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PrairieMod (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Former Taliesin Apprentice, John W. Geiger, has undertaken a really exciting website documenting his experiences while working with Frank Lloyd Wright and his personal ideas regarding the geometry behind Wright's architecture. One of the first article explorations of this architectural geometry discusses Wright's Oak Park home. Read more by following the link. Image copyright John W. Geiger
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MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines (Free subscription) | yesterday
Pope Benedict met artists from around the world in the Sistine Chapel and urged them to inject spirituality into their work, saying contemporary beauty was often "illusory and deceitful."
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PrairieMod (Free subscription) | yesterday
The famous Palm Springs, CA architectural gem, the John Lautner-designed Elrod House is on the market...for $13.89 million! The PrairieMod Squad had a chance to see this fantastic residence in person during the Dwell on Design Conference a few years back. See more here. Image via redfin.com
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Famed 101-year-old Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer is reportedly back at work just weeks after surgery for gallstones and an intestinal tumor.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Famed 101-year-old Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer is reportedly back at work just weeks after surgery for gallstones and an intestinal tumor.
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Execupundit.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Theodore Dalrymple discusses the architect as totalitarian : At the exhibition, I fell to talking with two elegantly coiffed ladies of the kind who spend their afternoons in exhibitions. “Marvelous, don’t you think?” one said to me, to which I replied: “Monstrous.” Both opened their eyes wide, as if I had denied Allah’s existence in Mecca. If most architects revered...
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San Diego Union (Free subscription) | yesterday
Famed 101-year-old Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer is reportedly back at work just weeks after surgery for gallstones and an intestinal tumor.
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Timothy Reynold's Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Redding is located in the Sacramento Valley in the shadow of Mt Shasta and is the county seat of Shasta County. It now has a population of approximately 107,741 due to recent annexations. Redding CA real estate is always in demand because of being close to Shasta Lake. Rain falls abundantly in the [...]
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WorkAtHome (Free subscription) | yesterday
Famed 101-year-old Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer is reportedly back at work just weeks after surgery for gallstones and an intestinal tumor.
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No Land Grab (Free subscription) | yesterday
The proposed Atlantic Yards project cast a pall over the celebration between the starchitect who was canned from the project and developer Bruce Ratner during the topping-off ceremony for the Beekman Tower. The New York Observer - Gehry Gets Topped Out in Lower Manhattan By Eliot Brown Developer Bruce Ratner (left) took some time away Thursday from fretting over his planned Atlantic Yards project...
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No Land Grab (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Brooklyn Paper By Michael P. Ventura This article includes a thumbnail history of the proposed Atlantic Yards project and a question as to whether the project (or even just the proposed Nets arena) will ever be built. In 2003, Ratner finally unveiled his plan for Atlantic Yards — a 16-skyscraper residential, hotel, office and commercial complex with a basketball arena at the core. His goal...
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Britney Spears Gossip (Free subscription) | yesterday
What is the rock star world coming to? Rod Stewart is being sued by his own lawyers. So who’s going to defend him? The law firm of Glaser, Weil, Fink, Jacobs, Howard & Shapiro filed the case in Los Angeles. The firm has other celebrity clients including famed architect Frank Gehry and television host [...]
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Plurter Article Sharing (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tiffany & Co. operates an approximately 1,600-square-foot boutique in the Entetsu department store, located at 320-2 Sunayama-cho, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu, a major city on Honshu Island. The boutique’s exterior combines granite and marble with a modern, varicolored glass Tiffany jewellery jewellery and stainless steel details that reflect the Art Deco-inspired façade of Tiffany’s...
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liz level | 08/06/2009
Discover an unparalleled architectural gem, a unique creation that has become Barcelona's most universal symbol. Come and get to know the Sagrada Familia, the pinnacle of Antoni Gaudi's creation, a monumental church comprised of shapes, towers, curves and complex, unique sculptures.