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The Metropolis Observed

June 2003

My Architect, Myself

The mystery of Louis Kahn's life was as compelling as his buildings. Thirty years after his death, his filmmaker son goes in search of the true Lou with the documentary My Architect.
Old School

Princeton visiting professor Peter Eisenman throws down the gauntlet over a Gothic-style dorm.
Paper Architects

Artists, architects, and industrial designers bring concept wall-coverings to Wolf-Gordon.
The Anti-Big Dig

Two Toronto architects reimagine urbanism's bête noir--the blighted space beneath an elevated highway.
From Aeron to Amen

A little-known Frank Gehry building's strange path from furniture factory to Christian campus.
Longer Live the Mall

A competition suggests design CPR for the country's dying shopping centers.
Mock Macs

Armed with digital drafting tools, obsessed Apple fans design the products of their dreams.
Three Wheelin'

In its native India the world's largest manufacturer of scooters, Bajaj Auto Ltd., markets a three-wheel rickshaw much the same way SUVs are sold here: their catalog touts it as "a perfect family vehicle."
A Glass of Green

For Oregon vintners Sokol Blosser, a sustainable cellar makes pinot noir taste better.
From Brianza, with Love

A new store woos American furniture buyers with Italian design for every room of the house.
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