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An All-American Castle
When men who became the symbols of wealth and power in New York's financial district needed a vacation home, financiers like Otto Hermann Kahn turned toward Long Island, creating a...
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Happy Birthday, John Ruskin
Born on February 8, 1819, John Ruskin was a rebel and a romantic. After traveling through Europe, he wrote books that reawakened interest in medieval Gothic architecture. He also disdained...
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Black in the USA
Leaders like Barack Obama are household words, but few people know the names of the many Black architects and designers who helped build the United States. Only about 60...
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Super Bowl Stadium, 2012
Don't be fooled by the red brick facade of this year's Super Bowl Stadium. Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana was designed to harmonize with older architecture, but the design...
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Architecture Updates: Jan 28 - Feb 4, 2012
A special thanks to our readers for responding to questions we've been pondering, and for sending photos!
New From Our Readers:
What's the best American city for exploring architecture?
What are the world's...
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Happy Birthday, Alvar Aalto
February 3 is the birthday of Finnish architect Alvar Aalto. Born at the cusp of Modernism in 1893, Aalto became famous for both his buildings and his furniture designs. Aalto's...
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Super Bowl Stadiums: Then and Now
I remember the first Super Bowl game in 1967. It wasn't called the Super Bowl back then. The LA Memorial Coliseum, site of the first Super Bowl, is a 1923...
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Beautiful Terminal 5
This year, Frommer's World's 10 Most Beautiful Airport Terminals includes JFK Terminal 5 in New York City. For over fifty years, Arthur Frommer has published travel advice for destinations around...
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A Grand Slam Tennis Stadium
While the land "Down Under" celebrated Australia Day, the real men (and women) at work have been tennis players! The two-week long Australian Open is being wrapped up today, January...
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So, it's NOT carved in stone?
Even before the dedication of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington, DC, controversy brewed over an inaccurate
quotation on one side of the memorial sculpture. The inscription...
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