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June 26, 2011 - July 2, 2011 Archives

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Competition for a new Newport visitors center

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By David Brussat    Email

Surely we can improve upon the sad relic pictured at left! In fact, so averse is Newport to its "gateway" that it is almost impossible to find a photo of it on Google. It is one of three or four,......

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 Tags  America's Cup Avenue   Christine Franck   David Brussat   Gateway Visitors Center   Newport RI   William D. Warner  

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Column: Oops! Excuse our libido for the ugly!

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By David Brussat    Email

Above, the Gherkin, a 2005 office tower of 40 stories designed by Kenneth Shuttleworth of Foster + Partners, looms beyond the Tower of London. (Photograph by Ed O'Keefe) * * * Kenneth "Ken the Pen" Shuttleworth builds his alter......

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 Tags  Architecture   David Brussat   Engineering   Gherkin   Kenneth Shuttleworth   London   London City Hall   Modernism   Norman Foster   Richard Eden   Stuart Lipton  

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Will we always have Paris?

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By David Brussat    Email

Well, maybe not, but we'll always have films about Paris. A new one is out from Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris, that's been described by critic David Denby as "a love letter to Paris." But Paul Goldberger disagrees. By......

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 Tags  Architecture   Jack Finney   Midnight in Paris   Modernism   Paris   Paul Goldberger   The New Yorker   Woody Allen  

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Coming up: Sorry for inflicting Crystal Phallus on London!

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By David Brussat    Email

When I wrote this I did not know I'd be writing my Thursday column on the same subject, so I hereby, henceforth and forthwith turn this into a preview of that column. The British architect Ken "The Pen" Shuttleworth......

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 Tags  Architecture   Crystal Phallus   Gherkin   Ken Shuttleworth   London   London City Hall   Modernism   Robie Wood  

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