Word: caledonia
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...JEAN-MARIE TJIBAO CULTURAL CENTER, NOUMEA, NEW CALEDONIA Never heard of Tjibao? Don't know New Caledonia from Old? Hardly matters. The silhouette of this arts complex is so eye catching that unlike much modern architecture, it doesn't need to be explained to be liked. But it helps to know that Renzo Piano designed the slatted wooden sails of the center as a tribute to the local building traditions, as wind shields and as thermal chimneys that promote airflow...
...half-hour of the speech, presenting slides of his other works. Piano's work has consistently stressed the importance of space and transparency, or, as he put it, "lightness". The glass of Kansai Airport seems to show the open possibilities that flying offers. His Tjibaou Cultural Centre of New Caledonia, for instance, is naturally ventilated by air currents outside, while the Beyeler Museum in Basel, Switzerland uses glass roofs to illuminate its artworks with natural light...
...Caledonia Kearns - "Cabbage and Bones...
...Caledonia Kearns, editor of "Cabbage and Bones," will host a reading with contributors to this anthology of literature by Irish-American women. Cambridge Public Library...
...Littleton, the part of the state that gave him his margin last time, he met his disciples. Lillian Giberson, 84, spent most of her working life working for a Democrat in the Maine legislature. She hobbled across the street in the falling snow to hear Buchanan speak at the Caledonia Opera House. In the pocket of her old blue snow jacket she carried an envelope containing $100. She said she'd been paid $50 by the Alexander campaign to post his sign in her front yard. The other $50 she took from her Social Security check. Before the evening...