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New Court Rothschild Bank

Banking on History: OMA tucks a new home for London's storied Rothschild headquarters into a tight site in the city's financial district.
Cathleen-McGuigan
Cathleen McGuigan
June 16, 2012
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A sense of tradition endures in “The City,” London's historic financial district, despite years of economic turmoil.


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The Shard

Crystal Palace: An enormous exclamation point on the London skyline, the Shard challenges the city's old notions of fitting in and offers a new approach to high-density growth.
Cliff P
Clifford A. Pearson
June 16, 2012
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No matter where you are in London, the Shard stands out.


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The Barnes Foundation

After a tempest over its relocation, an acclaimed art collection settles into its spacious new home.
Christopher Hawthorne
June 16, 2012
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There is a good deal to admire about the architecture of the new Barnes Foundation, which opened May 19 on Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway, just down the road from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The sober, handsome, and exquisitely detailed museum, designed by the increasingly busy New York City architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, offers a rare combination of material richness and spatial ingenuity.
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Kingdom Come

An interview with Carol Willis, the director of New York City's Skyscraper Museum, explores the reasons for so many supertalls being built in in far-flung places. The Kingdom Tower by Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill in Jeddah Saudi Arabia is also discussed.
Suzanne-Stephens
Suzanne Stephens
May 16, 2012
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In the Supertall! exhibition at the Skyscraper Museum in Lower Manhattan [on view July 27–February 19, 2011], we set a benchmark higher than the standard 300 meters used by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH).


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Kirkpatrick Oil Field Office

A White Knight in the Land of Black Gold: An Oklahoma architect fills a void on Main Street and helps bring hope to a community with a Modernist field office for a family-run oil company.
Beth-Broome
Beth Broome
May 16, 2012
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Main Street in Hennessey, Oklahoma, is everything you'd expect of a small-town, Western main street.


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