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Vertical lines and a virtual absence of windows give the crisply detailed tower a powerful, brooding air. But the building clearly states its purpose. Devoted to research labs, it is the place where agronomists conduct prolonged experiments in biology and biochemistry, which require precise climate control as well as immunity...
Lift-Off. Nicknamed "Maglev" (for magnetic levitation) by the Stanford engineers, the train could use any number of propulsion systems: propellers, jet engines or even rocket motors. But both Japanese and American designers favor linear induction motors. These are similar to conventional electric motors, but they have, in effect, been...
Whispers with J.F.K. The lighthearted Lisagor is admired as a great generalist in a field where specialists are taking over. As chief of the News's five-member bureau, he practices what he calls "horizontal" journalism - he and his reporters follow their stories wherever they lead rather than sticking...
Also intended for Back Bay is Bill Jacobson's wall-long relief sculpture for the side of a building. Made of pieces like old railroad ties and used industrial lumber, its strong vertical and horizontal lines recall the rectilinear urban grid of the area. And the material corroborates the Populist...
James Brown's "Red Zip," for example, uses Kenneth Noland's ruler-straight horizontal stripes. The painting concerns itself with color relativity-two burgundy stripes surround a red one, two reds an orange, and two oranges a yellow, reading down the canvas. Alex Packer's "Blues Progression" is a similar...