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The Acropolis in Athens, Greece. Press photo (c) NewOpenWorld Foundation

The Classical architecture of ancient Greece and Rome shaped the way we build today. How many of these Classical teachings can you find in your home?

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Going Strong at Age 73

Wednesday May 23, 2012
Architect Robert Stern and media tour the George W. Bush Presidential Center, October 2011, in DallasWhat do the Museum for African Art in New York City and the George W. Bush Presidential Center and Library in Dallas, Texas have in common? Read More...

Worth Saving? Preserve What's Possible

Monday May 21, 2012
Industrial Arts Building in Lincoln, Nebraska
"If you want things to happen, you have to make them happen," citizen-activist Diane Walkowiak has said. Back in May 2010, we reported that the 1913 Industrial Arts Building (IAB) was on the National Trust's list of endangered places. First built as the Agricultural Hall, a centerpiece of the Nebraska State Fair, the enormous, trapazoidal building fell into disrepair. It closed in 2004. However, preservationists believed that the building's Renaissance-inspired architectural exterior with Palladian windows should be saved.

In 2010, the fairground relocated. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln planned to develop the old fairground, creating a research park called Innovation Campus. As is the case in many communities, demolition of unused structures was more cost-effective than rehabilitation.

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The Architects of Healing

Saturday May 19, 2012
Photo of Milena and Paul Murdoch explaining aspects of the Flight 93 Memoiral in Pennsylvania

Today, at the National Convention of of American Institute of Architects, the AIA honors The Architects of Healing. When Milena and Paul Murdoch explained aspects of their winning Flight 93 National Memorial design to family members in 2005 (see photo), they knew the type of emotional journey they were taking.

"I've seen through the process how powerful a vision can be -- and how challenging it can be to carry that vision through a process," says Paul Murdoch in an AIA video. "It's worth it. It's worth that effort."

Ceremony participants include:

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Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, ©2005 Getty Images

A Bauhaus Birthday

Friday May 18, 2012
The Walter Gropius House in Lincoln, MassachusettsI thought I didn't like Bauhaus as residential architecture. International modernism in my mind was acceptable for more public buildings like Le Corbusier's United Nations. And then I visited the modest home Walter Gropius built for himself in Lincoln, Massachusetts, near Boston.

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