Archive for December, 2004
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Life Without Life Without Buildings
20 Dec 2004London’s calling, and Life Without Buildings is answering. After spending Christmas day at home with the family, I’ll be heading…
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Holiday Tips for Architects
20 Dec 2004Some indispensable vacation advice from a spa.uk.net article: 6. Upon arrival at the hotel, inform staff and other guests of…
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Friday Miscellany
17 Dec 2004Here are some links for your weekend enjoyment. When I have more time, I hope to give a couple of…
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Exciting News about the Freedom Tower Site
16 Dec 2004A disenchanting article from today’s New York Times about the technical issues surrounding the construction of the new World Trade…
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Holy Toledo, It’s a Slow News Day
14 Dec 2004I was thinking about my upcoming trip back home, and thought I would briefly mention the new Glass Museum being…
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Foster’s Millau Bridge Opens
14 Dec 2004Today, French President Jacque Chirac inaugurated the new Millau Bridge, in Southern France. The bridge, designed by Norman Foster, stands…
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Hadid’s Latest Tops Off
13 Dec 2004The topping-out ceremony for Zaha Hadid’s Ordrupgaard Extension was held last week and Arcspace reports with some photos of the…
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Dubai: The New Babel
10 Dec 2004In an effort to poke out the eyes of God, Dubai has awarded South Korea’s Samsung Corporation the contract to…
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The Fat Lady Sings
08 Dec 2004Poor Mario Botta. No one likes his newest building, the renovation of Milan’s La Scala Opera House. The original theatre…
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Around the World in a Month and a Half.
08 Dec 2004Thanks to someone in eastern Brazil, Life Without Buildings has now been viewed in every timezone on Earth! I suppose…
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The Cambridge Protests
07 Dec 2004wow. A picture of the protests against the closing of the Architecture Department at Cambridge University. It’s inspiring to see…
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Is That Your House Expanding or Are You Just Happy to See Me?
06 Dec 2004As if architecture students needed another reason to desperately send their resumes and cv’s to The Netherlands. The Guardian features…
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WTC Memorial Board of Directors Formed
02 Dec 2004Good news today, problematic bureaucracy tomorrow. The Board of Directors has been announced for the WTC Memorial Foundation. The non-profit…
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Las Vegas is soooo the New Houston.
01 Dec 2004Late last week, Las Vegas based Bigelow Aerospace recieved approval from the U.S. government to launch their new “inflatable space…
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Let the Brain Drain Begin!
01 Dec 2004Archinect reports: “First it was south…now it’s north: Frank Gehry was going to build a new home in Venice, Ca,…