October climax set for The Mount – Berkshire Eagle Online

By Benning W. De La Mater, Berkshire Eagle Staff

Article Last Updated: 05/14/2008 03:00:18 AM EDT

LENOX — An agreement between The Mount and its creditors has staved off foreclosure and a May 31 deadline that would have forced Edith [...]

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Landscape Design | National Design Awards 2008 | Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Awards

The Landscape Design Award is given to an individual or firm for exceptional and exemplary work in urban planning or park and garden design.

Olin Partnership
Winner: Landscape Design

Gustafson Guthrie Nichol
Finalist: Landscape Design

Stoss Landscape Urbanism
Finalist: Landscape Design

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Whitney Museum Unveils Its Downtown Sanctuary – New York Times

Mr. Piano’s project for a site on Gansevoort Street, west of Washington Street, is a striking departure from the ethereal glass creations that have made him a favorite of the art-world cognoscenti.

Mr. Piano has created a contemplative sanctuary where art reasserts its primary place in the [...]

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Table of Contents: April 28, 2008: Table of Contents: The New Yorker – Annotated

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Restoration Drama
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BBC NEWS | UK | Kew to open botanical art gallery – Annotated

London’s Kew Gardens is to open the world’s first gallery dedicated to botanical art works – some of which have never been seen by the public.

Kew has a vast collection of more than 200,000 art works.
Some of the illustrations of extinct [...]

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