Dalhousie University scraps 63% tuition hike for architecture program after backlash Dalhousie University is backpedalling on a planned 63 per cent tuition increase for its master of architecture program after an outcry from students.Students found out about the increase just weeks ... 05/25/2024 - 10:00 pm | View Link
Museum of Mother Goddesses featured at global architecture playground The Museum of Mother Goddesses, owned by cheo artist and comedian Xuan Hinh and designed by architect Nguyễn Hà, was honoured at the recent “The World Around 2024” conference. The museum combines ... 05/25/2024 - 9:50 pm | View Link
What’s the significance of mid-century modern architecture in Sacramento? We just found out The Eichler mid-century modern architectural style is known for its open living spaces, floor-to-ceiling windows, seamless indoor-outdoor flow and minimal ornamentation. Eichler’s ranch homes helped ... 05/24/2024 - 9:18 am | View Link
Weekend Interview: AIA Houston President Melvalean McLemore On The Lack Of Black Women In Architecture And How To Change That+ Malvelean McLemore is one of about three dozen Black women licensed to practice architecture in Houston and serves as the president of AIA Houston chapter. 05/24/2024 - 8:36 am | View Link
Florida Southern, known for its Frank Lloyd Wright buildings, adds architecture school Florida Southern, which has an enrollment of over 3,200 students, boasts the world's largest collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture on a single site. Wright lived from 1867 to 1959. He designed ... 05/23/2024 - 10:00 pm | View Link
Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share their mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer?
When Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German was murdered in September 2022, he became the ninth U. S. journalist to be murdered in connection with their work in 30 years.
German is much more than a statistic, though.
In “The Last Story: The Murder of an Investigative Journalist In Las Vegas (WildBlue Press), German’s colleague Arthur Kane delves into the reporter’s professional life, the police investigation into his death, and the evolution of Las Vegas and news media over recent decades.
“It was important to me to get the story out there,” said Kane, an award-winning investigative journalist who worked at The Denver Post for seven years.
Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share these mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer?
“Pay Dirt,” by Sara Paretsky (Wiliam Morrow)
“Pay Dirt,” by Sara Paretsky (Wiliam Morrow)
V. I. Warshawski is in a bad place. Depressed because of a death (one that occurred in a previous mystery) and a separation from her boyfriend, she agrees to attend a ball game in Lawrence, Kan., with a goddaughter and her friends.
Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share these mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer?
This month, several Denver-area histories serve as summer tour guides.
“The Scenic History of Denver Cemeteries: From Cheesman Park to Riverside,” by Phil Goodstein (New Social Publications)
“The Scenic History of Denver Cemeteries: From Cheesman Park to Riverside,” by Phil Goodstein (New Social Publications)
Of the first dozen people buried in Mount Prospect, Denver’s first cemetery, two were hanged for murder, five died from gunshot wounds, and one committed suicide. No wonder the early city fathers wanted the graveyard to be far from the city center.
Mount Prospect was expanded to include a Jewish section.