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Next to him, the major figure behind the Center was the great architect Raymond Hood, linchpin of the design team. Brilliant, charming and not infrequently pixilated, Hood was one of the pioneers in the transition from Gothic Revival and Beaux Arts skyscrapers to the sleek, mostly unadorned towers of the 1930s. Did Junior want his new buildings crowned with arcades, wreaths and maybe a nice pergola? You bet he did. But Hood, who died before the Center was completed, gave him, with the RCA Building, a modern masterpiece that Rockefeller never fully comprehended...
FLYING HIGH A18 With its sleek, radical four-seat plane, Cirrus Design is taking on Cessna and shaking up the small-plane market...
...take far and fast. But as a long-lapsed pilot, the Los Angeles property developer did not want an aircraft that would intimidate her. Her flight instructor suggested an airplane that McCollum hadn't even heard of. One demonstration flight later, she was hooked on a Cirrus SR22, a sleek and powerful four-seater whose designers are trying to reinvent the small plane, not to mention the small-plane industry. "I'm a techno-nerd," says McCollum, "and when I saw those two computer screens in the cockpit where there usually are a bunch of round gauges, I immediately felt...
...variety of stories that go from cute to existential, editor and designer Chris Pitzer has put together one of the best-looking and best reading anthologies of the year. Printed in black and white and silver, the aesthetics of "Project: Telstar" ingeniously tie the stories together with a cool, sleek look...
MISS MATCH (NBC). Kate Fox (Alicia Silverstone) is a Los Angeles divorce lawyer and part-time matchmaker who strikes just the right pose: think Ally McBeal with a longer hemline. To make Kate look like she could "kick ass in the courtroom," costume designer Karen Wagner spruced up the sleek business suits. Fashion forecast: just in time for Jil Sander's return...