Blog from things magazine: an online journal about objects and meanings - 01/05/2009
Digging up the past
A small selection of general links. Right now, haddock is the place to go to catch up on all the holiday media splurges, like the BBC Today programme guest editors (who included Zaha Hadid) / 'An animation showing edits to the OpenStreetMap.org project during 2008' / six-month pinhole camera exposure / R Cubed
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News from Architectural Record - 01/05/2009
Madrid’s City of Justice Begins to Take Shape
Among the finalists in an open competition to create a master plan for a judicial campus in Madrid, one proposal stood out for its requirement that all of the buildings have cylindrical volumes.
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News from Interior Design - 01/05/2009
Interior Design Top News Stories of 2008
We're counting down the top 10 news stories on InteriorDesign.net! Here are the five hottest design articles of the year.
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News from Bloomberg - 01/04/2009
Vilnius Light Show Leads 900 Events in European Culture Capital
German artist Gert Hof fired lasers and fireworks in the Lithuanian capital’s Cathedral Square -- the first of almost 900 events scheduled for the year.
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News from The Vine - 01/04/2009
I heart design - the year ahead
Architecture and design are the only arts to be manufactured, they have a real monetary worth, and as such, are susceptible to events like, oh I don’t know, a global financial collapse. Therefore, expect to be hearing words like frugality, modesty and restraint.
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News from Newsweek - 01/02/2009
American Firms Redesigning Global Architecture
America's boutique architecture firms mix avant-garde designs with local color.
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News from BBC News - 01/02/2009
Cutting words
Designer Karl Lagerfeld talks fur and economics
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News from BBC News - 01/02/2009
Guest editor
Iraqi-born architect Hadid in charge of Today programme
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News from BBC News - 01/02/2009
Future perfect
Sir Peter Cook recalls 1960s avant garde visions
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News from The Sacramento Bee - 01/01/2009
Residents invited to share ideas for future civic center
The proposed Elk Grove Civic Center will be the topic of a public workshop Wednesday at City Hall, 8400 Laguna Palms Way. The workshop, hosted by the city and Elk Grove Community Connection, will begin at 6:30 p.m. with a reception, followed by the 7 p.m. program. Residents will have an opportunity to tell city leaders what uses they envision for a civic center. Options have included a ...
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News from New York Times - 01/01/2009
Ominous Cutbacks at Chanel
Chanel laying off 200 employees proves the sting of the recession is reaching further and further up the retail ladder. No luxury brand is safe.
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News from The Sacramento Bee - 12/30/2008
Elk Grove residents can help plan civic center
The proposed Elk Grove Civic Center will be the topic of a public workshop Jan. 7 at City Hall, 8400 Laguna Palms Way. The workshop, hosted by the city and Elk Grove Community Connection, will begin at 6:30 p.m. with a reception. The program begins at 7 p.m. Residents will have an opportunity to tell city leaders what characteristics they would like to see in a civic center. Options have ...
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News from Daily Telegraph - 12/30/2008
Fashion's AZ of 2009
From animal prints to zany art galleries Bronwyn Cosgrave reveals next year's hottest labels and the best places to show them off...
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News from Cincinnati CityBeat - 12/30/2008
Artful Resilience
The local visual arts scene remains vital despite tough times In what was a tough year all around, the visual arts scene in Greater Cincinnati managed to stay its ground in 2008. The primary presences are our museums, and they all had good years art-wise, although the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) was forced to make some staff layoffs late in the year as the national economy tanked.
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Blog from Dezeen architecture and design magazine - 12/30/2008
2008 review: June
[ zha_dubai-opera-house_sq.jpg] Continuing our review of the most popular Dezeen stories from each month during 2008, here are the five most-viewed posts from June, starting with Dubai Opera House by Zaha Hadid Architects. (more…)
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Blog from Arch Daily - 12/30/2008
New Olympic Ski Jump in Garmisch-Partenkirchen / terrain: loenhart
Architects: terrain: loenhart&mayr Location: Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Architects in Charge: Prof ... was inevitable. Among projects by Zaha Hadid Architects, Behnisch Architects and others, an international
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News from Guardian Unlimited - 12/30/2008
Architecture picks of 2009
The world's most influential architect gets his own show at London's Royal Academy, in celebration of his recent 500th birthday. Even the humblest British Georgian terrace is a relative of some of the best loved of all European buildings designed by the Italian master.
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News from The Herald - 12/29/2008
All Friends together
Those who knew Maggie Jencks talk of her many talents and her zest for life. After a diagnosis of terminal cancer, the landscape designer and writer put her considerable abilities into making her remaining life as positive as possible for all those around her.
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News from Interior Design - 12/29/2008
Interior Design Top News Stories of 2008
Stay tuned for the part two of our recap on January 5. We're counting down the top 10 news stories on InteriorDesign.net ! Here's your first taste of the hottest design articles of the year. Stay tuned for the part two of our recap!
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News from Daily Telegraph - 12/29/2008
Chanel to cut 200 jobs as the rich tighten their belts
Chanel the luxury fashion label is to cut 200 jobs as the rich tighten their belts according to reports.
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