Word: verticale
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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He also borrowed from the Renaissance by erecting one dramatic vertical building to offset the massive horizontal thrust of the plan. But in raising the 28-story administration building as a sort of campanile, he also made it a showcase for structural technology. Since Netsch could take advantage of the...
Illogical Logic. At the Museum of Modern Art, it was Old Line Surrealist René Magritte's turn, and the exhibition of 82 paintings proved that the Belgian-born artist has lost none of his wizardry. Loaves of bread fly in formation beyond a stone embrasure in The Golden...
Next to the "vertical assembly building" was a control building, with instrument panels enough for all the technicians who would have to be present for the moon shot. There were also plush leather seats for a hundred or more VIP's who would arrive to watch the shot.
The continuation of the arms race in these past six years has increased the need for agreements on nuclear proliferation and arms control. Three more nations have acquired nuclear forces; many others -- including India, Indonesia -- are capable of building them. An attempt by either the United States or the Soviet...
Since his subject matter is as alienated as any collection of Absurdist heroes, Wolfe feels he must over compensate to some degree in the interests of objectivity. "If I don't tip the scales a little bit," he says, "it will sound like I'm making fun of them". Sometimes...