washingtonpost.com - Shaping the CityShaping the CitySaarinen Developed a New Architectural Vocabulary for Each of His Projects- April 23, 2005 You probably know what the main terminal building at Dulles International Airport looks like. You also may know that the Dulles terminal is among America's best-known works of architecture, designed in the 1950s by Eero Saarinen, son of acclaimed Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29477-2004Sep17.html?nav=rss_business/colum... Press May Ignore Architects, but So Does (Almost) Everyone Else- April 23, 2005 When buildings are featured in the media, often the architects responsible for their design and execution are not mentioned.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9829-2004Oct29.html?nav=rss_business/column... In Washington, Orderly Is the Rule- April 23, 2005 Do you prefer architecture embodying a sense of order, buildings that are geometrically comprehensible, systematically structured and logically organized using a consistent palette of materials and detailshttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26849-2005Jan21.html?nav=rss_business/colum... In Redeveloping Its Waterfronts, Washington Should Again Turn to Paris- April 23, 2005 Giving new life and new form to Washington's Potomac and Anacostia River waterfronts is in all respects a fabulous prospect, not to mention a monumental effort that is long overdue.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1027-2004Oct1.html?nav=rss_business/columns... Household Shutters Should Be More Than Just Another Pretty Facade- April 23, 2005 Like many architects who design homes, when clients ask for windows flanked by shutters, I shudder.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56713-2005Jan7.html?nav=rss_business/column... Dresden Architects Perfect Art of Restoring Without Replicating- April 23, 2005 When it comes to preserving, restoring or rebuilding historic architecture, and then harmoniously juxtaposing the antique and the new, Europeans continue to show the way.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59699-2004Sep3.html?nav=rss_business/column... It's Not Jingle All the Way as Santa Looks Down on Region's Sprawl- April 23, 2005 Last night Santa Claus swept across the Washington area delivering toys to thousands of girls and boys. However, this is no longer an easy task, even for Santa.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22752-2004Dec23.html?nav=rss_business/colum... Traditional Zoning Can't Meet the Challenge of Modern Development- April 23, 2005 Among the innovations championed by the New Urbanist or neo-traditional movement, and by many other architects and planners, are "form-based" zoning codes.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9505-2004Jul23.html?nav=rss_business/column... Characteristics of Good Design May Reside in the Eye of the Beholder- April 23, 2005 The District of Columbia Building Industry Association's 4th annual LandlordTenant Design Seminar, held last week at the National Press Club, had a provocative title: "Does Good Design Make a Trophy Building"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55770-2004Dec10.html?nav=rss_business/colum... Keeping a Lid on Complex Roof Design Can Reduce the Likelihood of Leaks- April 23, 2005 Winter is when roofs really matter, when we all hope that the geometric forms and assembly of materials covering our buildings succeed in keeping us dry and warm.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63911-2005Feb4.html?nav=rss_business/column... |