Word: designate
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Amphion, a promotion group for several local rock bands, put on a couple of concerts in the parks in the fall. Fleming took a job with Design Research to last the winter, and then went to Amphion in the spring to organize free concerts...
...more aware of this situation than Breuer himself, who admits that he would have refused a commission to design Pan Am. But he also recognizes economic imperatives and esthetic realities. With the Pan Am Building, the vistas were gone anyway; the railroad still needed money; and the airspace above the station was still some of the most valuable real estate in Manhattan. Said Breuer after accepting the commission: "My feeling is this space will have to be utilized sooner or later. If so, it is important that it is utilized in a good...
...they occupied the studios at the Academy of Fine Arts and the School of Architecture, began demanding a boycott of the Biennale on the grounds that it was a "capitalist" institution. Early this month, demonstrators in Milan occupied the Triennale building, housing a 13-nation exhibit of architecture and design. Though they were evicted by police, the event apparently unnerved the Venice Biennale's steering committee so much that it "postponed" the opening of two major historical exhibits...
...stated that the Institutes withdrew from the controlled, comprehensive study that was intended to compare the efficacy of their methods with others. According to the report of the principal investigator who coordinated the study, they withdrew their agreement to the original design, resulting in cancellation of the study by the other groups involved...
...those of us who revere the original design, these fripperies are like the commercialization of Christmas...