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...Nouvel will be at home in Paris for the inauguration of another major work dedicated to what he calls "selective dematerialization." He has taken a prime parcel at the heart of the city, along the Seine at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, and artfully hidden a world-class museum in it. His Musée du Quai Branly is perhaps the most radical expression yet of Nouvel's self-proclaimed pride in being "an architect of context." Its northern face, shielded from the road along the Seine by an immense transparent glass screen, exactly echoes the river's bend...
...Denver International Airport fell as it was being transported, crushing him; in Hondo, N.M. The Chicano artist celebrated working life in energetic pieces like Man on Fire--based on the Aztec emperor Cuauhtemoc, executed by Spanish colonists for his resistance--which is now in the Smithsonian's National Museum...
...kids' free time is now packed with activities, we grownups have turned vacations into "active leisure." Anytime you exhaust yourself trying to relax, that's active leisure. Our vacations come with an agenda, a purpose. We're visiting family, attending weddings, going camping, checking out that darn museum and making sure we ride that roller coaster--no matter how long the line is. We Americans are so active in our leisure that we commonly complain we need a vacation from our vacations. We leave home tired; we come back exhausted...
...Though the official opening has been called off, Junker insists the museum is open to anyone. Junker says he has no fear of being targeted, and that if he is attacked, he will gladly die an old man ?who lived his life?s dream...
...will actually visit his dream? Junker imagines both Nazi sympathizers as well as people who make the long trip to Sugar Creek simply to show how much they hate the idea of a Hitler museum. Either way, Junker says, he?ll greet them with his ready smile and firm grip. ?This isn?t about hate,? he says. ?Take hate out of it. It?s about understanding...