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  • February 2008

    • 10 Must-See Big Apple Buildings

      Associated Press  |  Feb 25, 08 6:35 AM CST

      10 Must-See Big Apple Buildings

      (Newser) - Headed to New York for a burst of sightseeing? Trade the Statue of Liberty for a tour of the Big Apple’s 10 must-see buildings, as compiled by the Center for Architecture: Conde Nast Building Brooklyn Museum Prada New York Rose Center For Earth And Space Apple Store Soho   More »

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      New York City  • architecture  • Brooklyn  • Prada  • Empire State Building  • Frank Gehry  • Renzo Piano

  • November 2007

    • MIT Sues Gehry for Negligence

      Boston Globe  |  Nov 6, 07 5:35 PM CST

      MIT Sues Gehry for Negligence

      (Newser) - One of the most famous buildings on the MIT campus is plagued by design flaws, the school says, and it has sued Frank Gehry, alleging the world-famous architect provided "deficient design services" for the $300 million project. The university paid Gehry $15 million to design the Stata Center, which opened in in 2004—and immediately began to fall apart, MIT charges. More »

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      lawsuit  • MIT  • architecture  • negligence  • Frank Gehry

    • Palatial Design, Modest Price

      Chicago Tribune  |  Nov 4, 07 10:33 AM CST

      Palatial Design, Modest Price

      (Newser) - Students of urban design should take a lesson from a new condominium development in Chicago's northern suburbs, the Chicago Tribune' s architectural critic Blair Kamin says. Its three 20-story buildings in Skokie not only "create an instant skyline for a suburb that doesn't have one," they use Lego-like layers of glass and aluminum to create "an ever-shifting profile that unfolds with cinematic theatricality." More »

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      Chicago  • architecture  • Frank Gehry  • Blair Kamin  • Santiago Calatrava

  • October 2007

    • 10 Years on, Bilbao Still Wows

      Bloomberg  |  Oct 28, 07 7:48 AM CDT

      10 Years on, Bilbao Still Wows

      (Newser) - Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Bilbao is ten years old this week, freshly buffed and looking better than ever, Bloomberg reports. The birthday is marked by a successful show of American heavyweights like Keith Haring, Julian Schnabel and Richard Serra. Bilbao continues to benefit from the cultural attention garnered by the building, but Guggenheim projects seeking to replicate the "effect" elsewhere have stalled. More »

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      Mexico  • Taiwan  • Abu Dhabi  • Rio de Janeiro  • Frank Gehry  • Julian Schnabel  • Bilbao  • Guggenheim Bilbao

    • Muschamp, Critic's Critic, Dies at 59

      New York Times  |  Oct 3, 07 6:24 PM CDT

      Muschamp, Critic's Critic, Dies at 59

      (Newser) - Architecture critic Herbert Muschamp died of lung cancer last night at age 59, the New York Times reports. Muschamp wrote for the Times during a “surge of exuberance” in architecture, and his personal style grabbed readers for more than a decade. Said the Times editor who hired him, “Herbert’s criticism was full of passion—too much for some readers.” More »

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      obituary  • architecture  • World Trade Center  • Andy Warhol  • Frank Gehry  • Guggenheim Bilbao  • Daniel Libeskind

  • August 2007

    • 10 Modern Chicago Masterpieces

      Chicago Magazine  |  Aug 28, 07 9:34 PM CDT

      10 Modern Chicago Masterpieces

      (Newser) - In a city known for its early 20th Century buildings, Chicago Magazine names 10 early 21st Century masterpieces, boasting that these structures make Chicago "a global epicenter of architecture." GARY COMER YOUTH CENTER (2006)  John Ronan Architects, 7200 South Ingleside Avenue STATE STREET VILLAGE (2003)  Murphy/Jahn Architects, 3301 South State St. JAY PRITZKER MUSIC PAVILION (2004)  Frank Gehry, architect, Millennium Park More »

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      list  • Chicago  • architecture  • Frank Gehry  • Pritzker

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