Word: pleasingness
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The building shows how the architect excels by pleasing the client as well as himself. Saarinen's client, Architecture Buff William Hewitt, chairman of Deere, delivered the ultimate compliment by hesitating to talk about the building - it would be "like a beautiful girl telling you how beautiful she is...
These days it takes a generous supply of gumption and money to launch a daily in the face of established opposition. The last time anyone had the nerve to try was in Phoenix, Ariz., where after two years, the upstart competitors have yet to find their place. But Atlanta'...
JOHN HELIKER-Kraushaar, 1055 Madison Ave. at 80th. In Interior, Heliker lays color on color as if cleaning up his palette, elicits a surprisingly subtle suggestion of a chair. In Rocks and Trees, Maine, the Columbia University painting prof stacks up icy whites and blues like cubes, captures the cold...
There seems to be something both pleasing and prestigious in having wild animals where you want them. The bachelor Prince Rainier of Monaco made a lasting impression on Movie Actress Grace Kelly by showing her around his private zoo, and he had plenty of royal precedent. Some 3,000 years...
The reasons for Europe's land rise are many: plentiful money searching for investment opportunities and for insurance against inflation, the rising resort business, a desperate need for more housing almost everywhere, and the desire of moneyed Europeans to break out of the tightly boxed cities. The entire Paris...