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Architecture Review: Civic Engagement Trumps ‘Shhh!’
Posted: January 30th, 2011, 3:49pm EST by By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF
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Steven Holl’s library design in Queens is meant to be a monument to civic engagement as much as a place for quiet contemplation.
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Critic’s Notebook: New Look for Mecca: Gargantuan and Gaudy
Posted: December 30th, 2010, 9:24am EST by By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF
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Construction projects in the center of Mecca are reshaping its historic core in ways that many here find appalling, sparking unusually heated criticism of the Saudi government.
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Critic’s Notebook: Laying Out Cities, Saudis See Window to Modernity
Posted: December 13th, 2010, 11:28am EST by By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF
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A group of urban projects is intended to bring change slowly without antagonizing conservative forces.
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Critic’s Notebook: In Arabian Desert, a Sustainable City Rises
Posted: September 26th, 2010, 4:38pm EDT by By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF
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Promoters of Masdar, a city being built near Abu Dhabi, say that it will be the first carbon-neutral city.
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Architecture Review: Two New Baseball Palaces, One Stoic, One Scrappy
Posted: April 3rd, 2009, 10:54am EDT by By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF
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The new homes of the Yankees and Mets, both major upgrades over their predecessors, subtly reflect the character of the franchises that built them. -
Architecture Review: Olympic Stadium With a Design to Remember
Posted: August 5th, 2008, 7:26am EDT by By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF
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The National Stadium reaffirms architecture’s civilizing role in a nation that is struggling to forge a new identity out of a maelstrom of inner conflict.
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Architecture Review: Olympic Stadium With a Design to Remember
Posted: August 5th, 2008, 7:26am EDT by By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF
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The National Stadium reaffirms architecture’s civilizing role in a nation that is struggling to forge a new identity out of a maelstrom of inner conflict.
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Architecture: In Changing Face of Beijing, a Look at the New China
Posted: July 12th, 2008, 8:03pm EDT by By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF
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The country’s new architecture exudes an aura that has as much to do with intellectual ferment as economic clout.
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The Architecture Issue: The New, New City
Posted: June 6th, 2008, 8:51pm EDT by By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF
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Shenzhen and Dubai may have outstripped Paris and New York as civic models. But can an instant city ever feel like the real thing?
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The Architecture Issue: The New, New City
Posted: June 6th, 2008, 3:11pm EDT by By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF
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Shenzhen and Dubai may have outstripped Paris and New York as civic models. But can an instant city ever feel like the real thing?
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Architecture: Profit and Public Good Clash in Grand Plans
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 7:00pm EDT by By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF
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Given current economic realities, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s selection on Wednesday of a team led by Tishman Speyer to develop the West Side railyards seems like a wishful fantasy.