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...competition, says he now plans to do so one more time: "People will at least gather around the bridge and talk again," he says. "Time will help us reconcile." The new bridge has been designed as an exact replica of the span erected in 1566 by the famous Ottoman architect Mimar Hajrudin under the rule of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent. It was an early architectural marvel, linking the high banks with an improbably long arch of white stone more than 20 m high. One traveler likened the bridge to a bow stretched toward heaven, another to a rainbow - an impression...
...very supportive, very encouraging of [the museum’s architect] Renzo Piano and the ambitions of the art museums, and always recognized that it would not be easy,” Cuno said in an interview yesterday. “It’s not easy to get a building project approved within the University, let alone within the city...
...with Victorian arches and polychrome brickwork - but became overrun with ugly concrete buildings in a misguided redevelopment effort in the 1960s and '70s. Now, just in time for the Commonwealth Games, Leese has shown that Manchester could overcome that legacy of drab functionality with the help of the best architects he could find - in Manchester, Britain and indeed the world. This summer, six years after an Irish Republican Army bomb devastated the city center, Leese's ideas have turned into stunning reality. Manchester Art Gallery, best known for its superb collection of 19th century works, reopened May 25 after...
...also tried to quash the independent Dervis' attempt to launch himself into politics by joining up with Cem, saying that Dervis could not both serve the government and oppose it. In the end, Dervis withdrew his resignation under pressure from President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, who feared that if the architect of Turkey's multibillion-dollar IMF rescue package were to go, so might the economy. Short of an Ecevit resignation, parliament might be recalled to pave the way for new elections - due in April 2004, but almost certain to be held in late autumn. There lies the road ahead...
...million people daily through 1,200 publications. DIED. LIONEL BERNSTEIN, 82, a white antiapartheid activist; in Oxford, England. Bernstein stood trial for sabotage and attempted overthrow of the South African government alongside Nelson Mandela in 1963. Following his acquittal, Bernstein moved to England where he practiced as an architect. DIED. PEDRO ALCAZAR, 26, a Panamanian boxer, of a brain injury 36 hours after he lost his World Boxing Organization junior bantamweight title fight; in Las Vegas. Alcazar showed no signs of injury immediately after the bout, before suddenly collapsing. DIED. MILES FRANCIS STAPLETON FITZALAN-HOWARD, 86, the 17th Duke...