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...Iraq on the examples of Japan and Germany after World War II [COVER STORY, March 10] is naive. It took years of occupation to rebuild those countries, and Iraq is more akin to Yugoslavia than to Japan. Yugoslavia and Iraq were cobbled together from multiple states of losing empires (Austrian and Ottoman, respectively) after World War I. Even 20 years of U.S. occupation of Iraq, I suspect, would just delay the inevitable wars of secession and ethnic conflict there. I also suspect that future Presidents would not want to spend the money to keep U.S. troops in Iraq...
Harvard already tried once to achieve architectural significance at 90 Mt. Auburn St., hiring Austrian Hans Hollein (winner of the Pritzker Prize, architecture’s highest honor) to create a unique building for the site. His design called for a bifurcated, undulating wire mesh screen set in front of a glass facade. Since the building will house library administrators, many thought the design was reminiscent of an open book. While I wouldn’t accuse Hollein of being that cutesy, I would say that his design had an element of gimmickry. Any time an architect departs from...
...Moeller electronics factories that straddle the Czech-Austrian border are virtually identical. Only 20 km apart, they employ the same number of people - about 1,100 each - and make the same components. But there is one striking difference: employees in the Czech factory in the town of Suchdol nad Luznuci spend more than twice as much time off sick as their Austrian counterparts in nearby Schrems. Is there something in the water? No. The problem is not health or the environment, according to Pavel Mracek, the Czech plant's personnel director. The problem is the government's absenteeism policy...
...time to fill a missing niche in the then-minimalist fashion landscape. But the real reason for Cavalli's triumph is his wife. In 1978 when Cavalli, then 37, met Eva Duringer, he was already a textile printer, fashion designer and divorcé. She was an 18-year-old Austrian high school student and a contestant in the Miss Universe contest he was judging. Her transition from runner-up to friend, girlfriend, wife, mother of his children and eventually business partner happened, she says, "slowly, slowly." Between 1977 and 1994, Cavalli's fashion business had become lackluster. After making...
...Spanish publication Arquitectura Alternativa, celebrate entirely or partially prefabricated houses around the world. Many architects are adapting some of the systems builders use. Others are more fanciful. Computerized drawing and cutting methods enable designers to create the most uncommon houses they can dream up. And one Austrian designer claims his dwelling, right, can be put together on site in as little as two hours. --By Belinda Luscombe...