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Architecture and the Human Condition

SW Oregon Architect

The Sagrada Familia, Barcelona; Antoni Guadi, architect (photo by Garry Nishimura) From the moment I first became fascinated with architecture as a child, I have believed the buildings and places we respond to most deeply are founded upon bases that are truly profound. My dilemma was and remains my inability to articulate how we know them.

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Eugene/Architecture/Alphabet: L

SW Oregon Architect

The Lane Building, east facade (my photo) This is the next in my Eugene/Architecture/Alphabet series of blog posts, the focus of each being a landmark building here in Eugene. Many of these will be familiar to most who live here but there are likely to be a few buildings that are less so.

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Newport Spotlight: Ida Lewis Yacht Club (ILYC)

A4 Architects

Aerial view of the Ida Lewis Yacht Club (Photo Credits: PJ Dougherty) When a city is as old as Newport, Rhode Island, which was founded in 1639, many of the buildings and structures of the city have had to function for many different purposes over time. At the time of his passing, Ida became the first female lighthouse keeper in the country.

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When Weather Becomes a Design Challenge

Community Architect

When a building floods or is torn apart by a hurricane or consumed by fire, or rendered almost useless by weeks without electric power, it used to be "force major" or "an act of god". The question is now: What can we do to make our buildings, towns, cities and our infrastructure withstand the new type of destructive weather?

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The 50 most powerful women in architecture and design

Deezen

In 2016, she was appointed dean of the Yale School of Architecture, becoming the first woman to take the role having taught at the prestigious Ivy League university since 1988. Diller is also a professor of architectural design at Princeton University. The title now belongs to St.

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

Architizer

From the outside, the elegant New York Home seems clean and modernist, with glazed walls that seem to nod to iconic 20th century buildings like the Farnsworth House. And these buildings are not only efficient and affordable, they are quite beautiful, retaining the clean lines and dramatic angles that characterize her work for wealthy clients.

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Living in an A. Hays Town Home in Lafayette, Louisiana

Stephen B Chambers Architects

The original home of Maurice Heymann, developer of the Oil Center, was also designed by Town and gifted to the university by the family and is incorporated into the campus buildings of ULL. It was one of the first homes in the city designed by A. The Heymann home predates the Mahtook home. A comparison of the two homes demonstrates A.

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