Word: architecting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...then Manhattan's glassy Museum of Modern Art stages a strange but provocative show. Some visitors are impervious; others leave with their bonnets abuzz. Last week, on the somewhat dusty subject, "Are Clothes Modern?," the" Museum confronted visitors with some sharp displays and comments by Austrian-born Architect-Designer Bernard Rudofsky. On the thesis that clothes are always artificial, often absurd, sometimes harmful, the exhibition ranged from clanky chest armor to bird-cage bustles...
...following classified advertisement: "LOST, STRAYED OR STOLEN-Several hundred church members ranging in practically all ages. Anyone contributing to return of same will be handsomely rewarded. No questions will be asked if the returned is willing to have a vital part in building a better world after the Master Architect's specifications. For further details attend First Presbyterian Church, 16th Place and School St., next Sunday at 11. Clarence E. Showalter, minister...
...Modernized, the fortress is still a good example of the defense-in-depth theories of the famed military architect, Marquis Sébastien le Prestre de Vauban, who built...
...Plans for memorial buildings to house veterans' organizations blossomed everywhere. Georgia ex-servicemen hoped for $2,000,000 in state funds for an air-conditioned pink and white marble building. Cleveland veterans had ambitiously ordered architect's plans for a $7,000,000 structure; Detroit Legionnaires had raised $250,000. Many Legion posts dreamed hopefully of buildings with bowling alleys, cafeterias, auditoriums...
Washington's Latin American circles were abuzz with an acid anecdote last week. A Peruvian surgeon and a Venezuelan architect (so the story ran) were dining with two men from the U.S. State Department. They discussed whose profession was the oldest. "Mine," said the surgeon, "God created Eve out of Adam's rib . . . by a surgical operation." "Mine," said the architect, "God first created the world out of chaos . . . the work of an architect." The two State Department men kept mum. "And what do you say?" the Latin Americans finally asked. Said one of the State Department...