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Worth Saving? Preserve What's Possible
"If you want things to happen, you have to make them happen," citizen-activist Diane Walkowiak has said. Back in May 2010, we reported that the 1913 Industrial Arts Building...
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The Architects of Healing
Today, at the National Convention of of American Institute of Architects, the AIA honors The Architects of Healing. When Milena and Paul Murdoch explained aspects of their winning Flight...
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A Bauhaus Birthday
I thought I didn't like Bauhaus as residential architecture. International modernism in my mind was acceptable for more public buildings like Le Corbusier's United Nations. And then I visited the...
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AIA Convention & Expo
Architecture is history, so it's appropriate that David McCullough deliver the opening keynote address this week at the 2012 AIA National Convention in Washington, DC. The well-known historian and prize-winning...
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Architecture Updates: May 6 - 12, 2012
When our readers aren't showing and telling us about where they call home, they're asking questions or voicing their opinions—and we love the enthusiasm!
New From Our Readers:
The "Jewel" of Murdock,...
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Ranch House Plans
Bring the campfire indoors! The ranch style house was and still is one of the most popular home styles in the United States. Our new gallery of 1950s Ranch...
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Architecture Updates: April 29 - May 5, 2012
Fred Abler is a very busy guy for About.com. This week we received another truckload of videos from him (where does he get the time?), so crank up the bandwidth...
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Preservation Month Discoveries
Pile the kids in the car and strap the dog to the roof—we have some Olmsted Landscapes to preserve! May is National Preservation Month, and this year's theme is Discover...
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Julian Abele, Out of the Shadows
"The shadows are all mine," proclaimed Julian Francis Abele when discussing the architectural drawings for the new Duke University campus. Construction began in 1930 on the Duke Chapel—a time in...
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Architecture Updates: April 22 - 28, 2012
Last week we celebrated the birthdays of three prolific architects—Frederick Law Olmsted, Bertram Goodhue, and I.M. Pei. Their lifespans overlapped and so did their styles. Is it my imagination, or...
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