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Million-dollar home built from Lego-like modules
Fox 5 ReporterCARLSBAD, Calif. -- A construction crew is using a giant crane to put together a million-dollar modular home in less than half the time it would take to build it using traditional techniques. Architect Heather Johnston is watching the construction...Tags: LEGO Group, Architecture, Arts and Culture
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Ricardo Legorreta dies at 80; Mexican modernist architect
Ricardo Legorreta, the architect who introduced Mexican modernism to a global audience and who brought his crisp, brightly colored aesthetic to downtown Los Angeles with a controversial 1993 redesign of Pershing Square, has died. He was 80.
Legorreta...Tags: Summer Olympics, Architecture, IBM, Liver Cancer, Arts and Culture
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5 fresh visions for Navy Pier
Navy Pier is in store for a makeover, and the changes could be dramatic.
On Tuesday, five teams of celebrated designers from Chicago and around the world will begin to unveil competing plans for remaking the public spaces of Illinois' most popular...Tags: Daniel Burnham, Arts, Chicago, Architecture, Tour Operations Industry
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HU-ODU team selected for Department of Energy's 2013 Solar Decathlon
Hampton University and Old Dominion University’s solar decathlon team, “Team Tidewater Virginia,” has been selected for the 2013 U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon.
The team is among 20 selected to compete in the...Tags: U.S. Department of Energy, Hampton University, Architecture, Energy Saving, Energy Saving
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Our Picks: The best shows in Fairfield County this week
But baby, it's cold outside! We know, we know. But that's what you get for living in New England in January. Be strong. If you tough it out and manage to get out to the clubs, here's what will be waiting for you once you get there:
Thursday, Jan. 19:...Tags: Ridgefield, Architecture, Music, Music, Westport
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Concerns About Online Piracy Act Growing Among State's Congressional Delegation
The Hartford CourantIs the tide shifting on a controversial bill that would give the government and copyright holders broad new powers to stop online piracy? Over the weekend, the White House signaled that it has strong reservations about the controversial Stop Online...Tags: Richard Blumenthal, Architecture, Companies and Corporations, Politics, White House
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A New Book from Michel Houellebcq: Very Little Sex Tourism Here
The French novelist Michel Houellebecq is possibly best known for pissing off Muslims and for endorsing sex tourism. Add to that a reputation for crazy boozing, and the guy doesn’t win loads of sympathy. (A mini flap over the author’s...Tags: Michelin Group, Jackson Pollock, Le Corbusier, Paul Auster, Architecture
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Iowa polishes its Frank Lloyd Wright gem
MASON CITY, Iowa — This town of 28,000 knew it had something special in the world's last standing Frank Lloyd Wright-designed hotel, but it also had a problem. The hotel was a decrepit shell.
For years no one quite knew what to do with the building...Tags: Architecture, Music, Music, Travel, Tourism and Leisure
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Home of the Week: A pavilion-style estate in Bel-Air
Philanthropists Bud and Betsy Knapp, then the owners of Architectural Digest, set out in the 1990s to create a personal living space that allowed for large-scale entertaining and civic events, could display an extensive art collection and met their need...Tags: Architecture, Personal Service, Los Angeles Times, Arts and Culture
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Milwaukee mansion doors open wide
MILWAUKEE — At the turn of the 20th century, Milwaukee was in its heyday. Its thriving breweries, tanneries and manufacturers provided good jobs, and its many tradespeople and craftsmen built quality housing.
Some of the houses were more...Tags: Arts, Architecture, Artists, Prospect, Travel
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Q & A with Page Middle School architect
In Thursday's Daily Press you can read an article on the contract and plans for the new Page Middle School, with a link here: http://tinyurl.com/74o6unm Here are the full questions and answers the Daily Press posed to Duane Harver, principal and chief...Tags: Microsoft Corporation, Architecture, Virginia Department of Transportation, Schools, Customs and Tradition
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Anne Tyng dies at 91; architect collaborated with Louis Kahn
Philadelphia InquirerAnne Tyng, a pioneering female architect whose ideas about geometry influenced Louis Kahn's modernist buildings and who later had a child with him, has died. She was 91. Tyng died Dec. 27 in Greenbrae, Calif., where she lived, said her daughter,...Tags: Yale University, Arts, College Sports, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Architecture
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