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Gazing across the horizon from the top floor of a 100-story building is like touching the sky. But who would stand 1,000 feet in the air without the firm assurance that the structure beneath was securely fastened to the ground? [perfectpullquote align="right" cite="" link=
iraqi
LONDON (AP) — Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, whose modernist, futuristic designs included the swooping aquatic center for the 2012 London Olympics, has died at age 65. Hadid's firm said she died Thursday in a Miami hospital. She had contracted bronchitis earlier this week and had a heart attack while
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boston
What is beauty? For centuries, artists and thinkers replied to this question with new representations and theories of beauty, or aesthetics.
Massachusetts
America's Gilded Age spanned three decades of the late 19th century, leaving a legacy of grand structures. Its so-called Beaux-Arts style references a time when citizens were experiencing a spiritual and cultural Renaissance. Post-Civil War dust had settled while improving finances for some allowed for amenities to soften
Massachusetts
Harbinger Development won a key city agency's support to build a 405-room hotel in the city's Seaport District, according to the Boston Redevelopment Authority, which also said it approved two housing projects that will add 128 residential units in Allston and Roxbury. The hotel, proposed for
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