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...energy consumption. “It’s more than that. It has a qualitative aspect,” he said. “It has to do also with usability of the building, how people use buildings.” For Behnisch, famous for his use of tall glass panes that flood light into buildings’ nighttime surroundings, buildings should also foster a sense of place and encourage interactions between people. “We can’t force people to communicate,” he said, “but we can create the opportunities...
...with Timbaland, and recording with Pharrell Williams—would stay true to the formula that produced two of the most exciting rock albums of the last decade. I thought that, even as The Strokes lost their touch and The White Stripes altered their sound, The Hives would stand tall as the unwavering foundation for my love of the garage rock revival. “The Black and White Album” proves I was horribly wrong. Clocking in at more than 45 minutes, “The Black and White Album” is a distinct departure from...
...clarity of Australian cultural achievement is often muddied by our most irksome cultural shortcoming: a peevishly insecure hatred of "tall poppies," people distinguished by their achievements in any area except, of course, sport. Australia has never honored its artists, intellectuals, writers and musicians as fully as its sports figures; there is always an undertow of resentment, of the lowbrows' residual suspicion that the highbrow is conning them. Everyone bitches about this; nobody does anything about it. It is hardwired into us, a proof of "toughness...
...elegant 19th century neoclassical buildings. The Rhine plies a serpentine course through the city, and Novartis' headquarters are at the river's edge, at a point where France, Germany and Switzerland meet. Across the Rhine from Novartis and a little to the east, marked by a tall white smokestack, is rival Roche. The pharmaceutical execs in Basel know one another, and they talk...
...admits. I had to do all the things I was coasting through in high school.”“I always think it’s more difficult for any basketball player—male or female—when you’re exceptionally tall,” coach Kathy Delaney-Smith adds. “[Emma] had to learn how to jump when she came here, she had to learn how to move.”The transition to college basketball was a difficult one for Moretzsohn, who also had to learn to adjust...