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The new Swatch flagship store in Tokyo's Ginza district immediately stands out from the surrounding high-end fashion boutiques on this densely packed street. There is no doorway, no visible sign, and no glass storefront. Instead, a towering four-story void in the streetscape seems to signify a civic-scale entry.
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YALE ART AND ARCHITECTURE BUILDING The Yale Art and Architecture building in New Haven, Connecticut, designed by legendary architect Paul Rudolph and completed in 1963, is now close to how its architect intended it to be, after a 45-year journey through celebration, fire, indifference, and abuse. One of the most iconic architecture school buildings in the world, the object of a love-hate relationship with those who have known it, has found new repose amid a complex mixture of adoration, restoration, and exhilaration.
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Durability through transformation. That was the architects' vision for the DOK Library Concept Center in Delft, the Netherlands. The multimedia library occupies part of the overhauled Hoogovenpand, a 1970s mixed-use building facing a public square. Architects Liesbeth van der Pol of Dok architects (no relation) and Aat Vos of Aequo BV revitalized the gloomy building, creating the library space among existing commercial and residential functions.
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In Cologne, Germany, a city ravaged by World War II, the Kolumba Art Museum embraces and preserves centuries of culture and pays poetic tribute to the layers of civilization unearthed on its site. Designed by reclusive Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, the museum provides a stunning exception to the city's drab urban landscape built after the war.
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More Architecture and Design Tokyo Swatch by Shigeru Ban — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0218Open-Ended Learning — Metropolis, 2009.0218 Accordia Living Is Streets Ahead — Easier Property, 2009.0216 Frank Gehry's Software Keeps Buildings on Budget — New York Times, 2009.0210 Calling in the Architects Was Worth the Cost — The Times (UK), 2009.0208 Striped with Light — New York Times, 2009.0205 Yale Art and Architecture Building — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0204 The Shipping Container as Building Block — New York Times, 2009.0131 Porsche Defies Crisis as Spyder, 911 Get $130 Million Museum — Bloomberg, 2009.0129 Delft Media Library — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0128 Porsche Museum Set to Open January 31st — Auto Spies, 2009.0122 Queens Theatre-in-the-Park Continues Spirit of Philip Johnson's Cylindrical Geometries — AIArchitect, 2009.0121 For Intimate Music, the Boldest of Designs — New York Times, 2009.0120 Hoddinott Hall, a Playground in Finest Oak — , 2009.0120 A Modernist Inn, Built from Scratch — New York Times, 2009.0118 Buschow Henley's Concrete Knowledge — BD, 2009.0116 Modern on the Inside — Globe and Mail, 2009.0116 Change You Can Only Imagine — New York Times, 2009.0116 24 Rooms Tucked into One — New York Times, 2009.0115 Doha, Qatar, a New Arts Capital — New York Times, 2009.0111 Library: A Blend of Technology and Tradition — Darien News, 2009.0108 Star-Studded Short List for U.S. Embassy in London — Chicago Tribune, 2009.0107 Kolumba Art Museum — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0107 Libeskind Flags 9/11, Spurned Master Plan in New Condo Tower — Bloomberg, 2009.0105 Four New High-Rises Stroke Civic Egos, with Style — Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2009.0105 Well-Anchored Design — Baltimore Sun, 2009.0104 Taubman Museum of Art Opens — AIArchitect, 2008.1219 Wing Luke Asian Museum Retells the Stories of Seattle's Asian Immigrants — AIArchitect, 2008.1219 Predock's Architecture School — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.1217 Coming Clean in the Inner City — Los Angeles Times, 2008.1215
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