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Goats and Soda
Women were an integral part of the construction effort. Among their jobs: Carrying cement for a building project in Chandigarh, India in 1956.

PHOTOS: See the bold buildings that sprang up after South Asia regained independence

Apr 23, 2022
An exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art shows how Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka celebrated their freedom with a revolutionary vision for buildings and cities. Women played a vital role.
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All Things
Famous Foods dining court at Resorts World
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Three of a Kind

Nov 09, 2021

Three new casinos embrace modularity and reflect the current moment

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Architecture
The almost 40-foot 3D-printed pedestrian bridge designed by Joris Laarman and built by Dutch robotics company MX3D has been opened in Amsterdam six years after the project was launched. The bridge, which was fabricated from stainless steel rods by six-ax

Check Out The First 3D-Printed Steel Bridge Recently Unveiled In Europe

Aug 27, 2021
The almost 40-foot bridge, revealed last month, will now serve pedestrians and cyclists in Amsterdam's city center.
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Obituaries
Shoppers browse at a Williams Sonoma in Chicago, Ill., on May 22, 2003.

Richard Altuna, Who Redesigned What Retail Looks Like, Dies At 70

Jun 25, 2021
Altuna stealthily shaped the consumer landscape for decades, designing stores for The Gap, Pottery Barn, Patagonia, Restoration Hardware, Williams Sonoma and many more.
Fifth Street

April 15, 2021

Apr 15, 2021
Curator Ashanti McGee on New Exhibit A Common Thread | Found Dog, Lost Cause | The Virtual Reality of Money, and Other Scary Futuristic Things
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Architecture
Winter gardens and balconies were added to expand living space in <a href="https://www.lacatonvassal.com/index.php?idp=80">social buildings</a> in Bordeaux in 2017.

2021 Pritzker Prize Goes To French Architects Who 'Work With Kindness'

Mar 16, 2021
Often referred to as the "Nobel Prize of Architecture," this year's Pritzker was awarded to Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal, a design pair who emphasize re-use and equitable housing.
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Goats and Soda

How Bubonic Plague Reshaped The Streets Of Mumbai

Mar 07, 2021
The scenes that have played out in India's financial capital this year with COVID-19 bear a striking resemblance to what life was like when the bubonic plague hit more than a century ago.
Fifth Street

November 19, 2020

Nov 19, 2020
Casino Turns 25 | The Experience Economy 2.0 | Delicious Drive-Throughs | The Lessons of Viva Laughlin
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Better Architecture As A Tool For Addressing Climate Change

Oct 20, 2020

This summer, wildfires devastated the West Coast.

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Casino Architect Steelman Sees Circa, Resorts World Take Shape

Oct 19, 2020

It’s rare that an architect designs $5 billion worth of work in a whole career.

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Fifth Street

September 17, 2020

Sep 17, 2020
Mushrooms | COVID Design | Nevada Wildlife Explained | Media Sommelier | Clowns! Art!
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The Picture Show
A house designed by Paul R. Williams in La Cañada Flintridge, Calif. The first licensed Black architect west of the Mississippi, Williams was known for using curves to create a sense of intimacy, even in grand spaces.

'Regarding Paul R. Williams' Honors Legacy Of LA's Barrier-Breaking Black Architect

Sep 15, 2020
Janna Ireland's photography has focused on Black life in America. Now, she turns her lens to Paul R. Williams, the first Black architect in the American West. He put good design within reach of all.
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Architecture
The School of Economics Building at the Universita Luigi Bocconi in Milan, Italy, was designed by Grafton Architects — founded by Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara. It launched Grafton Architects as a leading designer of university buildings.

For The 1st Time, Architecture's Most Prestigious Prize Is Awarded To 2 Women

Mar 03, 2020
Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara founded Grafton Architects in Dublin in 1978. The Pritzker Architecture Prize jury called the two Irish architects "beacons" in a male-dominated field.
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Friday Photo: Chilling Geese, Basketball Blurs, and Sunny Reflections

Jan 31, 2020

More slices of life in the Las Vegas Valley from our shutterbugging staff

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All in
Steffan Lehman
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The Realist

Oct 01, 2019

Why aren’t our roofs white? Should we ban sprawl? And other questions asked by green urbanist and architect Steffen Lehmann.

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National
A set of pink seesaws allowed people to share some fun along the U.S.-Mexico border wall this week. Here, a woman helps her little girls ride the seesaw that was installed near Ciudad de Juarez, Mexico.

See-Saw Diplomacy Lets People Play Together Along U.S. Border Wall

Jul 30, 2019
A playdate recently broke out at the fence that separates the U.S. and Mexico in an event that was "filled with joy, excitement, and togetherness."
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Newscast headlines

Famed Architect Cesar Pelli Dies At 92

Jul 22, 2019

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Famed Argentine-American architect Cesar Pelli, known for designing some of the world's tallest and most iconic buildings, has died. He was 92.

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Book Reviews
<em>Eileen Gray: A House Under The Sun</em>, by Charlotte Malterre-Barthes and Zosia Dzierzawska

'Eileen Gray' Examines The Relationship Between Genius And Gender

Jun 07, 2019
Even in our current climate, it's sobering to consider how the profession of architecture treated modernist pioneer Eileen Gray. This graphic history is a thought-provoking, if incomplete, reflection.
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Architecture
The Nara Centennial Hall in Japan, built in the late 1990s, went up in the prefecture of Nara as the municipality celebrated a century of existence.

Arata Isozaki, Whose Hybrid Style Forged 'New Paths,' Wins Pritzker Prize

Mar 05, 2019
Growing up in the shadow of World War II, the Japanese architect became fascinated with how people rebuild. Now, after decades of restless reinvention, he has won architecture's highest honor.
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Housing divided
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Design: Housing Divided

Jan 25, 2019

Can Las Vegas avoid the affordable-housing pitfalls suffered by other prosperous regions? Let’s hear from  some architects!

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Head Of UNLV Architecture Program Preaches Sustainable Desert Design

Jan 30, 2019

It was anything but a straight line that brought the new head of UNLV’s School of Architecture to campus.

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See/Hear/Do
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Dreaming in Architecture

Jan 09, 2019

"A built environment of pure possibility": UNLV student archihtects show their adventurous work

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The Salt
Michael Durand (left), husband of Kitchn Editor-In-Chief Faith Durand, and friend Chris Gardner (right) carve turkey while guests hang out in the Durands' kitchen, dirty dishes and all, at a recent party.

Like Moths To A Flame: Why Modern-Day Guests Always Gather In The Kitchen

Dec 22, 2018
Holiday season is party season. Hosts decorate their homes with trees, flowers and candles in the windows to make them cozy and festive. Yet so many parties end up in the kitchen. Why?
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Architecture
The Richard Neutra-designed home at 49 Hopkins Ave. in San Francisco, as seen in an old Google Street View photograph.

San Francisco Orders Man To Rebuild His Iconic Home After It Was Demolished

Dec 19, 2018
Built in 1936, it was one of only a handful of Bay Area projects by the renowned architect Richard Neutra.
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Shots - Health News
For many decades, Marian Chace led the dance therapy program at St. Elizabeths. The photo above was taken circa the 1960s.

'Architecture Of An Asylum' Tracks History Of U.S. Treatment Of Mental Illness

Jul 06, 2017
Founded in 1855, St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C., grew from 250 patients to 8,000. A new exhibit at the National Building Museum explores the links between architecture and mental health.
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