In some archives this tendency leads to the place where the technical function of storage obliterates the impulse for architecture.
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The Torre Agbar, a new tall building from Ateliers Jean Nouvel, in collaboration with b720 Arquitectura, Garcia-Ventosa Arquitectura, and Leopoldo Rodes Arquitecto, thrusts into Barcelona's skyline from the Placa de las Glories, a gritty district that Barcelona's planners have designated "the next big thing," a new center of commercial activity.
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More Architecture and Design The New Terminal Three — New Statesman, 2008.0417Olympic Boom — National Geographic, 2008.0416 Developers Focus on Architecture — Windsor Star, 2008.0415 Get Me Rewrite: A New Monument to Press Freedom — New York Times, 2008.0411 Libeskind's Second American Project Is a Sculpture That Sways — AIArchitect, 2008.0411 Polshek's Newsiest Museum Opens in D.C. — Architectural Record, 2008.0410 Newseum's an Attic Packed with Storied Stuff — Boston Globe, 2008.0405 Chipperfield Arts Quarter Masterplan Wins in Spain — BD, 2008.0404 Scarborough Baptist Church — Canadian Architect, 2008.0404 A House Not for Mere Mortals — New York Times, 2008.0403 The Would-Be Revivalist — New York Times, 2008.0403 An Instant Hangout, Undeniably Splashy — New York Times, 2008.0403 This Diamond Isn't a Gem — Washington Post, 2008.0330 Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Will Be 'Pharaonic' — Spiegel, 2008.0327 Beijing Simmering over 'the Egg' — Los Angeles Times, 2008.0324 Machines for Living — New York Times, 2008.0316 From the High-Rise to the Hutong — Guardian Unlimited, 2008.0312 When the Final Touch Is the Exit Door — New York Times, 2008.0312 Heathrow's Terminal 5 Is Posh Bags Processor — Bloomberg, 2008.0312 Alan Turing Building — Property Confidential, 2008.0311 Rogers’ Ship Comes in at Ching Fu — BD, 2008.0307 Eye-Catching Building Highlights High Line Rebirth — A.M. New York, 2008.0306 Thomas Heatherwick East Beach Cafe By — Cool Hunting, 2008.0305 Koolhaas Lays Out a Grand Urban Experiment in Dubai — New York Times, 2008.0303 Wings of Desire — RIBA Journal, 2008.0301 AIA New Hampshire Announces Annual Excellence in Architecture Awards — AIArchitect, 2008.0229 Medicine Ball by FOA — BD, 2008.0229 A Serious Building, Tailor Made for Fun — New York Times, 2008.0228 1890s Outside, Loftlike Inside — New York Times, 2008.0228 Little House on the Prairie — Canadian Architect, 2008.0226
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