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MULTI-ELEPHANT HOUSING BY FOSTER The Copenhagen Zoo's new Elephant House by Foster + Partners emerges gently from the surrounding park grounds, its two leaf-patterned glass domes topping walls of pink-hued concrete. At once playful and serious, transparent and solid, this modern menagerie provides both high-quality living conditions for the animals inside and an exciting and interactive visitor experience.
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MODERN PREFAB BY MARMOL RADZINER The Rincon 5 by Los Angeles firm Marmol Radziner recalls the pristine residential architecture of Mies van der Rohe, though this guest house may have more in common with the humble American mobile home.
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COLIN ST. JOHN WILSON - TWO HOUSES British architect Colin St. John "Sandy" Wilson (1922-2007) is best known for designing the British Library (1997) in London, a fraught but ultimately successful project begun in 1962. In Colin St John Wilson: Buildings and Projects, Roger Stonehouse reviews many of Wilson's works, including the Grantchester Road houses and Spring House. In an introduction to the book, drawn from a 1992 essay, Wilson reflects on the state of modernism in the early 1960s. —Editor
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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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More Architecture and Design Galleries with a Glass of Red — Sydney Morning Herald, 2009.0404Frank Lloyd Wright's Legacy Lives in Shapes of Florida Southern College — St. Petersburg Times, 2009.0404 Mets and Yankees Follow Well-Worn Path with New Old Parks — New York Times, 2009.0402 Multi-Elephant Housing — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0401 Architects Bring Value to Residential Design, Especially in Tough Economic Times — Journal of Commerce, 2009.0401 On Violent Ground, a Touch of Beauty — New York Times, 2009.0329 Cornwall's Waterfront Homes — The Times (UK), 2009.0329 Student Housing at Claremont McKenna College Blends Outside with Inside — Chronicle of Higher Education, 2009.0327 A New Neighbor for a Brooklyn Housing Project — New York Times, 2009.0327 Modern Prefab by Marmol Radziner — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0318 In Cambridge, an American Novelist Is House Proud — New York Times, 2009.0317 For Berlin Museum, a Modern Makeover That Doesn't Deny the Wounds of War — New York Times, 2009.0312 Japanese Architecture Not a Model for the US — Softpedia, 2009.0310 Holzman Moss Architecture Designs Performing Arts Center for Francis Marion University — Live Design, 2009.0310 Revolutionary Architecture — Architecture & Design (Australia), 2009.0310 Fogg Architect Describes Plans — Harvard Crimson, 2009.0310 Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Masters Art of Modern Design — Seattle Times, 2009.0308 David Chipperfield Architects' Neues Museum, Berlin — BD, 2009.0306 Lighter-Than-Air Serta Headquarters Floats Above the Landscape — Chicago Tribune, 2009.0306 Building a Beach House in the Snow — International Herald Tribune, 2009.0305 Colin St. John Wilson - Two Houses — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0304 Alvaro Siza: The Epic and the Everyday — BD, 2009.0227 Do Ugly Buildings Deserve Stimulus Funds? — The Plank, 2009.0226 What's the Skinny? — Washington City Paper, 2009.0225 Top Seattle Firm's Designs Don't Intrude — Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2009.0223 Boxy to Bold: A Concert Hall Busts Out — New York Times, 2009.0219 Open-Ended Learning — Metropolis, 2009.0218 Tokyo Swatch by Shigeru Ban — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0218 Accordia Living Is Streets Ahead — Easier Property, 2009.0216 Frank Gehry's Software Keeps Buildings on Budget — New York Times, 2009.0210
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