Word: architects
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Indeed, the goal of making stores inviting and confusion free has been reflected in store design. The notion of austere, open space--all the rage in chic urban boutiques during the '80s and early '90s--is now coming to an end, in the opinion of Paul Bennett, a retail architect who has designed shops for DKNY and Anne Klein. "Now the design has to be more welcoming, more intimate," he says. Bennett, who is working on shops for Calvin Klein's CK division, has helped popularize the concept of "zoning"--the creation of a series of small spaces within...
Thomas O'Brien, Harvard's former vice presidentfor finance and architect of its current savingsystem, calls the new payout estimate "verymodest," adding that most schools now target for a5 percent payout...
This update of the Hitchcock classic presents Christopher Reeve in his first leading role since his accident. He plays a newly paralyzed architect who passes time by watching his neighbors across a courtyard, eventually coming to believe that one is a murderer. Reeve is touching, in part, because the role echoes his own story, but his talents seem undiminished, and his performance is very appealing in its own right. Unfortunately the movie itself is a disappointment, with a suspenseful set-up but flat climax...
Richard Meier, the world renowned Modernist architect best known for his work on the new Getty Center in Los Angeles, had been invited to Harvard to speak about his most recent projects. The result was a 20 year, autobiographical retrospective, starting with homes he designed and then continuing with public buildings. It was a purposeful and critical dialogue supplemented by amusing personal anecdotes, nothing too self-important or self-gratifying; his speech was just about his work...
Meier proceeded to explain similar spatial dynamics crucial to the living spaces of homes he worked on in New Jersey, Southern California, Texas and Florida. It was interesting to hear an architect whose work is characterized by such bold, white rectilinear forms, reminiscent of hospitals and sanitariums, refer to the persistent influence of nature in his stylistic decisions. It was an unexpected revelation. Meier reminded the audience that a building does not have to fit into the landscape or be camouflaged by it to address the presence and spatial dictates of nature. Frank Lloyd Wright...