Word: projects
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...competition, sponsored by the Boston Society of Architects, asks students to design a 12-family apartment complex with several common areas and a playground which would fit a real site in Roxbury. The contest is part of "The Search for Shelter," a nationwide project sponsored by the American Institute of Architects. Twenty to 30 similar competitions are being held simultaneously in cities nationwide...
...families, said that at least a third of the area's homeless are not "housing-ready"--that is, they cannot find housing, maintain an apartment or raise children on their own. Another third, she said, "needs some guidance" in order to live independently. She said the hypothetical housing project should provide for free classes on housekeeping, reading and child care...
...house. The group plans to give the land to Family Services of Greater Boston to build and run a transitional shelter and education programs. This group may use a design from the competition for the actual shelter, although members said the group might not be able to afford any project on the site...
...sponsors can find the money for such a project, she said, residents will rent their apartments, using partial government subsidies. Eventually, they will move in permanently and run the complex as a cooperative...
...when TIME devoted a special issue to the Soviet Union, has the magazine attempted such a wide-ranging look at Soviet life as in this week's cover package. Says Picture Editor Arnold Drapkin, who spent four weeks in Moscow serving as director of photography for the book project: "These are extraordinary photos of ordinary events." Assistant Art Director Arthur Hochstein designed the special section, while Staff Writer Howard Chua-Eoan provided the captions. Senior Writer Roger Rosenblatt, who contributed the accompanying ten-page essay, spent a month in the Soviet Union on the project. Contrasting his assignment with that...