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...loved Manhattan. He loved its newness, he loved its Cartesian regularity, above all he loved its tall buildings. He had only one reservation, which he revealed on landing in New York City in 1935. The next day, a headline in the Herald Tribune informed its readers that the celebrated architect FINDS AMERICAN SKYSCRAPERS MUCH TOO SMALL. Le Corbusier always thought big. He once proposed replacing a large part of the center of Paris with 18 sixty-story towers; that made headlines...
Eleanor Doermann Larrabee '43, an architect and designer of university libraries, died Sept. 27, in New York City...
...went on to outline four areas of emphasis, in typical Rudenstine fashion, talking more like a moderator than an architect, throwing out topics rather than outlining specific plans for concrete change...
...trim and with a full head of steel gray hair, Rubin looks young to be the chief architect of the country's fiscal policy...
Thanks largely to Chermayeff's passion and innovative eye, big-city aquariums are more popular than ever. His sparkling creations in Boston; Baltimore, Md.; Osaka; and Chattanooga, Tenn., have revitalized stagnant waterfronts and are pulling in huge crowds. The Genoa Aquarium, created with architect Renzo Piano, is Italy's fourth most popular tourist attraction and is drawing more visitors each year than the Uffizi...