Word: deco
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...1920s. That's when news paper baron William Randolph Hearst commissioned the architect and stage designer Joseph Urban to produce a low-rise headquarters for Hearst's growing empire. The intention was that a taller addition would be constructed later, but the Depression intervened. For nearly eight decades, the Deco-flavored base stood alone. In the late 1990s the Hearst Corp. decided to keep the old building but to hollow it out and erect a new tower within and above...
...both the craft and the award, which honors original and challenging film making.“This award is really celebrating not so much me as what a small art theater, independent (means), and that creature has to be preserved,” she says, under the restored Art Deco ceiling of the seventy plus year old movie palace. “I think it’s a really important thing, and I’m proud to help out. Some of my really good friends are associated with the theater, and I’m happy to support...
...annual accolade, bestowed by the local Coolidge Corner Theatre, one of the few Art Deco movie palaces left in the nation, highlights a breakthrough contributor in a particular field of cinema...
...buying yachts, or homes in Capri and Monte Carlo, Gianni Versace began restoring a rundown building on what was then considered the wrong side of the tracks of long-since-faded Miami Beach. Thus began the designer's love affair with the city's vibrant colors and Art Deco architecture. His spring collection that year was filled with boldly colored silk prints inspired by Miami?a look that would become the designer's trademark, covering everything from clothing to couches...
...rainwater to cool and humidify a six-story atrium. And sensors will monitor energy usage and readjust it during off-hours. Foster's latest environmental commitment soars 42 floors up?a shimmering stack of steel diamonds. The tower itself rises out of the original Hearst building, a 1928 Art Deco landmark. "The project ultimately succeeded because we had the good fortune of working with a progressive owner that was determined to advance these principles in New York City," says Foster. "Environmental sustainability is a product of that holistic way of thinking." He's spreading his ethos: Foster's Tower...