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STANLEY TIGERMAN: ARCHITECT AS CHAMELEON A bedrock belief in the classic theology of modern architecture was that architects always had to be original. Architects were to create a new built world that divested itself from the past, from classical architecture and its decoration, and invent brand-new, innovative buildings. In many ways, for a modern architectural designer, being original could be more important than being good.
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WORLD TRADE CENTER - TENTH ANNIVERSARY As part of our remembrance of the disasters on September 11, 2001, at the World Trade Center in New York, at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and in the Pennsylvania countryside, here is a selection from the ongoing related coverage in ArchitectureWeek over the last ten years.
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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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More Building Culture Breyer Invited to Make a Case for Architecture — New York Times, 2011.1006Shockingly Orange, Invitingly Meandering, Immensely Imposing — New York Times, 2011.1006 Fixer-Upper with Unique Challenge — New York Times, 2011.1006 Renovations Begin on Downtown Naperville Post Office — Napersville Sun Times, 2011.1005 Urban Design Award Gives You a Chance to Vote — The Spec, 2011.1004 Flat Prices but More Manhattan Home Sales — New York Times, 2011.1004 Raskin Says Mortgage Terms Work Against Borrowers, Banks — Bloomberg BusinessWeek, 2011.1004 Confronting Home Affordability in Vancouver — Montreal Gazette, 2011.1004 Surf for Life Puts Central America Tourists to Work — San Francisco Chronicle, 2011.1004 Buying a Brand New Home: Cookie Cutter or Order Made? — Japan Times, 2011.1004 New Homes Must Be Fit for Purpose, Says Leading Architect — Guardian, 2011.1004 Commerical Real Estate: Architects Shift Focus During Downturn — Times Dispatch, 2011.1003 Good Transit Is Ugly Transit — Forbes, 2011.1003 Open House New York Weekend to Unlock Architectural Gems — DNA Info, 2011.1003 Covered in White Brick, and Showing Their Age — New York Times, 2011.1003 Australia Home-Building Approvals Advance for Second Month — Bloomberg BusinessWeek, 2011.1003 A Classical Conference on Postmodernism: Why? — Providence Journal, 2011.1002 Can Michigan Save Its Cities and Their Urban Cores? Traverse City Did — Grand Rapids Press, 2011.1002 Lofty Idea: Apartment Projects Test Demand in Downtown Utica — Utica Observer-Dispatch, 2011.1002 Govt Steps Up Push for Subsidized Residences — China Daily, 2011.1002 Shifting the Suburban Paradigm — New York Times (Blog), 2011.1002 Here Lived Midwest's Medici of Design — Boston Globe, 2011.1002 Architecture as Allegory — Wall Street Journal, 2011.1001 How to Look at a Building — Waikato Times, 2011.1001 An Architectural Whodunit — New York Times, 2011.1001 In Texas, Extending the Miseries of Hurricane Ike — New York Times, 2011.1001 A Seattle Remodel for Modern Living and Period Charm — Associated Press, 2011.1001 Think Southern California Is Unplanned? Think Again — Los Angeles Times, 2011.0930 Pending Home Sales in U.S. Dip. Again. — San Francisco Chronicle, 2011.0930 The Future of the Past — Washington City Paper, 2011.0929 The Call of Converted Barns — New York Times, 2011.0929 Good Time to Lock in a 30-Year Fixed Home Mortgage Rate? — International Business Times, 2011.0929 U.S. August Pending Existing Home Sales: Summary — Bloomberg, 2011.0929 Joplin School Board Approves Construction Timeline — News-Leader, 2011.0928 Engineered Floors Are Getting Serious — New York Times, 2011.0928
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