Word: moderns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When curators at New York City's Museum of Modern Art were preparing the current exhibit of the work of Steven Holl, the architect did not just settle back and wallow in the flattery of the high Establishment. Instead, Holl -- who is opinionated, uncompromising and, concerning architectural details, fussy to the point of fanaticism -- turned opinionated, uncompromising and fussy...
...Holl does not compulsively reject history. His basic forms are familiar. He makes roofs that are variously hipped, pyramidal and barrel-vaulted. He is drawn to earthen materials -- stucco, concrete, sandblasted glass, stone -- and virtuoso artisanship. Holl is either a modern architect with recherche tastes or an old-fashioned architect with modern instincts...
...sprawling Hofburg, that imperial crescent of stone buildings in the heart of Vienna. The locale was rich with inspiration: in 1815 the Congress of Vienna convened at the nearby chancellery to redraw the political face of Europe. Last week's gathering of 35 foreign ministers ushered in a modern-day reprise to redraft the Continent's military map. The talks, called CFE -- Negotiations on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe -- are destined to be the arms-control battlefield of the 1990s...
...singers' soul-saving urgency flows from the Adventist teaching that the Second Coming could occur virtually any day now. Tenor Mark Kibble, who devised the distinct six-part sound, scans the drug scene and other manifest modern evils and concludes, "We are truly living in the last days before Christ comes. Because of that, we are more intense in showing people they need not be subject to this world...
Nochols and Pontero's Town Full of Heroes features comedic chaos with sports, sex, swords, satellites and psychotherapy. In other words, it's about modern life, and it's set in a modern home during the 1984 Olympics. Two women and five men star in the parody of the hectic 1980s...