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• Aldo van Eyck died of a heart attack 14-Jan99 at his home in the Netherlands. He was 80.

   

• Bertrand Goldberg of Chicago, died at 84 on October 10, 1997.
  

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• Aldo Rossi of Milan, died at 66 on September 4, 1997.
  Born May 3, 1931 in Milan, Italy.
  • "Like Tafuri he never lectured in this country [UK] and a project for the Docklands remains unbuilt. ...

    "... after his first influential teaching amongst young Europeans he was taken up by the American architectural circus, particularly that centred in New York. He found this tiring, irritating ... ate [?] into his desire to explore ..." (aj_97.09.24)

    
    

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• Paul Rudolph of Manhattan NY, died at 78 on August 8, 1997.
  Born 1918 in Elkton, Kentucky USA.

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• William L Turnbull Jr of Sausalito CA, died at 62 on June 26, 1997.
  

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[Private House, Brookline MA - Robert AM Stern]

• on the market quietly
  "Built in the Federal tradition, the 15,000-sq-ft house sits on six acres and has six bedrooms and seven full bathrooms. The eight-year-old house also has ..." (Paik F, wsj_98.07.17)

[Private House, Philadelphia suburb of Whitemarsh Township, PA, 1970 - Louis Kahn]
6000 sf;

• late
  "The owner of the last residence designed by the late architect Louis Kahn have reduced its asking price to $3.3 million from $5.8 million. ... Steven Korman ... and his wife Toby, ... initially listed the house ... at $10 million two years ago." (Paik F, wsj_98.07.17)

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[Keystone (Plocek) House, Warren NJ]
- Michael Graves

• brokered
  4 bedrooms in 4,000 sf on 1.63 acres ... $825,000
  "The Plocek residence was first put on the market three years ago at $1.25 mil ... local brokers and appraisers say ... it will be a challenge to find a buyer for the property since it is unusual and personalized. One broker likened it to 'buying a piece of artwork rather than a house.' ..." (wsj_97.10.24)

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[IBM Headquarters, Armonk NY -- I M Pei]   *** hEadlines

• ONE-OF-A-KIND HILLTOP HQ, Armonk NY, $25 million
  "Distinctive suburban setting for corporate headquarters. Near airport, only 35 miles from Manhattan. Grand architectural detail, with marble lobby and glass atrium designed by I M Pei. Sprawling 420,000 sf building with abundant offices and charming orange carpet throughout. Set on 450 rolling wooded acres."
  • "It's a big dinosaur. Who has the money to spend retrofitting that entire facility? ... They're going to take a real bath on it." (Rita Cohen, owner of RCR Realty in White Plains NY, in Sager I, bw_95.02.20)

  • "This has been one of the significant ways to reduce cost and expenses -- not just by laying people off." (Bob Djurdjevic, president of computer consultant Annex Research, bw_95.02.20)

  
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• sold
  "Since early 1994, the computer giant has sold its midtown Manhattan skyscraper for $200 million and its 556-acre Boca Raton, Fla, complex, birthplace of the IBM personal computer for $48 million." (Narisetti R, wsj_98.05.13)

  
  
  

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"When his [Aldo Rossi] exhibition came to London one Sunday I offered to take him anywhere in the area he wanted. We met on the steps of his hotel and he quizzed me about a building he had seen in Whitehall which he really admired - the Banqueting Hall? no; Horse Guards? no; the Foreign Office? no. It was a copper roofed big building - the Ministry of Defence which took his eye, and he is the only architect I can imagine who would single out that building for notice." (aj_97.09.24)

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