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Word: sundial (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...makes a virtue of simplemindedness, Isozaki's building is happily improbable. After entering via a large red granite cube punched with dozens of not exactly functional windows, the army of bean counters who work there pass through a 120-ft.-tall, open-to-the-sky cylinder -- actually, a vast sundial -- whose floor is covered in loose river stones. Ever been to a cathedral on Venus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best of 1991: DESIGN | 1/6/1992 | See Source »

...makes a virtue of simplemindedness, Isozaki's building is happily improbable. After entering via a large red granite cube punched with dozens of not exactly functional windows, the army of bean counters who work there pass through a 120-ft.-tall, open-to-the-sky cylinder -- actually, a vast sundial -- whose floor is covered in loose river stones. Ever been to a cathedral on Venus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best of 1991 | 1/6/1992 | See Source »

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