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Valencia's
favorite son, a man who has merged architecture and engineering
into designs that (occasionally) transcend the limitations of both.
Graceful bridges, train stations, museums- all white structure and
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Zaha Hadid For
years it was easy to dismiss Zaha Hadid as just another theorist.
Her designs were presented in a beautiful (although confusing) format
that made you fear that such techniques were a distraction from
any real talent... |
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Norman Foster Certainly
prolific, Sir Norman Foster has created clean, shiny buildings across
the globe. From the groundbreaking and expensive Hong Kong and Shanghai
Bank to the immensely popular Reichstag dome in Berlin to the, um,
suggestive Swiss Re Building in London...
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Rafael Viñoly Often
emphasizing structure, Rafael Viñoly
has designed and built a portfolio of impressive projects throughout
the world, including the winning competition entry for the 1 Billion
Dollar (US) Tokyo International Forum... |
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Louis Kahn On
St Patrick's Day in 1974, Louis Kahn met an anonymous death in the
always unpleasant Men's Bathroom in Penn Station, New York. A sad
end to such an inspired life... |
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Paul Rudolph Brutalists
rarely got as brutal as Paul Rudolph, a man who suffered the singular
misfortune of designing the Yale Art and Architecture Building.
Fickle, unappreciative architecture students hated the building
and it even found itself a victim of a suspicious fire in 1969... |
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Frank Gehry Schadenfreude
is a German word that (loosely) means taking joy in another's misery.
In one hard to pronounce word it represents how much fun it can
be to watch successful people fail, how jealousy can taint opinions
and views... |
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