Urban renewal
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Architect Joseph Urban changed Manhattan, New York, NY, from a provincial locale to a cosmopolitan city. Among his coups are Ziegfeld Theater, Park Avenue Restaurant and the New School. Robert Reed Cole and Randolph Carter pay tribute to him in the book 'Joseph Urban: Architecture, Theater, Opera, Film.'
Publication Name: House & Garden
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1087-9528
Year: 1992
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Silver screen
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Architects in Los Angeles is trying hard under the architecture of Mayne's by making an imaginative attempt to rethink the most boring of all building types. The energy conservation benefits of Mayne's ingenious screening system are admirable, with power consumption reduced by about 20 percent.
Publication Name: House & Garden
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1087-9528
Year: 2005
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Stars out of the east
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The details of architectural designs created by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, of a Tokyo firm, Sejima and Nishizawa and Associates (SANAA), in Japan, and the impact of their ascendancy on Japanese architecture, are discussed.
Publication Name: House & Garden
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1087-9528
Year: 2006
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