Word: architected
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...location is less than ideal -- beneath an overpass at the edge of a San Francisco parking lot -- at least the two snug, waterproof plywood structures are nestled among fragrant eucalyptus trees. Just 8 ft. long and 4 ft. wide, these so-called City Sleepers were designed by Architect Donald MacDonald to shelter the homeless men he spotted sleeping on the ground outside his new office. Said MacDonald: "I'm just trying to take some of the sting out of their lives...
...architect hopes to persuade city officials to provide more of the innovative shelters for some of San Francisco's estimated 5,000 to 10,000 homeless people. MacDonald claims the units would cost only about $800 apiece to build, and he has already identified spots for up to 500 of them on public land within a five-block radius of his office. City hall is dubious, naturally -- the Sleepers have no plumbing, and they are possible fire hazards -- but so far the two shelters are a hit. They have been occupied every night since MacDonald built them last month...
...University of Stellenbosch is the oldest Afrikaans-language university in South Africa and by far the most prestigious. Six of the country's eight Prime Ministers were graduates. One of them, Daniel Malan, was a university chancellor and another, Hendrik F. Verwoerd, the architect of apartheid, was a professor in the sociology department. The university's present chancellor is State President P.W. Botha, though he did not attend Stellenbosch...
...required major negotiations. That was right up the alley of Board of Trustees Member Warren Christopher (a former Carter Deputy Secretary of State and Iran hostage negotiator), who helped strike a deal in 1984 that gave Stanford control of the library. But the project continued to spark controversy. Its architect disparaged Stanford's buildings, and the chairman of the library foundation declared that the library would allow Stanford to "boast" of the "Reagan connection." Students and local residents protested the proposal, and the faculty senate sought to have the library's size reduced...
...When all of us went to architecture school, we thought being an architect had something to do with building," says Badanes, 43, while sitting with the others in the Jersey Devil office trailer parked just opposite his Airstream. "But most architects these days sit in their offices, design their places down to the last details and then hand the plans over to be built by someone else. Now I ask you, which approach do you think would make for better results? Do you sit in your office and look up stock answers in your books? Or do you move...