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June 2003
Features
Wireless Evolution
By Jonathan Ringen
Norway's telecom giant tests its high-tech mettle with a futuristic
office designed for mass communication.
Here is a selection of
web exclusive images from NBBJ.
Fits Like a Glove
By Kristi Cameron
An Italian Pop classic is reborn in America, in plastic.
Bend the Rules of Stucture
By Peter Hall
A Brooklyn metalworking shop with an unlikely name may hold the key to
21st-century shapemaking.
Central Park Turns 150
By Witold Rybczynski
The achievement of Central Park has always been impressive, but never
more than now, as we struggle to articulate our own visions for Lower
Manhattan.
Aura Spaces
By Andrea Codrington
Blurring the line between public and private, retail and residential,
Michael Gabellini creates a minimalism of sensual power.
Room 606
By Karen E. Steen
A new book focuses on this SAS House space as the means to explore
architect Arne Jacobsen's oeuvre.
Peach Blossom Special
By Jonathan Lerner
Will Atlanta's reimagined future arrive on a train?
Reclaiming the Sea
By Ken Shulman
An apartment renovation for Metropolis publisher Horace Havemeyer
skillfully combines contemporary aesthetics, universal design, and
traditional art.
Motor City
By Paul Makovsky
Thanks to Eero Saarinen's flexible plan and General Motors's commitment
to design, the original GM Technical Center is still functional and
beautiful at 50.
Read the web exclusive companion piece,
Revisiting the Work of Eero Saarinen.
Departments
Notes from Metropolis
Dumb people--or dumb design?
The Metropolis Observed
Three wheelin'; God vs. Gehry;
in search of Louis Kahn; green wine; one-stop shop; off-the-wall paper;
old school; hug your highway; Apple amateurs; retail revival.
A web exclusive continuation of the interview with Nathaniel Kahn on his father, Louis Kahn.
In Production: Dude, Where's My Chair?
By Paul Makovsky
Thomas Meyerhoffer's M2 chair.
Far Corner: The Height of the Art
By Philip Nobel
Is Daniel Libeskind's proposed tower for Lower Manhattan reaching for
the height of the art, or simply height?
Object Lesson: Starcked Out
By Paul Goldberger
Philippe Starck may be taking himself more seriously than his designs.
Letter from Lower Manhattan: Strange Bedfellows
By Karrie Jacobs
Can Daniel Libeskind and the Port Authority find common ground on what
to do with sacred ground?
Enterprise: Greenbacks and Green Buildings
By Ted Smalley Bowen
Sustainable design advocates try to show builders that green buildings
can save greenbacks.
Perspective: Graphic Obscurity
By Steven Heller
Philip Morris's old name and logo go up in smoke to make way for Altria.
Productsphere: Iridescence
By Paul Makovsky
Iridescence is the new black.
In Review
John Hockenberry on George Lois's
$ellebrity; Rowan Moore on Herzog and de Meuron's Laban Dance
Centre; new and notable books; and a review of Web sites.
Up & Coming
Upcoming events and conferences.
Reference Page
More information on people and places covered in this issue.
Ben Katchor
The Symbolic Building.
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