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1111111111111111111 11 11111 3909947 3909940 Obra Per 213 5 47 53 77 141 160 169 196 Cover: 16 News Projects Products Editorials Abroad Books Excerpts Letters Design by Ch nr lott.c Winter, drnwlng by Pnolo Soleri. story pnge 111. Editoria!, eubscrlptlon, nnd ndvcrtlalng data . 200 Ad vcr tle lng lndex. Publlehc-<l month ly by TIMB INO •• ' !'Ime nnd Llfe bulldlng. Rockefeller Center. New York 20, N. Y. Entered ns eec ond•clnas mntter nt nddltlonnl mnllln" offlcee. Sub11c rlvt lon prlcc S0.60 a yenr @ 1061 TIME l >10. All r lghta rCttctved. VOLUME 1 14 4RT OF 4RCH ITECT URE New office building in London go Àrchitect Eero Saarinen's U. S. Embassy in Grosve nor Square dis111ppoints the leaders 0 ! the British architectural professioT1r-a rowndup o[ oriticism /rom abroaà. Portico museum 86 The bi ggest pioture in the Àmon Carter Museum is a panorama of Fort Worth. Portico restaurant 90 The biggest eye-feast at the Sluft Shirt near Los Àngel es is a view of Newport Bay . Parkinson 's Iore 92 À worlàly professor examines the plight of the creat we professions and finds them wanting but not asking--pointed observations by c. N orthcote Parkinson. N oteworthy buildings 96 IBM: Àn office at home, a laboratory abro ad . .. . Two jet-age hangars. Friendly sohool. .•. Playful playground . ... Chapel for a boys' school. BUSINESS OF BUILDING Design f or a new housing market: the old 119 Meeting the special hou.sing needs of the el derly in volves a new approach to apart- ment design and site pian. So cial research points the way. New life for city industries 108 Cincinnati shows how urban renewal can g ive inàus tr y a chance to stay downtown. CIT IE S Paolo Soleri's visionary city 111 On a scroll eoo f eet long a highly imagmative archit ect in 4rizona plots a "mesa city " wh ic h may profoundly affect the practical shape o[ cities in thc years to come. 'L'EGHNOLOGY Pittsburgh's dome gets ready 122 One of the largest clear-sp an roofs in the world, the retraotable dome over the Publio Aud itor iwm. is a st ruo t11ral feat of comp lexity and significancc. Curtain walls put to test 126 Two esearch age11cies develov improuod sta,ularcls for perfor111a11cc and testing. Technical brief s 128 Ba111boo geodesics /01· domes . .. a11/0111atic ho/es fol' slffl ... T-bcnms /or solrools. Rl!:BUILDING Dynamics in the Cen ter 132 Tito ,·ulesign o[ tho old 1'imo .f· Li/e b11 ildi11_q r1iucs Genera! D.111111111i,-., Corp. a ".'11D homo ooo and Ro okofoller Center a o ha11 cc lo .,how ils .,till·!IOll//1/111 vrom,sc. Two case studies 136 ./111 old jirehouso l-ivos on [or art ... b alco11it·s nit/ hospit11l- <1p<1r/111 c11/ co111•frsion.. Rebuilding roundup 138 "/?i,-e .rnfoty ..ircssod ... 11cti11ily 11p ... P/1i/adtlphit1 ,., w,11·,l,•d . .. ll<1 rtford ,•hilled. 1

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Page 1: VOLUME 1 14...11111111111111111 111111111 ~ 3909947 3909940 Obra Per 213 5 47 53 77 141 160 169 196 Cover: 16 News Projects Products Editorials Abroad Books Excerpts Letters Design

11111111111111111111111111 ~ 3909947 3909940

Obra Per 213

5

47

53

77

141

160

169

196

Cover:

16

News

Projects

Products

Editorials

Abroad

Books

Excerpts

Letters

Design by Chnrlott.c Winter, drnwlng by Pnolo Soleri. story pnge 111.

Editoria!, eubscrlptlon, nnd ndvcrtlalng data.

200 Advcrtlelng lndex.

Publlehc-<l monthly by TIMB INO •• '!'Ime nnd Llfe bulldlng. Rockefeller Center. New York 20, N. Y. Entered ns eecond•clnas mntter nt nddltlonnl mnllln" offlcee. Sub11crlvtlon prlcc S0.60 a yenr @ 1061 TIME l >10. All r lghta rCttctved.

VOLUME 1 14

4RT OF 4RCHITECTURE

New office building in London go Àrchitect Eero Saarinen's U.S. Embassy in Grosvenor Square dis111ppoints the leaders 0! the British architectural professioT1r-a rowndup o[ oriticism /rom abroaà.

Portico museum 86

The biggest pioture in the Àmon Carter Museum is a panorama of Fort Worth.

Portico restaurant 90

The biggest eye-feast at the Sluft Shirt near Los Àngeles is a view of Newport Bay.

Parkinson's Iore 92

À worlàly professor examines the plight of the creatwe professions and finds them wanting but not asking--pointed observations by c. N orthcote Parkinson.

N oteworthy buildings 96 IBM: Àn office at home, a laboratory abroad . .. . Two jet-age hangars. Friendly sohool . . • . Playful playground . ... Chapel for a boys' school.

BUSINESS OF BUILDING

Design f or a new housing market: the old 119 Meeting the special hou.sing needs of the elderly involves a new approach to apart­ment design and site pian. Social research points the way.

New life for city industries 108 Cincinnati shows how urban renewal can give inàustry a chance to stay downtown.

CITIES

Paolo Soleri's visionary city 111 On a scroll eoo f eet long a highly imagmative architect in 4rizona plots a "mesa city" which may profoundly affect the practical shape o[ cities in thc years to come.

'L'EGHNOLOGY

Pittsburgh's dome gets ready 122 One of the largest clear-span roofs in the world, the retraotable dome over the Publio Auditoriwm. is a struot11ral feat of complexity and significancc.

Curtain walls put to test 126 Two ,·esearch age11cies develov improuod sta,ularcls for perfor111a11cc and testing.

Technical brief s 128 Ba111boo geodesics /01· domes . .. a11/0111atic ho/es fol' slffl ... T-bcnms /or solrools.

Rl!:BUILDING

Dynamics in the Cen ter 132 Tito ,·ulesign o[ tho old 1'imo .f· Li/e b11 ildi11_q r1iucs Genera! D.111111111i,-., Corp. a ".'11D homo oOìoo and Rookof oller Center a oha11cc lo .,how ils .,till·!IOll//1/111 vrom,sc.

Two case studies 136 ./111 old jirehouso l-ivos on [or art ... balco11it·s nit/ hospit11l-<1p<1r/111c11/ co111•frsion..

Rebuilding roundup 138 "/?i,-e .rnfoty ..ircssod ... 11cti11ily 11p ... P/1i/adtlphit1 ,., w,11·,l,•d . .. ll<1 rtford ,•hilled.

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