Word: architecturale
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The exhibition that opened last month at Paris' Centre Pompidou, under the title "Paris-Moscow, 1900-1930," is therefore a cultural event of prime importance. There has never been a chance for anyone, in or out of the Soviet Union, to see this great subject treated in such depth...
THE spectators' visual perception is seized from the very outset of the film: stunning views of Manhattan's urban setting introduce the location of the film's action in a dynamic montage flow. Black and white photography together with wide screen ratio ideally combine to present the architectural-pictorial aspect...
Photographically, Manhattan is a film in which almost every shot is designed to expand its narrative meaning through pictorial composition. Many sequences contain shots of memorable visual beauty-never for their own sake, because the composition of the images is always subordinated to the pictorial event. The conversation between Allen...
But evidently something was not strong enough. In the evening, after the visiting architects had left the arena, a tremendous rainstorm hit the city, dumping 4 in. of rain in 30 minutes. Shortly after it began, Arthur LaMaster, the supervisor on duty in the deserted building, noticed water pouring down...
Two days after the collapse, James Stratta, a California civil engineer who specializes in the analysis of structural failures, was hired by Kansas City to investigate the disaster. After sifting through the debris, Stratta will review the architectural drawings, construct a model of the building and subject it to wind...