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Top architect Jean Nouvel shelves Paris skyscraper project

2010-03-18T12:18:40Z

<div><p>French star architect Jean Nouvel said Thursday that plans to build a high-tech skyscraper on the edge of Paris were put on hold after investors hard-hit by the global slowdown grew nervous.</p><p>Nouvel won the contract to build the modern concrete, glass and steel Signal Tower in 2008 as part of an ambitious plan to rejuvenate La Defense, the drab bu...

Top architect scraps Paris skyscraper project

2010-03-18T11:16:33Z

<div><p>French star architect Jean Nouvel has scrapped plans to build a high-tech skyscraper on the edge of Paris after the project failed to attract investors, officials said Thursday.</p><p>Nouvel won the contract to build the modern concrete, glass and steel Signal Tower in 2008 as part of an ambitious plan to rejuvenate La Defense, the business district on...

Travel Trip Wright Campus

2010-02-02T07:15:33Z

This photo taken Jan. 28, 2010 shows the Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Fla. The Florida Southern College campus is home to the world's largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright arch...

Michigan modern architecture a draw for travelers

2010-02-22T14:41:41Z

<div id="subtitle">Michigan offers wealth of modern architecture, with notable buildings open for intimate visits</div><div><p>Stop by the Minoru Yamasaki-designed McGregor Memorial Conference Center at Wayne State Unive...

Classical Home Plans

2010-02-22T17:11:19Z

They have been around forever and that is why the Classical Home Plan can be the right choice when the desire for a ?classy? residence is a favored choice. There are several definable styles for a Classical Home plan so the range of designs is not limited. Many custom home plans are centered around a classical house design and may contain elements that define the structure as Italianate, Greek Revival, Empire or Palladian styles.<br><br>The Italianate style was int...

DUBAI TALLEST BUILDING

2010-01-04T18:00:26Z

RETRANSMITS graphic that moved Jan. 1; graphic shows world's tallest buildings

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EMIRATES DUBAI BURJ KHALIFA

2010-01-04T14:31:02Z

Fireworks light up Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building during the official opening ceremony in Dubai, United Arab Emirates Monday, Jan. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Nousha Salimi)

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APTOPIX Emirates Dubai World Tallest Building

2010-01-04T14:16:41Z

Fireworks light up, Burj Khalifa , the world's tallest building during the official opening ceremony in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Jan. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

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Emirates Dubai World Tallest Building

2010-01-04T14:16:40Z

Burj Khalifa , the world's tallest building during the official opening ceremony in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Jan. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

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The World's Tallest Building The Burj Dubai

2010-01-04T03:45:30Z

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - JANUARY 04: The world's tallest building the Burj Dubai is pictured on January 4, 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Martin Rose/Bongarts/Getty Images)

White House in the early morning in Washington, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Dubai Debt Crisis Shakes European Economy

2009-11-29T03:31:03Z

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - NOVEMBER 27: The Burg Dubai, the tallest building in the World at over 800 metres, on November 23, 2009 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. A six-month delay to repay 36 Billion GBP debt has been requested by Dubai. According to reports ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid A...

Travel Trip Lloyd Wright Synagogue

2009-11-23T10:17:03Z

This photo taken Nov. 19, 2009 shows Beth Sholom Synagogue, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, in Elkins Park, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Feisty architect Hadid challenges Rome skyline

2010-02-24T02:53:11Z

<div><p>ROME (Reuters Life!) - Iraq's Zaha Hadid, one of the world's most acclaimed architects, has given this ancient city that normally shuns modern intrusions another controversial building -- a new museum dedicated to contemporary design.</p><p>The MAXXI -- which stands for Museum ...

Italy opens new contemporary arts museum

2010-02-24T05:45:58Z

<div id="subtitle">Italy tries to shed image as merely a keeper of glorious artistic past with new arts museum</div><div><p>Italy is opening its first national museum for contemporary arts and architecture in a bid to shed its image as merely a keeper of a glorious artistic past.</p><p>The &amp;#8264;llion ($223 million) Maxxi cultural center opens Saturday, for a...

Obama Halloween

2009-10-31T15:30:24Z

Volunteers carve pumpkins along the driveway to the North Portico of the White House in Washington in preparation for Halloween, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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news pink ribbon white house

2009-10-27T12:02:44Z

Atmosphere The first pink Cancer awareness ribbon is suspended on the north portico. Washington DC, USA - 26.10.09

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2009 Whitney Museum Gala - Cocktail Party

2009-10-19T21:16:54Z

NEW YORK - OCTOBER 19: Richard Meier attends the 2009 Whitney Museum Gala at The Whitney Museum of American Art on October 19, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Get...