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When Iraq looked west
Times Staff WriterIt is hard to convey the degree of hostility many in this city feel toward the West today. But there was a time when Baghdad hungered for the trappings of Western culture. This was especially true in architecture, and it redefined the city's physical...Tags: California, Frank Lloyd Wright, Architecture, Arts and Culture, Colleges and Universities
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So clever, so cheap
Special to The TimesIn the earnest, too often self-important world of interior design, Jackie Terrell's irreverent take has helped her stand out. Two years ago, the relative unknown was plucked to redesign the laundry room, arguably the runt of any house, in the first...Tags: Urban Outfitters Incorporated, Architecture, Children, Arts and Culture, House and Home
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Part 3: The alternatives
Tribune staff reportersAnyone who is satisfied with the way Chicago protects its historic landmarks should hitch a ride to New York City in a tractor-trailer loaded with refrigerated steer carcasses. They'll arrive in the dead of night on the cobblestone streets of Manhattan's...Tags: Elections, Hudson River, Kwame Kilpatrick, Architecture, Local Elections
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Catching a new wave
Special to The TimesForty years ago, when he was all of 23, Miller Fong sketched a chair on an envelope and mailed it to his father in Hong Kong, where the family manufactured rattan and wicker furniture for its Los Angeles company, Tropi-Cal. The finished product —...Tags: Architecture, Arts and Culture, Family, Companies and Corporations, Dining and Drinking
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The prestigious palette
Special to The TimesWine snobs, step aside: There's a new breed of aesthetes who believe that a bottle of rosé is a bottle of rosé, but a can of Sydney Harbour "La Vie En Rose" is intoxicating. These are the enthusiasts who get high on the color, clarity and depth of...Tags: Culver City, California, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), New York, Architecture
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Thoroughly modern tribal
Special to The TimesBob WEIS was trolling EBay from his 1962 Palm Springs ranch house, hunting for the African artifacts he has collected for the last 20 years, when he hit the mother lode. There, among the carved wooden stools and ceremonial figures, hand-woven textiles,...Tags: California, Gabon, Congo, Arts and Culture, Kenya
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Modernism, take 2: tweaking the cliché
Special to The TimesWhen people think of Palm Springs, says Mark Davis, owner of the city's first store devoted to midcentury Modernism, they picture a butterfly roof house, a rock fireplace, the classic 1956 Eames lounge chair, the Nelson bubble lamps. What they no...Tags: California, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Architecture, Arts and Culture, House and Home
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The Missing Piece
ctnow.comIn the basements of Connecticut homes one typically finds everything from bedrooms to family dens and anything in between. It's the place where laundry is done, where seasonal furniture gets stored. But in the Motleys' 11-room, 6,200-square-foot, white-...Tags: Television, Entertainment, Connecticut, Fox Broadcasting Company
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Vanity photography hits home
Special to The TimesIn the two years since Diane and David Glean purchased their 1960s post-and-beam in Brentwood, practically the only visitors have been a steady stream of restoration specialists. But now that every tile and midcentury sofa is in place, the last specialist...Tags: Photography, Employers, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Architecture, Arts and Culture
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In the Foyer of the Apocalypse
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterEven though the tape recorder is humming smoothly at Joan Didion's elbow, she can't help noticing how ominous it is. "Is that still going?" she says sweetly. "I always worry about my own, that sense of dread when you look down and the little thing isn'...Tags: California, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Joan Didion, Berkeley (Alameda, California), Weddings
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