Word: exterior
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...commission made approval of Banker's 16-18 Eliot St. site contingent on his not demolishing or altering the exterior of the other sites...
...thick uncolored platinum hair and barely a trace of makeup except for one "expensive cosmetic," the face-lifting, her first done in her late 40s. Her fastidiously tailored look is accented by understated braided-gold Cartier jewelry and a black-band Tiffany watch. But behind the reserved, nearly studied exterior, her agile mind freewheels playfully. She conducts the meeting by digression, challenging and revising every assumption presented and switching subjects to alight on a new idea before circling around to finish the last. The method is collaborative: a free-form Scrabble game that reflects her scanning, multitrack way of thinking...
When people decide to cook for themselves at home, they often do not know exactly what to do. Instead of thawing food in the refrigerator, they leave it out on the kitchen counter where the exterior will warm up faster than the interior, thus promoting bacterial growth. Novice cooks also make the mistake of slicing raw meat and chopping vegetables on the same cutting board, encouraging the transfer of contaminants from one food to another. Dr. Robert Tauxe, of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, points out another no- no: "Sometimes people will take chicken out to the barbecue...
...current exhibit consists of 14 prints of the proposed architectural plans, including two exterior-view prints hand-colored with pencils, two samples of materials to be used in the building and a cardboard scale model of the new museum. Although the exhibit is not similar to the retrospectives and theme collections the Fogg usually displays, the scrupulously plotted plans of the building are aesthetically interesting, and possibly fascinating to those interested in architecture...
Design-wise, the simple, rectangular building will complement the ultramodern, cement Carpenter Center and the majestic red-brick Fogg without mimicking either. To enhance the structural unity are the proposed exterior materials, "warm gray" porcelain metal panels, honed, green Vermont slate tiles and flame-finished pink granite, "intended to mediate the monolithic scale of the concrete Carpenter Center on the one hand, and the brick of the Fogg on the other...