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Church design may be the only kind of architecture that you learn about in the nursery. "Here's the church, here's the steeple..." Well, here is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, the immense new Roman Catholic church for the city of Los Angeles. So where's...
So this is Moneo's answer to one of the most vexing questions in architecture, What should a church look like now? His answer: a public place that also accommodates private reflection. It's the old answer, of course, but one that must constantly be updated. For most of the...
Natural air circulation is a preoccupation of green architecture. With the widespread adoption of air conditioning after World War II, the typical office building was constructed to be more airtight than a mummy's tomb. Now designers are rediscovering principles of ventilation and air circulation familiar to builders of the...
Some green architecture is literally green. Dwellings that nestle directly into the landscape like caves, with carpets of earth and grass rolling over them as roofing, were among the first and most thoroughgoing examples of green architecture in the 1970s. Buildings like those take their inspiration from such time-honored...
DIED. EDUARDO CHILLIDA, 78, Basque abstract sculptor whose works, known for combining grace with colossal size, earned him the nickname "Man of Iron"; in San Sebastian, Spain. Giving up careers in soccer and architecture, Chillida moved to Paris in 1948 to set up his first studio, but returned to Spain...