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Though surely not as great a source of significant contemporary architecture as cultural institutions, places of worship — in one form or another — continue to generate invention and cutting-edge design. The reuse of places of religion for other purposes sometimes poses the problem of deconsecration, with the reticence some users may have when asked to dine or party in a former church.
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The city of Lecce, located in the southern heel of the Italian peninsula, is associated with highly ornate baroque palaces and churches, their facades overlaid with elaborate decorative carvings in the local limestone.
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Early in the design process of the Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center in Grand Teton National Park, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson made several key design decisions that were critical to the success of the project.
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Renzo Piano is known for his finely tuned designs, especially for a refined talent in dovetailing elegant new architecture with an existing context, playing on contextual strengths without duplicating the neighbors. He has achieved this feat once again at the Art Institute of Chicago, where a light-studded new museum wing by Piano opened in May 2009. The Art Institute's new addition is laudable in its intelligent siting, sensitive scale, urban presence, and manipulation of light.
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At the edge of the Pike Street and Pine Street corridor in downtown Seattle is a public transit-oriented neighborhood populated by mixed-use developments. The 40-by-80-foot (12.2-by-24.4-meter) site for the 1310 E. Union Lofts was an infill (midblock) plot, smaller than a typical single-family residential lot in Seattle.
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More Architecture and Design Mayne's Crazy Wave Evokes Lunar Landing, ‘Blade Runner’: Review — Bloomberg, 2009.0917Church of Books — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0916 Viñoly-Designed New York Architecture School Opens — Building (UK), 2009.0916 57th Street Skyscraper Up in the Air — New York Observer, 2009.0915 How to Craft a Better Seattle — Crosscut, 2009.0915 New Yards Design Draws from the Old — New York Times, 2009.0910 Seeking Shangri-La — The Age, 2009.0910 "Jewel in the Park" Opens in Donetsk — Arup Press Release, 2009.0907 New Wave — Financial Times, 2009.0905 Parish Church in Lecce — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0902 Architecture Review: Anaheim's Rail Hub — Los Angeles Times, 2009.0827 A City Dedicated to Books and Print — Financial Times, 2009.0821 In Japan, a House of Steel — New York Times, 2009.0819 Grand Teton Visitor Center — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0819 Mosques and Modernity — Financial Times, 2009.0814 Norman Foster Sweeps Heathrow to the Height of Airport Architecture — Guardian Unlimited, 2009.0814 House Rules — Canadian Architect, 2009.0814 When Creativity Diminishes Along with the Cash — New York Times, 2009.0812 Home Sweet Home — The Australian, 2009.0811 Slow Home: Thoughtful Residential Design as Antidote to Suburban Sprawl — Good Ideas Salons, 2009.0803 Ball-Nogues Makes Architecture for the Moment — Los Angeles Times, 2009.0802 Snowdon Centre Architect's Honour — BBC News, 2009.0801 Ziba Design's New World Headquarters in the Pearl District — Oregonian, 2009.0801 Gap House London by Pitman Tozer Architects — DeZona, 2009.0731 African Bronze — Economist, 2009.0730 Seattle Lofts — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0729 At a Border Crossing, Security Trumps Openness — New York Times, 2009.0727 The Spertus Institute's Brave New Building — Examiner, 2009.0723 Architectural Firms Behind 2010 Venues Win Green Building Awards — Vancouver Sun, 2009.0722 In Thailand, Villa Yin and Villa Yang — New York Times, 2009.0722
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