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Architecture

97 published works

PropertyProf Blog July 29, 2011
Friday’s Architecture Moment
By propertyprof
A brief essay on what happened to the 200 air-raid bunkers built by the Nazi's in Berlin during WWII.Steve Clowney(photo credit: Nicor @ Wikipedia Commons)
La Revue July 25, 2011
Regards croisés sur Frank Lloyd Wright
By Squire Patton Boggs
« Les femmes » [1]. Qui devinerait sous le titre on ne peut plus général du dernier roman de T.C.Boyle, une biographie de Frank Lloyd Wright, le célèbre architecte américain…
PropertyProf Blog July 22, 2011
Friday’s Architecture Moment
By propertyprof
State Capitols without external domes:1. Alaska2. Delaware3. Hawaii4. Louisiana5. New Mexico6. New York7. North Dakota8. Ohio9. Oregon10. Tennessee11. VirginiaSteve Clowney
PropertyProf Blog July 15, 2011
Mute Testimony from Central and Eastern Europe
By propertyprof
But what, if anything, is the message?Some seem pretty clear, like the rightful place of the working class among the usual saints and princes on these buildings in Budapest . .…
PropertyProf Blog July 15, 2011
Friday’s Architecture Moment
By propertyprof
An interactive map of architecture monuments that have reshaped Beijing over the last 10 years.Steve Clowney
PropertyProf Blog July 8, 2011
Friday’s Architecture Moment
By propertyprof
Zaha Hadid's splendid opera house in the wastelands of Guangzhou, China:It says something about the state of architecture today that the most alluring opera house built anywhere in the world…
PropertyProf Blog July 1, 2011
Friday’s Architecture Moment
By propertyprof
The oldest buildings in America: 1. Taos Pueblo (1000 A.D.) (Taos, New Mexico)2. Acoma Pueblo (1100 A.D.) (Cibola County, New Mexico) 3. Cathedral of San Juan Bautista (1521) (San Juan,…
PropertyProf Blog June 10, 2011
Friday’s Architecture Moment
By propertyprof
The unnoticed beauty of airport carpets: For a deeper analysis, see here:As the world's largest interior visual design medium, airport carpets have spread a multi-faceted but uniform aesthetic to the…
Land Use Prof Blog May 24, 2011
Has Preservation Become a Dangerous Epidemic?
By Land Use Prof
" . . . And is it destroying our cities?" That's how this NY Times piece starts out, but it isn't an anti-HP property rights screed. It's an exhibition review…
PropertyProf Blog May 13, 2011
Friday’s Architecture Moment
By propertyprof
Witold Rybczynski on the death of the McMansion.Steve Clowney