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The irony is that so many of these houses are in jeopardy just as the Modernist era--all those decades of severe glass and steel--is being re-evaluated. By the 1970s, the sheer quantity of mediocre boxy office buildings had given the style a bad name. The history of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Splendor in the Glass | 6/28/2007 | See Source »

This period was the cusp of the '50s and '60s, and advertising was tuning into social changes, giving a voice to what we now popularly think of as irony. The chain-smoking corporate hipsters of Madison Avenue, Weiner says, tapped into a dissonance apparent to a generation that had seen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's an Ad. But Is It Art? | 6/21/2007 | See Source »

For Las Vegas gamblers, the sevens have an obvious appeal; not only is 7-7-7 the top slot machine jackpot, it also adds up to 21 in Black Jack. But the sevens have a lot of other significances as well. The simplicity is a big seller, especially for guys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Most Popular Wedding Day Ever | 6/7/2007 | See Source »

When the leaders of the G-8 countries descend on the Baltic seaside resort of Heiligendamm in eastern Germany on June 6-8 for their annual summit, they will be visiting a part of the world where eight of nine countries are growing faster than the E.U. average; where several...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sea of Plenty | 5/31/2007 | See Source »

'Americans have many virtues-we are a hardworking, innovative people-but we are also impatient.' HENRY PAULSON, U.S. Treasury Secretary, opening a two-day U.S.-China trade summit in Washington D.C. by warning that the talks needed to address "immediate concerns" such as the effects of China's trade surplus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 5/24/2007 | See Source »

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