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Allure of the ALICO: mystery and history behind Wacoâs favorite building Fred Gildersleeve, Waco photographer, captures the Amicable building's original street level facade before the renovations in the Urban Renewal project, c.1926. The ALICO building was constructed in 1910 for the Amicable Life Insurance Company and designed by architects Roy E. Lane and Sanguinet & Staats.
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Organic Architecture: 12 Beautifully Curved Buildings Organic architecture of a different kind is represented by the Bubble House, designed by Antti Lovag and purchased by Pierre Cardin in 1990. Illuminated by the warm sun of France’s Côte d’Azur, the design has been termed by some to be “one part house, two parts hallucination.”.
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Weil am Rhein | the architecture of the Vitra Campus View of the Vitra Campus entrance. Foreground, one of the bus stop shelters designed by Jasper Morrison in 2006; background, the Vitra Design Museum by Frank Gehry, 1989.
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Lawrence Sullivan Ross Lawrence Sullivan Ross. Museum of the Big Bend Collection. L awrence Sullivan Sul Ross, soldier, statesman and university president, was born at Bentonsport, Iowa Territory, on Sept. 27, 1838. The family immigrated to Texas in 1839 and settled in Waco by 1849.
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Perkins+Will Houston Promotes Jeff Kim and Alex Clinton Perkins+Will Houston Promotes Jeff Kim and Alex Clinton. Architecture firm Perkins+Will has promoted Jeff Kim, AIA, to Associate Principal and Alex Clinton, AIA, to Senior Project Manager. Kim has been with the firm since 1998, focused on laboratory planning and design.
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James Deering's Vizcaya James Deering's Vizcaya. I’m just back from a winter break in south Florida, and I visited the Vizcaya mansion on the shores of Miami’s Biscayne Bay last Sunday. Vizcaya was built over a span of two years, 1914-1916, by James Deering (1859-1925), co-founder and vice president of International Harvester.
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Waco  (1966 film) Waco (1966 film) Waco is a 1966 American Technicolor Western film directed by R. G. Springsteen starring Howard Keel, Jane Russell, Brian Donlevy, Wendell Corey, John Smith and Terry Moore.
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Ceiling Fans: What You Should Know If you already have a ceiling fan in your house, hopefully this article has helped you understand why March is a good time of year to do the important routine maintenance that needs to be done for your ceiling fan, and how to fix what can typically go wrong with it.
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- Peter Eisenman relied on collaboration for his conceptualization of the design for the convention center. Richard Trott, who worked with Eisenman on the Wexner Center, also worked closely with Eisenman in the early stages of this design before he died in 1990. Eisenman was a strong believer in collaboration.
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A History of Taco Bell Business picked up, and Bell opened a second stand and hired Ed Hackbarth, who later became the founder of “Del Taco!” Hot dogs were abandoned for a more taco-focused menu. He opened three Taco-Tias, and later sold them to his partners. He finally opened the first Taco Bell in Downey, California, on March 21, 1962. By 1975, Bell made a deal with PepsiCo, selling them his controlling shares of Taco Bell. PepsiCo opened its first international Taco Bell in Guam in 1977.
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- This building has been saved by 806 users. Description for 50 Franklin Street. In the most unique part of Tribeca an 18-story tower rises like a modern sculpture. FIFTY Franklin, designed by renowned architect Ed Rawlings, embodies the ultimate in clean, urbane New York with elements that refine minimalism. Inside, thoughtful design and utilization of space allow for great comfort and luxurious living at its most attainable. An oasis in the midst of the bustling activity of...
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James Deering James Deering - 'Vizcaya'. 1  James Deering built Villa Vizcaya between 1914 and 1922 with visionary mastermind of the project, designer Paul Chalfin, his collaborator companion. The architect was F. Burrall Hoffman Jr.. The estate's landscape master plan and formal gardens were designed by Colombian landscape designer Diego Suarez.
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Waco Suspension Bridge The only way to cross the river was via ferry, and due to the location of Waco on the growing Chisholm Trail, local businessmen knew that a bridge was needed to support commerce. A charter was received from the state in 1866.
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Weil am Rhein | the architecture of the Vitra Campus The Vitra Campus also represented a place of architectural experimentation; the Fire Station was the first Zaha Hadid’s built project and the Conference Pavilion is the first design by Tadao Ando outside Japan.
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Monrad Engineering's Christian Monrad wins GE Edison Award for Environmental Design Monrad Engineering's Christian Monrad wins GE Edison Award for Environmental Design for The University of Arizona’s Likins and Árbol de la Vida Residence Hall Projects, also earning a Platinum LEED Cert.
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Waco: Spike TV to Air True Story Miniseries The series is based on two biographies, A Place Called Waco, by Branch Davidian David Thibodeau, one of the nine survivors of the final fire on April 19, 1993, and Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator, written by the FBI’s Special Agent in Charge of Negotiations Gary Noesner.
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Waco siege In July 1993, true crime author Clifford L. Linedecker published his book Massacre at Waco, Texas. Shortly after, in 1994, a collection of 45 essays called From the Ashes: Making Sense of Waco was published, about the events of Waco from various cultural, historical, and religious perspectives.
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Dallas Market Center The Dallas Trade Mart, the second Dallas Market Center building, was designed by Harold Berry and Donald Speck, with Harwell Hamilton Harris and opened its doors in 1958. The project provided 980,000 square feet (91,000 m²) at a cost of $12,640,000.
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- The Hagia Sophia. Probably Istanbul's most famous landmark, the Hagia Sophia (also spelled Ayasofya) was built by the emperor Justinian I in the year 537 AD. Built in only six years, the structure was designed by the architects Anthemius of Tralles and Isidore of Miletus. On May 7, 558, the dome of the church collapsed due to a December 557 earthquake, and though a new dome was quickly rebuilt, historical records tell us that it was not identical to the original.
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- Steeped in the glamour of another era's rich and famous, the Bullocks Wilshire building is a stunning, masterly crafted Art Deco treasure that occupies a special place in Los Angeles history. It was conceived by business partners John G. Bullock and P.G. Winnett to house the upscale Bullocks Wilshire Department Store.
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Noozhawk: Local Investor Victor Schaff Buys âVenoco Buildingâ on Carpinteria Bluffs Schaff is the largest owner of office properties in Carpinteria. The property was listed for $16.45 million by Hayes Commercial Group. Widely known as the “Venoco building,” the property has been leased by Venoco Inc. since 2004 and was constructed in 1997. The property was sold as a NNN leased investment, with Venoco executing a 10-year lease extension.
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400 West Market 400 West Market is a skyscraper in Downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The 35-story, 549-foot high structure was designed by architect John Burgee with Philip Johnson and was completed in 1993 at the cost of US$100 million. The building, originally named Capital Holding Center, was later renamed Providian Center and AEGON Center as the business was renamed and sold. AEGON left the building in 2010, and the building was renamed 400 West Market in 2014. Currently the tallest building in the state of Ke
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Waco In 1902 the Waco received allotments of land and became official US citizens. Neil McLennan settled in an area near the South Bosque River in 1838. Jacob De Cordova bought McLennan's property and hired a former Texas Ranger and surveyor named George B. Erath to inspect the area.
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Tequila in the USA Denton helped create and promote El Tesoro de Don Felipe, the first premium Highlands tequila to be sold in the USA. Denton also distributed both El Tesoro and Chinaco in the USA until he sold his interests to Jim Beam a few years ago.
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The story of the ALICO building: 100 years, 22 stories and 1 towering ego The story of the ALICO building: 100 years, 22 stories and 1 towering ego. Fred A. Gildersleeve took this portrait of Artemas R. Roberts, founding father of the Amicable Life Insurance Co. of Waco and its president from 1909 to 1920.
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57 Apartments for rent in Waco, TX 55 Apartments for rent in Waco, TX. Waco... it's where Pat Green drinks his beer, and where Billy Joe Shaver shot a man in the f... Waco... it's where Pat Green drinks his beer, and where Billy Joe Shaver shot a man in the face. But wait, there's more, and you really don't want to miss this: Read Guide >.