Word: arata
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Disney's patronage of famous architects has produced many entertaining buildings. Now it has produced a great one. Arata Isozaki's office block at Walt Disney World manages to be both utilitarian and whimsical, to convey a sense of gravitas and architectural boogie-woogie. For a company that prides , itself on extreme frugality and makes a virtue of simplemindedness, Isozaki's building is happily improbable. After entering via a large red granite cube punched with dozens of not exactly functional windows, the army of bean counters who work there pass through a 120-ft.-tall, open-to-the-sky cylinder...
Disney's patronage of famous architects has produced many entertaining buildings. Now it has produced a great one. Arata Isozaki's office block at Walt Disney World manages to be both utilitarian and whimsical, to convey a sense of gravitas and architectural boogie-woogie. For a company that prides itself on extreme frugality and makes a virtue of simplemindedness, Isozaki's building is happily improbable. After entering via a large red granite cube punched with dozens of not exactly functional windows, the army of bean counters who work there pass through a 120-ft.-tall, open-to-the-sky cylinder...
...Arthur Hochstein (Deputy Art Director); Linda Louise Freeman (Covers); Steve Conley, Angel Ackemyer, Billy Powers, Irene Ramp, Ina Saltz, John F. White, Barbara Wilhelm (Associate Art Directors); Stefano Arata, Kenneth B. Smith (Assistant Art Directors); Joseph Aslaender, David Drapkin, Victoria Nightingale, Leah M. Purcell, Lisa Sampson, Nomi Silverman, Dennis Wheeler (Designers); John P. Dowd (Traffic) Maps and Charts: Paul J. Pugliese (Chief); Leslie Dickstein, Steven D. Hart, Joe Lertola, Nino Telak, Deborah L. Wells Administration: Carrie A. Zimmerman
...Arthur Hochstein (Deputy Art Director); Linda Louise Freeman (Covers); Steve Conley, Angel Ackemyer, Billy Powers, Irene Ramp, Ina Saltz, John F. White, Barbara Wilhelm (Associate Art Directors); Stefano Arata, Kenneth B. Smith (Assistant Art Directors); Joseph Aslaender, David Drapkin, Victoria Nightingale, Leah M. Purcell, Lisa Sampson, Nomi Silverman, Dennis Wheeler (Designers); John P. Dowd (Traffic) Maps and Charts: Paul J. Pugliese (Chief); Leslie Dickstein, Steven D. Hart, Joe Lertola, Nino Telak, Deborah L. Wells Administration: Carrie A. Zimmerman
...Arthur Hochstein (Deputy Art Director); Linda Louise Freeman (Covers); . Steve Conley, Angel Ackemyer, Billy Powers, Irene Ramp, Ina Saltz, John F. White, Barbara Wilhelm (Associate Art Directors); Stefano Arata, Kenneth B. Smith (Assistant Art Directors); Joseph Aslaender, David Drapkin, Victoria Nightingale, Leah M. Purcell, Lisa Sampson, Nomi Silverman, Dennis Wheeler (Designers); John P. Dowd (Traffic) Maps and Charts: Paul J. Pugliese (Chief); Leslie Dickstein, Steven D. Hart, Joe Lertola, Nino Telak, Deborah L. Wells Administration: Carrie A. Zimmerman...