Word: architectes
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...floral-inspired fabrics of Josef Frank are as much a home-design icon as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Chair or an Arne Jacobsen dining table - but they don't come cheap. So here's a tip for those who want to enjoy some of the Austrian architect and designer's beautiful patterns without paying top dollar: head for the remnants chest at Stockholm's Svenkst Tenn (www.svenskttenn.se), the grand dame of Swedish home-furnishings stores. Frank was a co-founder of the store and concocted 160 patterns for it, of which 40 are still in production...
Jerzy Soltan, an esteemed architect and the Robinson, Jr., professor of architecture and urban design, emeritus, at the Graduate School of Design (GSD), died on Sept. 16 at his Cambridge home. He was 92.Soltan first joined the GSD in 1959, when the dean at the time and another illustrious modernist, Josep Lluís Sert, invited him as a visiting critic. Two years later, he was appointed Professor of Architecture. He remained at the GSD in various guises until his death, educating and inspiring countless students with his Le Corbusier-influenced modernist vision and unique teaching style.Gerald M. McCue, John...
...trek out to QRAC might prove a deterrent, or at least a nuisance, to some dancers.“We were worried about moving out this far,” Bergmann says. “But there is not a lot of property in Cambridge…the architect said that he wanted to make a place so beautiful that [students] would want to come, and it is beautiful, it’s exquisite.”Although the dance community might ideally desire even more practice and performance space for its growing population, for the time being at least...
...Germany, and environmental services - like installing solar panels and purifying waste water - account for 3% of all jobs in the region. "We've got four times as many jobs in the solar-power sector than anywhere else in Germany," beams Salomon, who's a member of the Greens. Architect Rolf Disch is one of the businessmen who has benefited from that environmental focus. He ducks under a low-hanging beam as he steps out onto the roof of the solar-powered office and apartment building in the Vauban neighborhood, which he designed and which opened last week. Below him stretch...
...Thailand we think of coffee as a dessert, so we make it sweet and rich," explains Banrie founder Saichol Payaonoi. He started the company in 1997 with small shops built alongside upcountry gas stations, and he now oversees 104 branches. The 39-year-old former architect and student radical is building up Banrie as a worthy adversary to the American coffee superpower that's become such a big player in his country. "To fight Superman, you can't send an ordinary ape?you need Hanuman," he says, invoking the name of the monkey-god hero of Hindu mythology. "And Banrie...