Architecture Archive
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Building the Cloisters
Posted on December 21, 2012Follow @yaleARTbooks At first glance The Cloisters might be seen as an anachronism to its northern Manhattan neighborhood. Nestled within Fort Tryon Park (opened 1935), sitting above a grid of […] -
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Happy Birthday, Berenice Abbott!
Posted on July 17, 2012After exploring her creative urges through journalism, sculpture, poetry, and theater, Berenice Abbott (1898–1991) found a home for her artistic talents in photography while working in Paris as a darkroom […] -
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Aalto’s “American Town in Finland”
Posted on July 13, 2012The renowned Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) created several landmarks of modern design in America—the Finland Pavilion at the New York World’s Fair in 1939, the MIT’s Baker […] -
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The Venetian Book Tour
Posted on July 3, 2012Are you spending your holiday in the romantic city of Venice this summer? We’re not, either. We have happily entertained fantasies about such a getaway, though, thanks to two recent […] -
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Sustainable Venice
Posted on July 2, 2012When read together, Venice from the Water and Venice & Vitruvius present a multi-sided picture of the complex history and fate of the famous floating city of Venice. In many […] -
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Talking About the Prudential
Posted on June 12, 2012Both before it was built and since, people have been boosting and bashing Boston’s Prudential Center, whose construction began in earnest fifty years ago. Insuring the City: The Prudential Center and […] -
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Zaha Hadid: Form in Motion
Posted on April 20, 2012In 2004, Zaha Hadid became the first woman ever to win the Pritzker Prize, architecture’s highest honor. Last year, Hadid, an Iraqi-born architect widely known for her dynamic and innovative […] -
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Intelligent Design
Posted on March 2, 2012This year, four of Yale University Press’s art & architecture books have been honored by the Association of American University Presses (AAUP)’s Book, Jacket, and Journal Show, tying with the […] -
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To London, with Love: All the Downton Rage
Posted on January 13, 2012Ivan Lett— Finally, I win. I win every time the newest craze comes in from across the pond, but the Guinness World Book of Record-holding Downton Abbey has taken things […] -
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Excerpt from a Modernist Masterpiece: The Looshaus
Posted on January 12, 2012In the midst of Vienna stands the Looshaus, originally home to gentleman’s tailoring firm Goldman & Salatsch, and a striking icon of modern architecture. The building, which is colloquially named […]