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Bubble lights vintage ad calendarIt's calendar season, and design fans have lots of options: Taschen's celebration of Antoni Gaudi , Pentagram's popular typographic extravaganza for font freaks, and Blue Ant Studio's annual (and free) print-it-yourself calendar depicting... |
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David Axelrod on Obama's Presidential Style...called the White House "the great white jail." John F. Kennedy conceded that the job was a lot tougher than he had expected. Thomas Jefferson described the presidency as "a place of splendid misery." Last spring , as he moved to end the... |
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Deseret News | 2 days ago
Talk about faith, scholar tells BYU
...criticism due to their religious beliefs. In the election of 1800, John Adams , with his Calvinistic roots, attacked challenger Thomas Jefferson and his alleged atheism. "It was a serious fight," Feldman said in his forum address.
In this article: BYU, Thomas Jefferson, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Catholic Church, Mitt Romney, John F. Kennedy, E mail, J. Reuben Clark Law School, and New York Times Magazine
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Cool Hunting | 2 days ago
Frank Gehry : The Houses
Frank Gehry : The Houses by CH Contributor Beginning with an insightful quote, Rizzoli's newest architectural book Frank Gehry : The Houses illustrates his philosophy that "You can learn from the past, but you can't continue to be in the...
In this article: Frank Gehry, Philosophy, Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and Finland
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USATODAY.com | 3 days ago
Few call Venice home, but it's not history yet
...critical of such projects as the new Calatrava Bridge over the Grand Canal. Building the bridge, designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava , ran well over projected costs while doing little to ease the lives of average Venetians.
In this article: Venetians, Grand Canal, La Fenice, All rights reserved, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Santiago Calatrava, and USA Today
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L.A. Times - Lakers Blog | 3 days ago
Your Lakers medical update
...Champ. Again, the message is stay focus on the prize. I'm sure Pau is very familiar with the life of the Spanish Catalan hero, Antoni Gaudi. He battled rheumatism, ridiculed by his peers, lured by Barcelona politicians, avoided...
In this article: Kobe Bryant, Lakers, Luke Walton, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum, Phil Jackson, The Road, Antoni Gaudi, and UPS
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The Cavalier Daily | 5 days ago
The right kind of reading
...editorials are those things printed on the left hand side of the editorial page, beneath the picture of Jefferson 's statue, beneath a Jefferson quote about reason and truth and error, and beneath a list of The Cavalier Daily's leaders. The...
In this article: Thomas Jefferson, The Cavalier Daily, United States, Virginia Military Institute, Thomas Jackson, Virginia, and The Wall Street Journal
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washingtonpost.com | 6 days ago
Opposition: Iran rulers more brutal than shah
...to the streets last week on the sidelines of state-sanctioned rallies to mark the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover. Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi , who lead the protest movement rejecting the legitimacy of President...
In this article: Iran, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahdi Karroubi, Islam, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Democracy, Pahlavi regime, Twitter, and Facebook
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Colorado Springs Gazette | 6 days ago
Book lets gardeners dig into Wright's style
...can share this story and discover new Web pages. Book lets gardeners dig into Wright 's style November 14, 2009 8:05 AM Although Frank Lloyd Wright is renowned as an architect, his "remarkable gift for landscape design and the beautiful...
In this article: Frank Lloyd Wright, Taliesin, Fallingwater, Illinois, Oak Park, Taliesin, Taliesin West, Arizona, and Pennsylvania
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Times Online | 7 days ago
Architecture: hail the new puritanism
...and the Guggenheim in Bilbao. But Caruso St John soon disabused them of that silly notion. "You try and get to the root of what they mean. A Santiago Calatrava building, or something like that," Adam Caruso says. "And then you try to explain...
In this article: Caruso St John, Will Alsop, Nottingham Contemporary, Recession, Peter Zumthor, Nottingham, and University of Derby
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Boston Globe -- Travel | 7 days ago
Chinese-Americans' history ascends new stages
...and the San Francisco skyline. Below, a permanent exhibit at the Museum of Chinese in America. (Photos By Bob Chamberlin/Los Angeles Times; Maya Lin Studio/Moca (Below) Text size - + Between 1910 and 1940, a million immigrants passed...
In this article: Maya Lin, Chinatown, Angel Island, United States, San Francisco, and Lafayette Street
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Telegraph.co.uk - Travel | 7 days ago
Salford: Phoenix of the north
...to the Lowry Hotel , which dominates a riverside piazza and modern apartment blocks, all very much of the moment and linked to Manchester via Santiago Calatrava's elegantly structured footbridge over the River Irwell. Having checked in, I set...
In this article: Salford, Lowry Hotel, Friedrich Engels, Phoenix, Imperial War Museum North, and Manchester Ship Canal
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Kansas City Star | November 13, 2009
Iran to try brother-in-law of opposition leader
The opposition has denounced the arrest of Shapour Kazemi as an attempt to pressure opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi. Kazemi , the brother of Mousavi 's wife, was arrested in June as security forces crushed pro-reform protests that...
In this article: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran, Tehran, IRNA, Zahra Rahnavard, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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Las Vegas Sun | November 12, 2009
A place to buy a piece of CityCenter style
...events and an advisory service, is scheduled to open in December and feature works mostly by the artists and architects of CityCenter. Maya Lin , Jenny Holzer , Nancy Rubins and Richard Long are among the artists featured in the $40 million...
In this article: Helmut Jahn, Daniel Libeskind, Cesar Pelli, and Jenny Holzer
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Chicago Tribune | November 11, 2009
Irish developer of the Chicago Spire countersues Bank of America, alleging fraud
...Drive remains a hole in the ground. Many of the firms that worked on the project have filed liens against Shelbourne, including Spire architect Santiago Calatrava , who is seeking payment of more than $11 million. While in Chicago last month,...
In this article: Bank of America Corp., Garrett Kelleher, Chicago Spire, Santiago Calatrava, Shelbourne Development Group Inc., Chicago, Allegation, Lien, Recession, and Tax
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TIME | November 11, 2009
A Talk With: Thom Mayne
...went through probably a dozen iterations. And you bring the client along. I think a lot of people have the Frank Lloyd Wright model in their brains. The architect comes in with this act of creation and lays it down and that's it. But that's...
In this article: Thom Mayne, Cooper Union, New York, East Village, Pritzker Prize, Columbia University, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Manhattan
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NBC | November 11, 2009
Countersuit Filed in Spire Saga
...$4.9 million in a loan personally guaranteed by Shelbourne and Kelleher. The 2,000 foot, 150 story Spire is designed by architect Santiago Calatrava , whose work can also be seen in Milwaukee , with the Quadracci Pavilion addition to the...
In this article: Bank of America, Santiago Calatrava, Shelbourne Development, Filed, Lien, Irish Independent, Chicago Spire, and Milwaukee Art Museum
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chicagotribune.com - Business | November 11, 2009
Spire developer fires back at Bank of America
...hole in the ground. Many of the firms that worked on the project have filed liens against it. That list includes Spire architect Santiago Calatrava , who is seeking payments of more than $11 million. While in Chicago last month, Calatrava said...
In this article: Bank of America Corp., Santiago Calatrava, Garrett Kelleher, Chicago, Lien, Recession, and Shelbourne Development Group Inc.
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Independent.co.uk - World | November 07, 2009
The city that went to war on advertising
...tall, undistinguished buildings that cluster round the entrancing Copan Building, the world's most beautiful skyscraper, designed by Oscar Niemeyer. They lurk on the eight-lane urban motorways. Their people keep a watch on the shopping...
In this article: Sao Paulo, Gilberto Kassab, Jesus Christ, London, Brasilia, Sandwich, Unemployment, God, and Oscar Niemeyer
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Reuters | November 03, 2009
Las Vegas Strip braces for CityCenter impact
...of worker deaths, have also plagued the project. But funding eventually came through and towers from noted architects like Cesar Pelli and Rafael Vinoly now look to be opening on schedule in December. Rival Las Vegas Sands Corp <LVS.N>...
In this article: Las Vegas, Bankruptcy, MGM Mirage, MGM, Dubai World, Las Vegas Strip, Recession, Cesar Pelli, and Claes Oldenburg



