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Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe gets a Google Doodle
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe receives an homage in today's Google Doodle. The German-born modernist architect would have turned 126 today. The doodle -- a drawing of a rectangular glass and steel structure with the word Google just barely visible imprinted...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Apple iPad, Mies van der Rohe, Arts and Culture, Architecture
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Google honors architect Mies van der Rohe with latest 'doodle'
Culture MonsterThe Internet search giant Google picks modernist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe for its latest logo-tweaking tribute.... -
Monster Mash: Getty Museum exit; Nicole Scherzinger and 'Phantom'
Culture MonsterPussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger will perform selections from "The Phantom of the Opera" on a 25th anniversary celebratory telecast honoring the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.... -
Gene R. Summers dies at 83; architect renovated L.A. Biltmore
Gene R. Summers, an architect and developer who undertook the first major renovation of the historic Biltmore Hotel, reviving interest in downtown Los Angeles and helping to spark its revitalization, has died. He was 83.
Summers, who retired to the...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Liver Disease, Restaurants, Renovation, Mies van der Rohe
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Salad industry on hunt for solution to tainted greens
For millions of Americans, bagged salads are a miracle food, the perfect mix of health and convenience.
Time-pressed cooks can rip open a bag and pour the leaves right into the bowl, reassured by the "triple-washed" label that some wondrous process has...Tags: University of Georgia, Companies and Corporations, Popeye the Sailor (fictional character), College Sports, Cornell University
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PASSINGS: Robert Pritzker, Liviu Ciulei
ROBERT PRITZKER
One of three brothers who built family business empire
Robert Pritzker, 85, a billionaire industrialist and one of three brothers who built the Pritzker family's business empire, died of Parkinson's disease Thursday in Chicago, said...Tags: Obituaries, New York University, Entertainment Events, Arts, Technology
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Michael Abramson dies at 62; photographed Chicago South Side's nightlife
Michael Abramson, a photographer who spent much of his career in exotic climes and photographing well-known people but who gained his greatest fame and personal satisfaction from photos he shot of nightlife on Chicago's South Side during the 1970s, has...
Tags: Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan, Photography, African Americans, Steve Jobs
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Cancer risk from cellphone use is still a matter for study
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterCALIFORNIANS who use hands-free cellular devices while driving may be doing themselves a favor in the long run. That's because scientists still can't say with certainty that placing a cellphone against the head is completely safe, especially for heavy...Tags: Education, Science and Technology, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Tumors, Brain
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California Academy of Sciences designs sustainability
Times Architecture CriticRENZO PIANO'S original concept for the new California Academy of Sciences building in Golden Gate Park was elegantly simple: Slice out a huge, rectangular section of the park landscape, lift it 36 feet into the air and slide a new piece of architecture...Tags: Forests, Energy Saving, Death, Mies van der Rohe, Forestry and Timber
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Hubbard Street Dance furthers its L.A. reach
In Chicago they build things right -- and that goes for dance companies. In January, Joffrey Ballet of Chicago displayed its artistic vitality in Los Angeles with its splendid staging of Frederick Ashton's postwar masterpiece " Cinderella" at the...Tags: Frederick Ashton, William Forsythe, Education, Cinderella (fictional character), Europe
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John F. Mitchell Motorola cellphone pioneer John F. Mitchell, 81, who helped engineer the technology that paved the way for the world's first cellular phone during a 45-year career at Motorola, where he was president from 1980 to 1995, died of cancer...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Death, Palatine, Charles Mingus, Armed Forces
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Venice couple builds a modern home on top of a Venice cottage
Venice is home to a lot of extravagant architecture, whether it's Frank Gehry's playful deconstructions or Franklin Israel's experiments in postmodern collage. Yet even in such environs, Robert Choeff and Krystyan Keck's home on Cabrillo Avenue stands...Tags: Education, Netherlands, Rem Koolhaas, Arts and Culture, Architecture
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