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The ten most creative people in architecture

BY Cliff Kuang Tue Jun 9, 2009 at 11:00 AM Which architects have the most unusual, influential visions for the field? 1. Will Alsop, ALSOP Architects Few architects have been so dedicated to such an unusual design aesthetic as maximalist Will Alsop. And fewer still have been as successful at building their designs. His nearly

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Tribute to Frank Lloyd Wright – Fallingwater

Happy Birthday June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1957 A video tour of Fallingwater (7:21) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSRXHl9RbbU]

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C16H14O3 House by Marcio Kogan

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Architecture Projects Receive Awards

Compiled by STEVEN McELROY Published: June 7, 2009 Via NYTimes Online The Municipal Art Society of New York has announced the recipients of the eighth annual MASterwork Awards, which recognize excellence in architecture and urban design. The Standard Hotel, the boutique hotel that straddles the High Line in the meatpacking district in Chelsea, and the

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7 World Trade Center

by James Carpenter Seven World Trade Center was the third building to collapse on September 11, 2001, and it is the first to be rebuilt. Designed by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), the new building is composed of 42 floors of office space set above eight floors of Con Edison transformers (located

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Image of the Week: Civil Justice Centre from FOTOFACADE BLOG

By Andy Marshall June 3, 2009 I have to admit: I run hot and cold with the Civil Justice Centre in Manchester by Denton Corker Marshall (2007) – but my constant walkabouts around Manchester remind me of its dynamic ability to make its presence felt in the cityscape.  New buildings make fresh vistas.  I will

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Wind Turbine Design – The Most Amazing Windmills in the World

A journey through the evolution of the most spectacular wind turbines designs. via the Wind Power Blog

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Architecture firm RicciGreene builds on judicial reform brings human approach to courthouses, jails.

Architecture firm RicciGreene Associates is collaborating on a jail complex in Denver that’s attractive enough to sit in the city’s downtown core—right next to the U.S. Mint building. With its sleek design, and its absence of eyesores such as razor wire and barred windows, the Denver Detention Center won’t look like a jail at all,

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Old Stone Highway House by Berg Design Architects in East Hampton

By Stephen Del Percio May 25th, 2009 f you were fortunate enough to spend the Memorial Day holiday out in the Hamptons, one sight you might have missed is the Old Stone Highway House in East Hampton. Completed back in July of 2007 by New York City-based Berg Design Architects, the 2200-square-foot house’s architectural program

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