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During Harry Truman's 1949 remodeling, when the building was literally gutted, White House architect Lorenzo Winslow became so intrigued by the stone mystery that he arranged for the Army Engineers to scan the walls with a mine detector...
Bryant is not your typical home buyer. She is very poor, and previously lived in a decrepit shack with openings large enough to allow animals to walk through. But Mockbee, 55, is not your average architect. A recent recipient of a "genius" grant from the MacArthur Foundation and an architecture professor at nearby Auburn University, he is a man with a mission. Rural Studio finds people and communities in need of buildings and, using inexpensive and unusual materials, designs structures that are practical and affordable, but at the same time unconventionally beautiful...
...Mockbee gave both to the couple free. "The students that work with Mockbee get an experience of architecture at the level of the soul," says Jeffrey Kipnis, curator of architecture and design at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio. "He is trying experiments that no other architect is doing...
holds a number of research centers for the study of ancient art and landscaping. In 1944, the grounds hosted the World War II conference that resulted in the formation of the United Nations. Now, it is best known for its scenic gardens, considered the seminal work of famous landscape architect Beatrix Farrand...
Librarian Julia Smith says the school department allowed her $10,000 to buy the new books and paid for an architect to help her design the layout of new shelves in the library...