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Architecture RSS FeedsGoing Strong at Age 73 - What do the Museum for African Art in New York City and the George W. Bush Presidential Center and Library in Dallas, Texas have in common? Going Strong at Age 73 originally appeared on About.com Architecture on Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012 at 09:00:06....Feed Source: architecture.about.com Worth Saving? Preserve What's Possible - "If you want things to happen, you have to make them happen," citizen-activist Diane Walkowiak has said. Back in May 2010, we reported that the 1913 Industrial Arts Building (IAB) was on the National Trust's list of endangered places. First built as the Agricultural Hall, a centerpiece of the Nebraska State Fair, the enormous, trapazoidal building fell into disrepair. It closed in 2004. However, preservationists believed that the building's Renaissance-inspired architectural exterior with Palladian windows should be saved.
In 2010, the fairground relocated. The Univ... The Architects of Healing -
Today, at the National Convention of of American Institute of Architects, the AIA honors The Architects of Healing. When Milena and Paul Murdoch explained aspects of their winning Flight 93 National Memorial design to family members in 2005 (see photo), they knew the type of emotional journey they were taking.
"I've seen through the process how powerful a vision can be -- and how challenging it can be to carry that vision through a process,"
says Paul Murdoch in an AIA video. "It's worth... A Bauhaus Birthday -
I thought I didn't like Bauhaus as residential architecture. International modernism in my mind was acceptable for more public buildings like Le Corbusier's United Nations. And then I visited the modest home Walter Gropius... AIA Convention & Expo - Architecture is history, so it's appropriate that David McCullough deliver the opening keynote address this week at the 2012 AIA National Convention in Washington, DC. The well-known historian and prize-winning author will examine the role of the architect through our nation's history. The speech should crystallize this year's convention theme that Design Connects. ... Architecture Updates: May 6 - 12, 2012 -
When our readers aren't showing and telling us about where they call home, they're asking questions or voicing their opinions—and we love the enthusiasm!
New From Our Readers:
The "Jewel" of Murdock, Nebraska (the bungalow shown here)
Gambrel Roof Bungalow in Ashland, Kentucky
Expanded Bungalow in Morgantown, West Virginia
... Ranch House Plans -
Bring the campfire indoors! The ranch style house was and still is one of the most popular home styles in the United States. Our new gallery of 1950s Ranch House Plans reveals some of the reasons why. These small ranch homes seem much larger than they really are. The designs are airy with a back-to-nature feeling—not to mention those huge fireplaces and chimneys.
The small home is back!
More About House Plans:
Cape... Architecture Updates: April 29 - May 5, 2012 - Fred Abler is a very busy guy for About.com. This week we received another truckload of videos from him (where does he get the time?), so crank up the bandwidth and enjoy—and check out these other New and Updated Pages:
Olmsted Escapes
Brick Queen Anne House in Indiana
Architecture in Los Angeles, California
New Videos:
... Preservation Month Discoveries -
Pile the kids in the car and strap the dog to the roof—we have some Olmsted Landscapes to preserve! May is National Preservation Month, and this year's theme is Discover America's Hidden Gems.
What can you learn from visiting an Olmsted park?
... Julian Abele, Out of the Shadows -
"The shadows are all mine," proclaimed Julian Francis Abele when discussing the architectural drawings for the new Duke University campus. Construction began in 1930 on the Duke Chapel—a time in the United States when an educated African-American architect stayed in the background of the Philadelphia firm run by Horace Trumbauer.
Abele was born on April 30 in 1881. In 1902 he was the first African-American to receive a B.A. in Arch. from the University of Pennsylvania. Today, Duke University is proud to celebrate Abele as the chief designer for many of their campus buildings. And this year Philadelphia itself gives Abele a big birthday present—the Julian Abele Park at 22nd and Carpenter Streets is set to begin construct... Copyright © 2012, Internet Marketing Tools. All Rights Reserved. |