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Master builders

A good architectural monograph is more than just a big colorful book with too-good-to-be-true photos; it’s a window into the heart and mind of the architect it profiles.
Books on, and by, architects
By DAVID EISEN  |  June 24, 2008
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Best buildings

Most travel guides are little more than lists of colorless places in which to waste your money and sanitized tourist traps in which to waste your time.
Traveling with architecture
By DAVID EISEN  |  April 10, 2007
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Walk the talk

Boston is billed as America’s premier pedestrian city, but is it really true?
Despite Boston’s pedestrian-friendly reputation, there’s plenty of room for improvement
By DAVID EISEN  |  January 17, 2007
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How to save City Hall

All too many Bostonians dismiss City Hall as a windswept monstrosity.
Fight or blight?
By DAVID EISEN  |  January 16, 2007
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On moving City Hall

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino may fancy himself an urban mechanic, but we’re beginning to suspect that he has an edifice complex.
Plus, Jimmy Carter chickens out after laying a rotten egg
By EDITORIAL  |  December 20, 2006
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Bold steps

The new Institute of Contemporary Art is a gleaming jewel on the desolate South Boston waterfront, but it has the potential to be the catalyst for a new Seaport District. Slideshow: Architectural images from the new ICA The artists’ view: What we
The new ICA sets the agenda for Fan Pier
By DAVID EISEN  |  November 29, 2006
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Making their mark

Universities need their ivy-covered red-brick towers and classical stone porticoes to remind students of their roots in the past.
The Phoenix gets out the red pen and grades 10 local campuses’ most daring experiments in modern architecture
By DAVID EISEN  |  October 23, 2006

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