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As Chicago marks the centennial of Daniel Burnham’s “Plan for Chicago,” Encyclopaedia Britannica is bringing his impressive story to readers with a fresh and lively treatment by author and Chicago architecture expert Judith Paine McBrien.
Christopher Alexander is a graduate architecture student and writes 'Eclectic Inquiries' for the Daily News. His views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper.
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New Block 37 beats the vertical shopping-mall model, but its architecture wilts alongside muscular neighbors Here are some first impressions of the just-opened, very unfinished Block 37 shopping mall in Chicago's North Loop: It is a major architectural disappointment, a light-filled upgrade for the underground pedway system and an urban hub whose potential won't be realized for years, if ever.
BOSTON & SAN JOSE, Calif.----Esterel Technologies, the leading worldwide provider of model-based development solutions for mission and safety-critical systems and Quantum3D Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of Commercial-off-the-Shelf , open-architecture, real-time visual computing solutions have announced a strategic alliance to benefit developers of mission and safety-critical ...
Adobe has released a public beta of the upcoming Photoshop Lightroom 3 photography software. The utility has been revamped with new architecture claimed to bring improvements to overall performance, while the raw processing engine also received an overhaul. Import handling has been enhanced, with a focus on making the process more streamlined....
Rena Schlachter grew up in Gresham and has watched the city change for better and for worse. Now the University of Oregon graduate student is taking part in shaping the city’s more sustainable future. She’s one of approximately 250 students in the UO’s School of Architecture and ...
An Ohio State spokesman said Monday that the university was well within its rights to terminate a contract with an architectural firm working on the university’s $405 million expansion of the medical center.
Beneath the surface is a greater issue than architecture. Peace will only come when Westerners and Muslims alike understand that religious freedom is at the core of their spiritual beliefs.
GALVESTON Houston-based artist Patrick Renner uses found objects, primarily painted boards and weathered wood that speak to their previous architectural uses in his sculptures.
TRUCKEE - Sierra College's Tahoe-Truckee campus has set a new California benchmark in green architecture. Last month, the community college's newest facility was certified by the US Green Building Council as the first community college facility in the state to be given a Gold LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating. The gold rating is the second-highest rating awarded to ...
