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Architecture RSS FeedsAn All-American Castle - When men who became the symbols of wealth and power in New York's financial district needed a vacation home, financiers like Otto Hermann Kahn turned toward Long Island, creating a "neighborhood" known as the Gold Coast. Of all the Gold Coast mansions, Kahn's summer mansion, Oheka Castle became legendary. Designed to resemble a French Château, Oheka was (and still is) America's largest residence after the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina. Imagine my delight when I was invited to spend the night in one of the castle's luxurious rooms Full Story: ...Feed Source: architecture.about.com Happy Birthday, John Ruskin - Born on February 8, 1819, John Ruskin was a rebel and a romantic. After traveling through Europe, he wrote books that reawakened interest in medieval Gothic architecture. He also disdained anything machine-made, and paved the way for the Arts & Crafts movement.
Image of Ruskin from The Poetry of Architecture, public domain, courtesy of Project Gutenberg... Black in the USA - Leaders like Barack Obama are household words, but few people know the names of the many Black architects and designers who helped build the United States. Only about 60 Blacks were listed as registered architects in 1930, and many of their buildings have since been lost or radically changed. Although conditions have improved, many feel that Black architects still lack the recognition they deserve.
In honor of Black History Month, here's a roundup of important Black architects in America, including some names you may not know.
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... Super Bowl Stadium, 2012 - Don't be fooled by the red brick facade of this year's Super Bowl Stadium. Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana was designed to harmonize with older architecture, but the design has all the bells and whistles, making it adaptable for many types of sporting events.
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... Architecture Updates: Jan 28 - Feb 4, 2012 - A special thanks to our readers for responding to questions we've been pondering, and for sending photos!
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... Happy Birthday, Alvar Aalto -
February 3 is the birthday of Finnish architect Alvar Aalto. Born at the cusp of Modernism in 1893, Aalto became famous for both his buildings and his furniture designs. Aalto's unique style
grew out of a passion for painting and a fascination for the works of cubist artists Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.
Above: Otaniemi Technical University by Alvar Aalto. Photo © JPK/Wikimedia
... Super Bowl Stadiums: Then and Now -
I remember the first Super Bowl game in 1967. It wasn't called the Super Bowl back then. The LA Memorial Coliseum, site of the first Super Bowl, is a 1923 arena built with classical grandeur and named after the Colosseum in Rome—no retractable roof on this historic landmark.
Sports architecture has come a long way since 1967! The Memorial Coliseum has been renovated for modern use, and some of today's most in... Beautiful Terminal 5 -
This year, Frommer's World's 10 Most Beautiful Airport Terminals includes JFK Terminal 5 in New York City. For over fifty years, Arthur Frommer has published travel advice for destinations around the world, including Saudi Arabia, Iceland, Seoul, New Zealand, Singapore, Marrakech, Madrid, Uraguay, and Bilbao. These ten locations have the most beautiful airport terminals, according to Frommer's.
Originally designed for TWA by Eero Saarinen, Terminal 5 has been "intell... A Grand Slam Tennis Stadium - While the land "Down Under" celebrated Australia Day, the real men (and women) at work have been tennis players! The two-week long Australian Open is being wrapped up today, January 29, 2012, in Melbourne, Australia. The final matches of this Grand Slam tennis event are being played at Rod Laver arena, part of the Melbourne Park complex.
Completed in 1987 by Peddle Thorp Architects, the arena was one of the first to incorporate a retractable roof. Two roof sections, each with "arched trusses," can be rolled apart in about 20 minutes. Since th... So, it's NOT carved in stone? - Even before the dedication of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington, DC, controversy brewed over an inaccurate
quotation on one side of the memorial sculpture. The inscription paraphrased Dr. King's famous "I was a drum major" speech, but officials resisted making changes in words that were already carved into stone.
Now, however, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is expressing concerns. "I do not think it's an accurate portrayal of what Dr. King was," Salazar told the Washington Post. "We have to make sure that we get it right."
The Secretary has given the National Park Service until mid-February to come up with "a more ... Copyright © 2012, LadyWebSoftware. All Rights Reserved. |