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About 15 years ago, I met an uncommon and fascinating man. His solid reputation as a scientist and researcher preceded him, a living encyclopedia on plants worldwide — growing in severe and difficult conditions, deprived of light in the shadows of tall trees (where, in contrast to the old saying, there is always something growing), or deprived of nutrients among rocks... Here was a man who was familiar with strolling the Amazon forests and riding under the canopy on a raft.
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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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More Building Culture Home Starts to Fall 47% in 2009 — Business Journal of Milwaukee, 2009.0209Applications Surge at Cooper Union — New York Times, 2009.0209 Peter Bohlin Takes Time to Understand Clients before Putting Designs on Paper — Scranton TImes-Tribune, 2009.0209 A Step to Protect the Fulton Fish Market’S Old Home — New York Times, 2009.0209 From Tobacco Leaves to Wedding Bouquets, 169 Years in the Bronx — New York Times, 2009.0209 Nicole Kidman's House Hits the Fan — Daily Telegraph (UK), 2009.0208 Defining the Buyer of the Future — New York Times, 2009.0208 The Post-War House & the Home of Tomorrow — LAist, 2009.0207 Of Tombs and Treasures — The Australian, 2009.0207 Stimulus Offers $6B Green Boost to Federal Buildings — Washington Business Journal, 2009.0207 Reinvent Wheel? Blue Room. Defusing a Bomb? Red Room. — New York Times, 2009.0206 What Boomers Really Want in Housing — Chicago Tribune, 2009.0206 Home Builders Brace for Another Tough Spring Selling Season — CNN, 2009.0206 Grimm Meeting Place Wins Prize — BD, 2009.0206 Economy Shed 598,000 Jobs in January — New York Times, 2009.0206 State Architect Group Recognizes Louis M. Naidorf, FAIA, with Lifetime Achievement Award — Sacramento dBusiness News, 2009.0205 Stewart McColl: My Rise, Fall and Return — , 2009.0204 Small Architectural Firms Collaborate in Portland — Daily Journal of Commerce, 2009.0204 'Levittown' by David Kushner — Los Angeles Times, 2009.0203 Saving the Suburbs, Part 2 — New York Times, 2009.0203 Habitat for Humanity Founder Built His Dreams, Others' Homes — Washington Post, 2009.0203 Home Builders Hammer Senate about Stimulus Plan — WTHR, 2009.0203 Blue Sky Thinker — RIBA Journal, 2009.0131 Goodbye, McMansions: Americans Buying 'Right-Sized' Homes — Idaho Statesman, 2009.0129 'Depressed' Town Wins Plook Award — BBC News, 2009.0129 Born and Razed: Preservationists Won't Forget Beta House — The Hook, 2009.0129 Classic Cottage May Soon Sail Away — Philadelphia Inquirer, 2009.0128 Restoration Continues on the Mission San Xavier Del Bac — USA Today, 2009.0128 Visions of Utopia: Le Corbusier at the Barbican — Retro to Go, 2009.0128 No Stones Thrown at This House — Sarasota Herald Tribune, 2009.0127
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