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Radcliffe announces two new names to replace the monikers of North and South Houses. The former, rechristened in honor of a former University president, is named Ebenezer Hoar House; the latter, in honor of pathbreaking architect Waiter Gropius, is named Bau-House. "These are very delightful names," says Horner...
...impressed by Architect Helmut Jahn's design for the Houston tower [Nov. 8]. The only thing the proposed skyscraper lacks is King Kong swinging from its phallic spire...
...typical programmed celebration was the recent wedding of Koji Takahashi, 26, an architect, to Kazuko Hasegawa, 23, at Meiji Memorial Hall, Tokyo's most prestigious marriage parlor. After the simple Shinto ceremony, capped by a sip of ritual sake, the groom, in cutaway coat and silk tie, and the bride, in a dazzling kimono, sat down with their 125 guests to consume a banquet, including lobster salad and ice cream. The master of ceremonies introduced important people from the couple's life-parents, teachers, bosses and friends. The guests offered presents. The current favored gift in Japan...
...steel, granite and glass building will be 1,360 ft. high, rising far above the dense forest of downtown Houston's corporate towers. Its 82 stories will contain 2 million sq. ft. of rentable space. The developers, Southwest Bancshares Inc. and Century Development Corp., picked as their architect Helmut Jahn, 42, president of Chicago's Murphy/Jahn...
...competition for the Houston tower proved to be Jahn's opportunity to test this insight. The president of Century Development, Richard Everett, who is also an architect, laid down precise criteria: a building that would give Houston's skyline an identity and its downtown center a focal point. Says Everett: "We wanted a landmark, and we wanted a building that would be open to people and give them a civic space with a lot of public...