Word: architected
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...military leaders helped Fernando Belaúnde Terry become President, impressed by his promise of reform and a "new politics" for South America's fourth largest nation. Last week they brusquely reversed that judgment on the man who was once praised as Peru's Kennedyesque "architect of hope." Awakened, as he slept, by a burst of machine-gun fire, Belaúnde looked out of his window to find tanks outside the Presidential Palace in Lima. Some 50 Peruvian Rangers stormed into the palace and took Belaúnde into custody. Onlookers gathered as he was escorted...
...glance, Mexico City's newest hotel, the $24 million Camino Real, looks like a fortress. To guests, including the International Olympic committeemen checking in last week, that might have been a reassuring thought while students battled the army. But nothing could have been farther from the mind of Architect Ricardo Legorreta when he designed the hotel. His aim had been simply to create an oasis of greenery and quiet in the center of a bustling, dusty city. "People are pushed and rushed too much," says Legorreta. "To me, one of the nicest things a hotel can do is give...
Harvard officials, representatives of the Kennedy Library, the City government, and various planning agencies have all agreed that the site, now owned by the Baird Atomic Co., should be developed for commercial use to add to Cambridge's tax base. But some observers, particularly Kennedy Library Architect I. M. Pei, understandably want to assure that buildings bordering on the Library are aesthetically appropriate as well as a boon to City taxpayers...
...assure that the design of the Cambridge Plaza will be aesthetically pleasing, the council should require assurances from the developer that his architect will work with Pei on the design of the plaza. If possible, the assurances should be supported by a performance bond or an agreement enforceable in the courts...
Inside, the 8,020-sq.-ft. gallery space offers a tabula rasa for which Director Werner Haftmann, 56, must act as a kind of architect-curator. Each time he mounts an exhibition, he will not only have to hang the pictures on the walls but also hang the walls-movable partitions that can be suspended in any arrangement by means of wires from the roof. "This is a very great work," said Director Haftmann last week. "But we've got to learn how to use it." For opening day, he showed that he is learning fast by mounting...