Tag: architecture
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A Public Park to Elevate D.C.
Architectural Record, March 19, 2014 A Washington, D.C., nonprofit will launch a national design competition tomorrow to turn the remains of a highway bridge that spans the Anacostia River into a public park. The proposed 11th Street Bridge Park would connect the Washington Navy Yard, where there has been a recent explosion of growth and…
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Past Perfect
Forget the old anti-progress preservationists. Françoise Bollack’s new book highlights how the movement’s future lies with projects that deftly merge historic and new. Architect, December 2013 A few weeks into my first year of college in St. Andrews, Scotland, I told a new acquaintance that I was studying history. He smiled archly and said: “Naturally…
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How Architecture Works
Designers & Books, Oct. 1, 2013 If anyone stands out today as a translator between the architectural profession and the general reading public, it is the Canadian-American writer, architect, and educator Witold Rybczynski. In eighteen books and hundreds of articles, Rybczynski has elucidated the practice, context, and value of the design of buildings and cities…
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RIBA Urges Larger Homes
As U.S. housing starts trending tiny, architects across the pond are looking to upsize British housing. Architect, Aug. 15, 2013 While American homes metastasized during the late 20th century, Britain’s shrunk, and the country now has the smallest homes in Europe. “Battery hen Britain,” the Daily Mail tabloid has declared. The average size of all…
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Material Guys
Cao | Perrot Studio blends common and high-end objects to create arresting landscapes. Architect, August 2013 For a recipient of both the prestigious Rome Prize and a Harvard Loeb Fellowship, landscape designer Andy Cao isn’t very academically minded. Cao (pronounced “Gow”) describes himself as a “bad student” at Cal Poly Pomona, where he got a…
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