We've got to have heart

Article Abstract:

Cooperative efforts between the arts, government agencies and business demonstrate that design can be used to serve others. For example, professor Samuel Mockbee won grants from government and business groups that enable his architecture students to build needed projects for a rural community.

Social aspects, Case studies, Architecture, Architecture and society, Education, Cooperative, Cooperative education, Work study programs

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Santa Fe: beyond adobe

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A traditional house in the historic part of Santa Fe, New Mexico gets a treatment by architects who preserve the old charm of the space and bring new visions for decorating the interior. Wooden staircases and Native American objects give the house an artistic, yet homey feel.

Methods, Appreciation, Interior design, New Mexico, Architect-designed houses, Homes and haunts

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Desert blooms: Richard Gluckman's design for the new Georgia O'Keefe Museum offers another reason to visit the Southwest mecca

Article Abstract:

Gluckman resigned a Baptist mission to house the new Georgia O' Keefe Museum. The New York architect selected colors and textures that O'Keefe used in her home and paintings. Types of flowers O'Keefe often painted grow in one building's courtyard.

Architects, Museums, Art museums, Works, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Gluckman, Richard

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