Our men in a mess
The new British Embassy building in Algiers is a striking piece of modernist design. But cutbacks mean it could well be the last of its kind, warns Jay Merrick
MalaysiaNews.net,
Sun Dec 06 17:27:15 PST 2009
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(AFX UK Focus) 2009-12-06 16:04 Most Paris museums open, strikers consider options
PARIS, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Most top Paris museums were open on Sunday but unions said a strike against government cost cuts could resume next week, closing the doors of major attractions. The...
Interactive Investor,
Sun Dec 06 08:27:14 PST 2009
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Most Paris museums open, strikers consider options
Most top Paris museums were open on Sunday but unions said a strike against government cost cuts could resume next week, closing the doors of major attractions.
Reuters via Yahoo! News,
Sun Dec 06 07:58:14 PST 2009
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Art Deco Fair
The fair presents arts and crafts, pottery, bronzes, art nouveau, furniture, glass, jewellery, prints, lighting and more, all designed in a modernist style.
My Battersea,
Sat Dec 05 16:08:27 PST 2009
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Walpole
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- One day in 1747, a tabby named Selima became the victim of a fashion trend. Her untimely death is revisited in one of the year
Bloomberg,
Sun Dec 06 16:31:38 PST 2009
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If Frank Lloyd Wright Built Gingerbread Houses [Design]
This lovely ranch-style double-wide may not have exposed brick or vaulted ceilings, but man is it delicious. And there are so, so many more. It's the first year for Creative Room's annual.....
Gizmodo,
Mon Dec 07 07:19:27 PST 2009
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Pioneering exhibition
For more than 40 years Kings Parks Pioneer Woman has stood stoically in her pond, defying the elements
thewest.com.au,
Sun Dec 06 18:41:43 PST 2009
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A visit to 1959 Palm Springs
Dwight Eisenhower, on holiday from the White House , whips a golf club beneath a blue October sky. Frank Sinatra , driven indoors by a surprise December rainstorm, schmoozes with Peter Lawf...
Los Angeles Times,
Sun Dec 06 11:51:32 PST 2009
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Building for diplomacy: Our men in a mess
The new British Embassy in Algiers is an outstanding piece of diplomatic architecture. But it may be the very last hurrah of a cash-strapped Foreign and Commonwealth Office no longer prepar...
Independent,
Sun Dec 06 16:28:38 PST 2009
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The Middle East's Leading English Language Daily
When rainfall occurs in parched lands with no rivers, people rejoice. From the Thar Desert in India
Arab News,
Sun Dec 06 16:07:05 PST 2009
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Soap Opera: An Artist Lathers the Lever House With History
The New York headquarters of global soap corporation Unilever is a work of art itself. The Lever House, one of the most famous Modernist structures in the world, was designed with a brillia...
Fast Company Magazine,
Fri Dec 04 15:24:21 PST 2009
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MCA Presents Ann Lewis Gift Spanning Five Decades of Contemporary Art
Rosemary Laing, airport # 3 1997 (printed 2000) type C photograph, 40 x 85 cm. Museum of Contemporary Art, gift of Ann Lewis AO, 2009. Image courtesy the artist and Tolarno Galleries © the ...
Art Daily,
Sun Dec 06 18:13:09 PST 2009
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Triangle Modernist Houses Welcomes 2010 Advisory Council
Triangle - December 1, 2009 (DURHAM, NC) - George Smart, founder and director of Triangle Modernist Houses.com (TMH), today announced appointments to the organization's 2010 Advisory Counci...
dBusinessNews.com,
Tue Dec 01 13:17:01 PST 2009
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Sympathy for the devil worshipers
Inside Norway's infamous black-metal scene: Misunderstood Robin Hoods or Satanic church-burning maniacs?
Salon.com,
Sun Dec 06 17:24:07 PST 2009
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A visit to 1959 Palm Springs
The year was a seminal one for the desert resort town; 50 years on, it's still a swingin' time. 1959
Los Angeles Times,
Sun Dec 06 02:15:31 PST 2009
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Planning your trip to Palm Springs
THE BEST WAY TO PALM SPRINGS
Los Angeles Times,
Sun Dec 06 02:14:41 PST 2009
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Composer's legacy is his rich body of work
Richard Meale, 1932-2009
Brisbane Times,
Sun Dec 06 05:34:29 PST 2009
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Design right at home at Kirkland Museum
It's time to rethink the Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art. The former artist's studio, which is packed floor to ceiling with a dizzying array of paintings, sculptures and other obje...
Denver Post,
Sun Dec 06 00:27:52 PST 2009
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Board shuts door on Donnell Library landmarking
Fans of Midtown
Gay City News,
Sun Dec 06 12:15:49 PST 2009
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