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From:Apollo (Vol. 164, Issue 537)An open mind is an empty mind, insisted one master at school while another assured us that to change your mind is to show that you have one. I have long been haunted by these two contradictory precepts, but as I get...
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From:The Architectural Review (Vol. 217, Issue 1299)I couldn't imagine that I would ever have a kind word to say about English Heritage, that body staffed by closet would-be riders to hounds, haters of modern architecture and ageing members of the I-Dined-with-the-Earl...
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From:Design WeekStudio MB has created the new name for the Sir Walter Scott's Abbotsford Museum in Roxburghshire, Scotland, and is working on exhibition design for Scott's house, gardens and a new reception building. The consultancy...
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From:The Architectural Review (Vol. 219, Issue 1310)On 15 February 1945, two days after the notorious Allied bombardment of Dresden, the burnt-out dome of the city's famous Frauenkirche finally collapsed. Of all the wartime destruction wrought on Europe's cities, the...
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From:Mechanical Engineering-CIME (Vol. 123, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedThe restoration of Radio City Music Hall returns a landmark to its original glory--with a number of updates. RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL is not only the largest theater in New York City, it is easily the most famous. Built...
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From:Design WeekConverting an old building to incorporate a restaurant is a big challenge for architects, especially when that structure was a place of worship in its former life. Clare Dowdy says grace before opening the doors on to...
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From:Shakespeare Bulletin (Vol. 22, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedPhilip Henslowe is famous because of his Diary, the day-by-day record of his transactions as the builder of the Rose playhouse in 1587, and its evidence for his practices as the landlord and paymaster of at least six...
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From:Design Week (Vol. 18, Issue 18)For every design competition rejection letter sent out there's a designer somewhere going 'Well, I knew my stuff was too radical/ traditional, abstract/ concrete, dark/ bright for the judges, so what do you expect?' to...
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From:Building Design & Construction (Vol. 30, Issue 6)Legislators to consider tax code's effect on rehabilitation House and Senate bills would liberalize requirements for rehab tax benefits Concern over the rapidly falling number of certified historic rehabilitations has...
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From:Building Design & Construction (Vol. 30, Issue 6)Specialists focus on picture-perfect restorations Modern materials aid in cost-effective preservation of historic buildings While the preservation of historic buildings has been a strong force in the construction...
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From:Design Week (Vol. 17, Issue 34)THE search for exhibition designers to work on the curatorial aspects of the [pounds sterling]30m, mixed-use Oxford Castle Heritage Project is due to begin later this month, following an award of [pounds sterling]1 .78m...
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From:Design Week (Vol. 18, Issue 32)Some might say that in recent years the BBC's television coverage of art and design has tended towards easy subjects with easy treatments that don't challenge audiences. For example, the last BBC Design Awards, a...
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From:Cornell Hotel & Restaurant Administration Quarterly (Vol. 32, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThe Sheraton Palace: Preserving the Past, Positioning for the Future The renovation of San Francisco's Sheraton Palace to its original, grand stature would not have been possible without an extraordinary focus on...
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From:Manitoba History (Issue 76) Peer-ReviewedThe city of Winnipeg agreed this fall to transfer shards of old buildings it has collected over the years to Heritage Winnipeg. These include five paintings from the former Capitol Theatre, and two ornamental terra...
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From:Oceania (Vol. 69, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBy focusing on two successive phases in the traditionalisation of the Maori meeting house - exhibition and aestheticisation in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and standardisation and tribalisation...
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From:Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal (Vol. 28)ON THE FACE OF IT, there is something disconcerting about the spectacle of Chawton Cottage--something misleading, or at the least profoundly wishful. This squat brick dwelling wears its two commemorative plaques...
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From:Building Design & Construction (Vol. 34, Issue 10)Builders who try to match historic brick in restoration projects face several challenges. The time required to produce custom shapes is often double that of straight brick, and the cost can be five times as much. There...
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From:Apollo (Vol. 182, Issue 633)The planned sale of nine artworks (including two masterpieces by Rubens) from the Alfred Beit Foundation has reignited debates about the management of Ireland's historic houses. The foundation maintains Beit's former...
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From:American Libraries (Vol. 47, Issue 7-8)On June 18 United for Libraries, in partnership with the Empire State Center for the Book, dedicated two new Literary Landmarks on the same New York City block. The dedications on the 300 block of East 57th Street...
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From:Apollo (Vol. 178, Issue 615)The ongoing restoration of Dumfries House in Ayrshire is admirably sensitive to the original building and its later alterations. But its greatest success is the way in which the estate will now function as a model of...