Search Results for 'Era'

Dade Heritage Trust Wants to Protect Ugly Miami Herald Build...

The fight over Genting's casino-fueled plans for the current site of the Miami Herald building has been thrown a hitch by an unlikely party: the Dade Heritage Trust. You see, they think that big brown and beige box which is basically [...]

Posted On : Dec, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Modernist buildings: examples from the era

The nautical theme has been reduced to a corny joke in British seaside architecture, but there's a dignified restraint to it here. The modernist tides of 1930s Europe washed this elegant culture palace up on our shores thanks to an e [...]

Posted On : Sep, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

History Moment: Valley National Bank Operations Center

The modern “Brutalist” building located at 3434 East 22nd Street across from Reid Park, originally designed as the Valley National Bank Operations Center, is at risk of being destroyed. Constructed in 1970, the Valley National [...]

Posted On : May, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Finding Modern design in the Federal City

The Washington metro is known for its traditional architecture, Federal and Colonial style homes in particular, with some Arts and Crafts neighborhoods thrown in. But there are plenty of modern and contemporary homes that are a bit more [...]

Posted On : Dec, 25 2010 | Comments : 0

Museum of Art Featured in Exhibition, One of Several Bowdoin...

The renovations by architecture firm Machado and Silvetti Associates to the Bowdoin College Museum of Art are among 20 projects included in the exhibition, Maine Modern: Fifty Years of Modern Architecture in Maine — but that's [...]

Posted On : Oct, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

Wood Home Architecture for Next Generation

Planned to contain four generations of family nearby under a single roof, this house addition revolves around the dynamic tension of past and future an overlap reflected in the layered floor plans, intersecting layouts and combinati [...]

Posted On : Feb, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

A shot in the arm for operators of Chao Phraya boat cruises

With temples by the Chao Phraya River, as it cuts through Bangkok, continuing to fascinate Thais and tourists alike, the city administration has introduced day-long boat tours to shrines regarded as favourites of the late Princess Galyani V [...]

Posted On : Oct, 16 2009 | Comments : 0

Next-generation Architectures Offer Significant Improvements

Although use of the Web in commercial laboratory information management systems (LIMS) has been a reality for many years, only the most recent Web technology is delivering the true benefits possible with browser-based deployments. Over the [...]

Posted On : Aug, 24 2009 | Comments : 0

Fiera Milano

Mmmmm, modern architecture that's inspired by the Italian piazzas. I think that's my favorite thing about Italy; the piazzas. Piazza e caffe e gelato. From an article in the New Yorker by Paul Goldberger, about Milan's new convention cen [...]

Posted On : Jun, 08 2009 | Comments : 0

Archaeology Meets Architecture in Project by Cotera+Reed

To preserve the prehistoric bones at Waco Mammoth Site, Cotera+Reed Architects has strived to intertwine the firm’s creative vision with the immutable realities of sunlight, Central Texas heat, and the rigors of scientific preservatio [...]

Posted On : May, 21 2009 | Comments : 0

The GSA recognizes excellence in federal architecture

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) honored 18 projects for excellence in federal architecture during its biennial Design Awards ceremony at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. The celebration marks the 15th year of t [...]

Posted On : Mar, 25 2009 | Comments : 0

ERAWAN MUSEUM IS A MODERN MASTERPIECE

The striking colossal elephant, whose three heads alone weigh around 100 tonnes, is an inescapable landmark for anyone travelling through Samut Prakan provinceThe gigantic base and interior of this magnificent three-headed elephant houses p [...]

Posted On : Feb, 10 2009 | Comments : 0

Funerary Temple of Hatshepsut

Artists in ancient Egypt joined workshops and worked in teams to produce what their patrons—the king and the elite—needed. For this reason, few works can be attributed to individuals. Religious beliefs largely dictated what arti [...]

Posted On : Mar, 04 2008 | Comments : 0

Distrito Federal

Following three centuries under the rule of Portugal, Brazil became an independent nation in 1822. By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil overcame more than half a century of military intervention in the gov [...]