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The Harley Museum Goes the Whole Hog
Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:29:00 -0400
The Milwaukee motorcycle mecca will showcase Harley-Davidson's history, creating a shrine for bikers
Inside Beijing's National Swimming Center
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:56:00 -0400
A multidisciplinary design team employed an innovative digital process to produce a surprising, highly integrated envelope-and-structure combination
The Ethics of China's Building Boom
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:20:00 -0400
Beijing is booming, with billions of dollars in construction contracts. But what about the human rights records?

MIT News: Architecture

MIT architect Sass puts up a prefab at MoMA
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500
Larry Sass, assistant professor of computation in the MIT Department of Architecture, is one of five architects featured in a major show this summer at the Museum of Modern Art titled "Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling."
Making a splash in Zaragoza
Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500
An MIT-designed building featuring water walls that can be programmed to display patterns and images is being unveiled this week at the opening of the Zaragoza World Expo in Spain.
Interview with the dean: Adele Santos
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500
An interview with Dean Adele Santos, dean of the MIT School of Architecture and Planning, in which Santos discusses the school's goals and challenges and the role it can play in the future of sustainable cities across the world.

 

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ArchitectureWeek: Foster and Partners Roof the Great Court - Don Barker explains the history of the great neoclassical British Museum designed by Robert Smirke in the context of the new steel and glass roof.
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Art Galleries and Museums - Information on the architect, location, date, construction system, context and style of a world selection from Great Buildings Online.
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Exhibition and Exposition - Great Buildings Online provides images and information on a selection of buildings in Europe, North American and Japan designed for exhibition purposes.
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404 History of The Natural History Museum Buildings - An illustrated outline from the official site of the remarkable Victorian buildings in South Kensington, designed by Waterhouse and decorated with carvings of animals and plants.

Kunsthaus Graz - An extraordinary exhibition hall in Austria designed by London architects Peter Cook and Colin Fournier. Includes images and description of the friendly alien design.
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The British Museum: History - The official site gives brief details an an historic image of the buildings at its core designed by Sir Robert and Sidney Smirke and erected between the 1820s and 1850s.
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The Crystal Palace - Computer models of this Victorian marvel designed by Joseph Paxton from the University of Virginia, with an illustrated account of its history and construction.

The Crystal Palace Foundation - Group dedicated to preserving the history of the Crystal Palace, who have created a museum on the site. Includes images and a history of the building after the Great Exhibition closed in October 1851.

404 The Guardian: A Feast for the Eyes - Jonathan Glancey admires the Great Court in the British Museum. He describes the history of the building and the new roof over the court.

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem - The Shrine of the Book, erected in 1965 for the preservation and exhibition of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Brief illustrated history of this remarkable building designed by American-Jewish architects A.Bartos and F. Kiesler.