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...That was the year he won the commission for the Institute of the Arab World in Paris, one of the Grand Projects decreed throughout the city by Francois Mitterand. Its most ingenious feature was a sunscreen created by thousands of steel-frame iris mechanisms. Arranged in Islamic tile patterns, they widen and contract in response to the sun. Architects talk sometimes about buildings having a skin. This one had pores. They didn't always operate, but they announced to the world an intricate mind...
Today, Soweto's population of an estimated 2 to 3 million is emerging as the bedrock of South Africa's new black middle class. Clapboard shanty towns are being replaced by neat rows of brick and tile bungalows. BMWs and Mercedes are a common sight. And last September saw the opening of a vast steel and glass mall. The choir's success reflects Soweto's new dawn. "Soweto is a place of change," says Bok, "and the choir walks hand in hand with Soweto...
...from its suburban phase. The average size of a house in New Songjiang is more than twice that of the average downtown Shanghai apartment, and now we, and our fellow suburban pioneers, are stocking up with stuff. In our house we have drapes that were made in Tianjin, and tile flooring from Kunming, but also bathroom fixtures made by Kohler (headquarters: Kohler, Wis.) and consumer electronics from Samsung and Panasonic. Our town's central shopping mall - which looks as if it could be in White Plains, N.Y., or the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles...
...Harvard’s Indian College. So far, the 42 students enrolled in “Archaeology of Harvard Yard” have unearthed shellbuttons, wine bottles, pipestems, bits of Chinese porcelain, and (surprise!) plenty of brick. The most exciting discovery to date are small pieces of printing tile that may have been used to produce the first Bible printed in North America. “It’s so easy when you’re walking through the yard to ignore Harvard’s history,” says amateur archeologist Devon E. Sherman...
...Tile structure...