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"We are not a patient people," says Hubert Humphrey and most of the world agrees. Americans are seen-and see themselves-as restless and driven. New skyscrapers go up at the drop of a mortgage and are torn down almost as fast. Cars, houses, jobs and spouses are changed with...
Clarity or Boredom. In Mies's view, the new language began to be spoken about 1900, and it was first articulated not by architects but by engineers: "The most important idea in modern architecture is the skeletal idea developed right here in Chicago." In fact, it was photographs of...
Basking in the Caribbean sun, Venezuela is by far the richest nation in Latin America. Cosmopolitan Caracas sprouts skyscrapers like banana plants, boasts some of the worst traffic snarls and best restaurants this side of Paris, lures fun-seeking tourists from the cruise ships and profit-seeking investors from the...
Result is the high-rise retirement apartment, and across the U.S. they are appearing in increasing numbers in major communities. The advantages are multiple. The downtown developer still gets all the financial help offered tract developers. And the retired have a home that is within walking distance of downtown, to...
ONE of Manhattan's major attractions is the lofty complex of skyscrapers, shops and plazas called Rockefeller Center. And a much-frequented port of call within the complex is the Exhibition Center on the lobby floor of the Time & Life Building. In the five years that it has been...