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9/11 memorial owes elegance to small business
The vision of a landscape architect who designed the /11 memorial. This article in CNN Money talks about the landscape architect who almost retired but whose design was chosen for the memorial. More
Read Post10 Major Architectural Failures
The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines. Frank Lloyd Wright. This article talks about some glaring architectural blunders from the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Tacoma, WA to the Lotus Riverside, Shanghai to the Vdala Spa and Casina, Las Veas, NV to the Kemper Arena, Kansas City, [...]
Read PostKoolhaas, Delirious in Beijing
Set on a site that’s about as large as 37 football fields, Rem Koolhaas’s television authority headquarters in Beijing may initially seem intimidating. This 54-story tower leans and looms like some kind of science-fiction creature poised to stomp all over the surrounding central business district. More
Read PostFrank Lloyd Wright’s Ennis House sells to Ron Burkle for $4.5 million
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Ennis House, the 1924 hilltop mansion that is one of the master’s most celebrated residential designs and one of Los Angeles’ most revered architectural landmarks, has sold to billionaire Ron Burkle for about $4.5 million, 70% less than its original asking price. More
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