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...Gamble House Pasadena, Calif., architects Charles and Henry Greene's hymn to woodwork celebrates its centennial this year. The warmth of the place is comforting, but the craftsmanship of the carpentry makes me want to be a better person...
...that consistent coolness has a cost. The most successful Presidents have had a gift for projecting warmth during the chilliest times: Teddy Roosevelt, famously coolheaded in a crisis, had his teddy bears; F.D.R. warmed the shivering nation with his fireside chats. When Obama sneered to Hillary that she was "likable enough," when he talks about feelings rather than feeling them, when a voter tells him about a tragedy and he pivots into policy, it can make you wonder where his real passions lie. "You have to have a fire inside," Gergen says, "an ambition for the nation, an internal, fierce...
...Science Building into both Harvard and the larger community of Cambridge visually as well as socially. “On Harvard’s campus you see a lot of brick and a fair amount of wood. Our intention here was to use wood in a way to bring warmth to the aesthetic of the building,” he explains, adding, “The brick sections house the wet labs—very much a continuation of the Harvard aesthetic.”“In a setting like Harvard, especially right next to Cambridge, it also...
...climactic two weeks when each project is open to the public; afterward, all the materials are dismantled and recycled. During an intermission in the afternoon’s events, Christo and Jeanne-Claude stepped out onto a balcony by the ICA’s theater. In the warmth of the afternoon sun, Jeanne-Claude tipped the ash of her cigarette into a rectangular metal box that she pulled from her bag. She seemed slightly annoyed by questions: “The answer to that is on our website.” Christo was more forthcoming.“There...
Ginsburg also gave the audience an insider’s view of the current Supreme Court, praising the warmth and support of her fellow justices during her fight against cancer...