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Friday, May 16, 2008
Chistopher Hawthorne, Architecture Critic
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By Christopher Hawthorne
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK:
Dutch architect's Guggenheim Hermitage Museum closes at the Venetian Hotel, evidence that the city's visitors seek glitz and gambling, not art and culture.
May 13, 2008
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By Christopher Hawthorne
ARCHITECTURE REVIEW:
The site was at odds with the needs of the scientists -- until Viñoly got creative.
April 27, 2008
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By Christopher Hawthorne
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK:
Both visions for downtown's civic plaza are less than inspiring and raise questions about how the design will be handled.
April 21, 2008
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By Christopher Hawthorne
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK:
Hiding a contentious torch, a San Francisco warehouse ousts bold architectural projects in China as Olympic imagery.
April 11, 2008
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By Christopher Hawthorne
ARCHITECTURE / CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK:
Some architects are playing up the idea of impermanence, perhaps underscoring the changeability of our times and town.
April 13, 2008
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By Christopher Hawthorne
April 6, 2008
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By Christopher Hawthorne
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK:
His finest designs slip into otherworldly realms of desire and memory.
March 31, 2008
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By Christopher Hawthorne
ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW:
The museum's Research Institute presents a show on an iconoclast who called architecture 'a vase for life.'
March 17, 2008
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By Christopher Hawthorne
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK:
New parcel means new opportunities.
March 14, 2008
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By Christopher Hawthorne
ARCHITECTURE REVIEW:
'Worlds Away' at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis explores the populist shift outside of the city.
February 25, 2008
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By Christopher Hawthorne
THE OSCARS | CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK:
With this year's best-picture candidates, conformity in buildings mirrors the erosion of individuality in their inhabitants.
February 24, 2008
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By Christopher Hawthorne
ARCHITECTURE:
Los Angeles awaits the reopening of Griffith Observatory.
September 10, 2006
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By Christopher Hawthorne
MOVIE REVIEW:
"Gehry" is intriguing but a bit behind the curve.
May 19, 2006
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By Christopher Hawthorne
ARCHITECTURE REVIEW:
The L.A. School, with members including Gehry and Mayne, operated outside the mainstream. A SCI-Arc exhibit studies their work.
August 12, 2005
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By Christopher Hawthorne
ARCHITECTURE REVIEW:
The price tag is over the top, but Wynn Las Vegas' exterior isn't.
May 9, 2005
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