Word: architects
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Architect-author Peter Blake, whose controversial book God's Own Junkyard is an attack on the "planned deterioration of America's landscape," insisted that only "coordinated planning with vision," can free the cities from the "incredible mess" they are presently...
...owned more than half of its industry, Canada's government last June proposed a bill to chase investors back across the border. It would have raised, from 15% to 20%, the taxes on dividends that most Canadian subsidiaries send to their foreign parents. Last week the architect of the measure retreated from his "Canadianization" policy. "We believe," said Finance Minister Walter Gordon, "that a greater sense of partnership between Canadians and investors abroad will be of benefit to both...
...charm is the English quality of restraint. The Mac-millans, who lived during the restoration in nearby Admiralty House, held down tight on interior-decoration costs, winding up, for example, with walls of woven rayon instead of damask in some rooms. "I am heartbroken by the result," moaned Architect Raymond Erith...
...four-story building, constructed with white pre-cast concrete, was designed by the internationally-known architect Minoru Yamasaki of Detroit. The building features a high degree of flexibility to make possible a large variety of elaborate experiments. The walls and ceilings are lined with "channels" of space, approximately two feet by three feet, through which piping of all sorts can be easily...
...building equipment, office equipment, steel, glass and paint. To the delight of construction contractors, some firms are also brushing up their corporate images and increasing the comforts of their employees by investing in attractive new headquarters, such as Michigan Consolidated Gas Co.'s $20 million structure, designed by Architect Minoru Yamasaki...