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"But that is what tended to happen to concert hall sound during much of the 20th century, and that, too, reflected a changing aesthetic. The music of Modernism demanded a kind of sonic ruthlessness, a crispness and unforgiving clarity. Often, it took a polemical stance toward the mainstream audience as well. How could this not affect the sonic character of halls?"
glidehouse via livemodern
a dome of your own
wallace neff's shell house
sopranos week 11 clue me
mit's building 20
survey
replaced rewired
mclean -vs- breckman
Tuesday, May 18 and Wednesday, May 19 WNYC provides live coverage of the 9/11 Commission's eleventh public Hearing on "Emergency Response" at the New School University here in New York. The two-day hearing will examine the performance of local and federal emergency response departments on September 11th. Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is scheduled to testify on Wednesday.
Coverage will be hosted by Andrea Bernstein and Bob Hennelly.WNYC will return to regular programming during the Commission's lunch breakWNYC provides live coverage of the 9/11 Commission's eleventh public Hearing on "Emergency Response" at the New School University here in New York. The two-day hearing will examine the performance of local and federal emergency response departments on September 11th. Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is scheduled to testify on Wednesday.
Eucalyptus
Botanical: Eucalyptus globulus (LABILLE.)
Family: N.O. Myrtaceae
shoes hanging from powerlines
sage smudge sticks
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7 wtc silverstein: "pull it"
city reshaping building codes to u.s. model
the twin towers were never required to subscribe to nyc building and fire codes since they were port authority projects. likewise the (so-called) freedom tower.
"If you wanted to build a new library downtown somewhere, Rem Koolhaas is probably the last architect you would think to hire. For years, Koolhaas has been ranting about how traditional cities don’t matte anymore, and how the rise of new technologies has made public space obsolete, and how when people leave their houses the only thing the want to do is shop. His firm, the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, which is based in Rotterdam, wasn’t on the original list of architects being considered for a new library in Seattle, but one day in 1999 Koolhaas’ partner, Joshua Ramus, who comes from Seattle, got a phone call from his mother saying she had read in the local newspaper that any architect who wanted to be considered should show up the next day for a briefing. Ramus rushed to the airport, flew to Seattle, an eventually the firm got the job."
oh great, someone is bidding against me for these four drinking images.
the nyt magazine 2004 architecture issue.
(lets play it safe and focus on landscape architecture)
Insanely great, or just good enough?
Apple are pursuing perfection, but should they be?
via core77
the day after tomorrow
"When Gehry pulled the covering off the [World Cup of Hockey championship] trophy, it was like someone had tugged the burlap bag off the Elephant Man."
"When the trophy was unveiled, the reaction was dead silence."
designboom