Slick Brick
The slick brick makes building faster, easier and cheaper than you'd probably expect. The times are changing in the world of building and the new demands of homeowners, developers, architects and designers have resulted in the production of Slick ... [... more]
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Mikko Heikkinen
Written by Mikko Heikkinen and Markku Komonen, Introduction by Juhani Pallasmaa Mikko Heikkinen and Markku Komonen are the most important architects in post-Aalto Finland. In twenty-five years of practice, they have designed numerous projects in ... [... more]
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Alberto Perez-Gomez
Written by John Hejduk, Contribution by Ulrich Franzen and Alberto Perez-Gomez On November 13, 1971, the exhibition "Education of an Architect: A Point of View" -- featuring the work of Cooper Union student architects under the direction of the [... more]
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Barbara Winslow
The key to creating a house that is memorable, satisfying, and enduring is to apply a group of design concepts-or patterns-that focus on the experience of being in a home. In this groundbreaking work, internationally respected architects Max ... [... more]
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Helene Furjan
Architectural discourse today is characterized by an overlapping conversation between architects and academics, teachers and students, theorists and practitioners. Certain terms -- "diagram, " "extreme form, " "autonomy, " [... more]
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Oscar Riera Ojeda
Over the past 35 years, Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects, based in Seattle, has created a body of architecture that is recognized for its ability to merge notions of materiality, craft, and lightness, all of which are richly demonstrated in ... [... more]
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Platt Byard Dovell White
Written by Platt Byard Dovell White, Introduction by Kenneth Frampton Individually and in partnership, as architects, educators, and advocates, the four principals of Platt Byard Dovell White Architects have made an indelible impression on the ... [... more]
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John Leighton Chase
Los Angeles is a breeding ground for adventurous experimental architects and a magnet for their high-profile clients. L.A. 2000+ assembles the best work completed in the city since 2000, offering a snapshot of the region and its architecture at ... [... more]
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Brooks Atkinson
The definitive collection of Emerson's major speeches, essays, and poetry, The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson chronicles the life's work of a true "American Scholar." As one of the architects of the transcendentalist movement, [... more]
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Markku Komonen
Written by Mikko Heikkinen and Markku Komonen, Introduction by Juhani Pallasmaa Mikko Heikkinen and Markku Komonen are the most important architects in post-Aalto Finland. In twenty-five years of practice, they have designed numerous projects in ... [... more]
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Thomas Bulfinch
Thomas Bulfinch was born on July 15, 1796, in Newton, Massachusetts. He was descended from a distinguished New England family; his grandfather was a well-known surgeon, and his father, Charles Bulfinch, was one of the foremost architects of his ... [... more]
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Kenneth Frampton
The firm of Patkau Architects, founded in 1978 and based in Vancouver, British Columbia, has achieved international renown for work that draws on the principles of modern architecture and is simultaneously inspired by the traditions and often ... [... more]
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