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INTRODUCTION
THE RIGHT ANGLE
THE ANCIENT WORLD – Egypt, Greece and Rome
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DIALOGUE
Projects
June 22, 2017
Daniel Libeskind’s Museums
Daniel Libeskind originally rose to prominence because of his striking and highly
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June 23, 2017
TOKYO BUDŌKAN
The Tokyo Budokan sports facility was built in 1989 in the Higashi
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June 28, 2017
BETH SHALOM SYNAGOGUE
Figure 1. Beth Shalom Synagogue, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, Frank Lloyd Wright, 1954-1959
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June 29, 2017
Hearst Tower, New York, NY
William Randolph Hearst had demanded that his six-story corporate headquarters
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June 30, 2017
Canadian Pavilion Expo 67
The design of the inverted pyramid designed by architects Rod Robbie and
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July 1, 2017
Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower
The COCOON TOWER is a fifty-story educational facility built in
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July 3, 2017
Tower of the Winds
The Tower of the Winds was built in 48 BCE in the
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July 8, 2017
University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
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July 13, 2017
Freeman House
The Freeman House (1965 – 1966), designed by Gunnar Birkerts (1925 –
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July 13, 2017
Price Tower
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July 17, 2017
Oscar Niemeyer’s Caracas Museum of Modern Art
The probable inspiration for the Canadian Pavilion at Expo 67 was the
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July 18, 2017
RETREAT HOUSE
Reportedly, this 1978 design for a Retreat House was produced by the
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August 13, 2017
The Triangular Lodge at Rushton
Sir Thomas Tresham (1545-1605) was a gentleman architect and builder, well-educated and
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August 22, 2017
HOUSE OF TOMORROW and the FAGAN/McMAHON HOUSE
The glass and steel HOUSE OF TOMORROW was designed by Chicago architect
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September 29, 2017
VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL WALL
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall designed by American architect Maya Lin was
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October 20, 2017
BANK OF CHINA
The Bank of China is an exemplary manifestation of Diagonality executed in
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October 29, 2017
THE SUMMIT AT UNIVERSITY CITY
THE SUMMIT AT UNIVERSITY CITY was built in 2015 on the
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November 18, 2017
URANIBORG
The great Danish naked-eye astronomer, nobleman and writer was an adherent of
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November 18, 2017
BROKEN OBELISK
Barnett Newman’s Broken Obelisk, also known as Black Needle, was one of
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November 28, 2017
The WILLIAM VALE hotel
This 21-story project is an expression of Diagonality in the form of
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January 14, 2018
NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK
Design studies for this triangular 27-story office building and bank in Jeddah,
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November 22, 2018
PETER KOGLER’S psychedelic graphic at Karlplatz, Vienna
Peter Kogler, deeply inspired by architecture and film, was born in Austria
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January 6, 2019
Chain Link Pavilion By Philip Johnson and Alan Ritchie
When I was a student of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania
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May 22, 2019
THE WRECK OF HOPE
During the first quarter of the nineteenth century, a striking and
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May 31, 2019
THOMAS JEFFERSON’S POPLAR FOREST
In 1823, 80-year old Thomas Jefferson made his final visit
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June 17, 2019
VERSAILLES—Palace of the SUN KING in the ERA of RADIANCE
Versailles—the grand palace and gardens started by Louis XIV, King of France—was
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