Suddenly, Architecture Matters
25 January 2001 - 8:00am
Young architects willing to take risks are bringing back good urban design.
"What all of these varied projects have in common is the passion of young architects - their love of cities, of the urban form, of a humane kind of modernism. In marrying the skyscraper to thoughtful detail and contextual sensitivity, these designers are helping to show this low-rise, tradition-steeped city that modernism doesn't have to be synonymous with cold and boxy objectsin space. "
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Style is coming to city high-rises
Source:
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 22, 2001
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