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American
Museums of Art
Steven Holl Architects
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
This competition winning addition is composed of five interconnected
structures as opposed to a single massive expansion. Traversing from
the existing building across its sculpture park, the five built "lenses"
form new spaces and angles of vision. From the movement through the
landscape and threaded between the light openings, exhilarating new
ex- periences of the... more
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Modern
Art Museum, Fort Worth
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, designed by the world-renowned
architect Tadao Ando, is a striking building that embodies the pure,
unadorned elements of a mod- ern work of art. It is composed of five
pavilions of concrete and glass set on 11 naturally landscaped acres
including a 1.5 acre reflecting pond. Ando explains that the "engawa"
in Japanese architecture is the is the space between the inside and
the outside... more
Bluffton
Figure-Ground
Tadao Ando
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Young Museum, San Francisco
Constructed of __ warm natural
___ materials: stone, wood
and glass, the new de Young blends into and complement it's...
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Walker Art Center, Minnesota
Expansion designed by Herzog & de Meuron
The Walker Art Center is on a 17 acre (69,000 m²) urban campus
that includes both buildings and parks. The north wing of the.... more
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Seiho Air Diffusers, Vents & Nozzles
Seiho is pleased to announce the addition of the Aluminum Reversible
TurboNozzle, mo-
del NX, to its popular TurboNozzle lineup.
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Escon Doors
Rich grain woods are kiln-dried and hand selected to meet Escon standards
for both quality and appearance.
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Waterplay
Waterplay: from exciting spray parks for children, to urban spray
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thetics, with over 20 years of experience.
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Boom Edam
The most versatile revolving door- Duotour is a 2-wing automatic revolving
door de-
signed for smooth operation in heavy traffic.
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Millrock
A leader in specialty retail design. Fixtures and retail environments
have revolutionized the display business.
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Plyboo
The world's first FSC-certified bamboo plywood and flooring. Endless
possibilities for architects and interior designers.
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Stepstone
New large scale narrow modular pedestal set roof pavers extend your
roof deck op-
tions. Available in 12” x 36” and 12”
x 48”.
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Architectural Grills
New external architectural shading devices used to limit heat gain,
prevent glare and make your building more energy efficient.
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Cubic Designs
Cubic Mezzanines are custom mezzanine systems that are installed inside
manufacturing and processing plants.
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Wiremold
Flamestopper thru-wall fittings consist of two box assemblies, each
with adjustable steel doors.
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Temcor
The distinctive Temcor Aluminum Domes and Crystogons, with the ability
to cover clear-spans as large as 1000 feet.
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Lumec
After thousands of hours of R & D, an LED lighting system that
provides the funda-
mental criteria for lighting performance.
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Eco-Wares
Special & effective environmentally safe residential, commercial
and industrial building and maintenance products.
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Hunza Lighting
For larger scale building and landscape pro-
jects, the ultimate in
public safety, light output and illumination control.
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New Holland Concrete
Monolithe™ oversized masonry veneer using recycled content for
sustainable projects.
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Charles and Ray Eames
(1907-1978) (1912-1988)
"Who ever said that pleasure wasn't functional?
"
Charles Eames (1907-78) and Ray Eames (1912-88) gave shape to America's
20th century. Their lives and work represented the
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nation's defining
social mo- vements: the West Coast's coming of age, the eco- nomy's
shift from making goods to the producing in- formation, and the global
expansion of American cul- ture... more
Eames Gallery
Design
Museum
La Chaise 1948
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Frederick
Law Olmsted
(1822 – 1903)
"What artist so noble... as he who, with far-reaching
concep- tion of beauty, in designing power, sketches the outlines, writes
the colors, and directs the shadows of a picture so great that Nature
shall be em-
ployed upon it for generations, before the work he arranged
for her shall realize his intentions.

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Central Park New York,
1859
Frederick Law Olmsted was America's best known landscape architect.
Writer, engineer, and visionary...
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L. Olmsted Life
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