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HS#9 by Coop Himmelb(l)au | |
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Maison Carré in Bazoches-sur-Guyonne, France, is a private house by Alvar Aalto which is to a major extent stamped by the owner being an art collector: one could say that it is at the same time a private palais and a gallery.
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The Practice in 20-Dozen Words In 2000 Mike Latham formed Arts Corporation, a multimedia design firm that integrated his varied interests in architecture, art, and technology. The firm serves as the backbone for Latham's work in architecture, furniture design, and product design, and a springboard for his innovative work in sculpture and film.
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"Revolution 9" is a song recorded by the Beatles and released on The White Album in 1968, that heady year when students were demonstrating across Europe, the Vietnam War was at a fever pitch, and Coop Himmelb(l)au was founded in Vienna. The song has been described as the best-known work of avant-garde music and the most disliked moment of any Beatles album.
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On June 17, 1963, the Whitney announced to the public its plans to build a new facility in a new location:
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More Building Culture Maison Carré by Alvar Aalto — ArchitectureWeek, 2011.0831Lauretta Vinciarelli, 1943-2011 — Architect's Newspaper, 2011.0831 Building Art, Practically — Cornell Daily Sun, 2011.0831 Lively, Artsy Barcelona Invites Strolling — Chicago Tribune, 2011.0830 Joseph Passonneau: Architect and Engineer — St. Louis Beacon, 2011.0830 Case-Shiller Index Shows Third Month of Home-Price Increases — Los Angeles Times, 2011.0830 Typography Made Out of Architecture — Design Taxi, 2011.0830 Norman M. Klein on Our Collective Amnesia — Los Angeles Times, 2011.0829 Gigantic Exception to the No Outward Display of Riches Rule — The National, 2011.0829 Less Sprawl, More Density — Haaretz, 2011.0829 The Sunday Conversation: Steven Ehrlich, Architect — Los Angeles Times, 2011.0828 Japanese Island as Unlikely Arts Installation — New York Times, 2011.0828 Energy-Efficient Homes Seem to Sell Faster, Fetch Higher Prices — Los Angeles Times, 2011.0828 Uniting the Old and New in Chinatown — Vancouver Sun, 2011.0827 Gehry's Pleasantly Quirky Tower — Chicago Tribune, 2011.0827 Coping with the Realities of the New Normal — Vancouver Sun, 2011.0827 Seattle Builder Jason Legat Remodels with Family in Mind — Seattle Times, 2011.0827 Quake? Irene? TV Crew Wants to Keep Building in Delaware — Reuters, 2011.0827 Growing Old at Home — Ottawa Citizen, 2011.0827 The Bicycle Muscles In — New York Times, 2011.0826 Nevada Said to Be U.S. Foreclosure Sales Leader — Las Vegas Review Journal, 2011.0826 When Income Is Freelance — New York Times, 2011.0826 Home Mortgage Applications Fall to 15-Year Low — Seattle Times, 2011.0826 Program Helps Low-Income Families Build Homes — Seattle Times, 2011.0826 Two-Family Home: 20th Century Modernist Dwelling in the Middle East — Tablet Magazine, 2011.0826 Disney Allows Reproduction of 'Up' House in Utah — Seattle Times, 2011.0826 Harlem's New Renaissance — Architectural Record, 2011.0825 Letter from Ecuador — Metropolis POV, 2011.0825 A 'Sanctuary' on the Danish Riviera — New York Times, 2011.0824 California Preservation Foundation Opposes Courthouse Demolition — Union, 2011.0824 New-Home Sales in U.S. Drop to Lowest Level in Five Months — Bloomberg, 2011.0823 Delinquent Loans on the Rise Again, a Grim Sign for Housing — Los Angeles Times, 2011.0822 Buffalo Transportation Museum Constructing Wright Gas Station — WNED, 2011.0822 UWS Skyscraper to Be Featured on New Stamp — Gothamist, 2011.0822 After Four Decades, Finishing a Planned City — New York Times, 2011.0819 Gresham, Smith and Partners Working on LAX — Los Angeles Business, 2011.0818 Once a Nation of Homeowners, U.S. Turns to Rentals — Reuters, 2011.0816 Chicago's Wrigley Mansion Facing Foreclosure — Curbed NY (Blog), 2011.0815
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