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Remembering I.M. Pei
“Ieoh Ming Pei has given this century some of its most beautiful interior spaces and exterior forms.” So said the jury who, in 1983, awarded the eminent Chinese-American architect the Pritzker Prize. Little did they know his most iconic masterpiece w
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Capital Gains
On a winter’s afternoon in Tokyo, I look out over the seemingly infinite sprawl of the Japanese capital. This is not the view from one of the city’s sky-high observation decks, mind you, but rather a metropolis in miniature on permanent display in th
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Gaining Momentum
A winding stretch of asphalt may not be a typical attraction on any tropical island. But as I stand in a hillside viewing suite above the Pertamina Mandalika International Street Circuit, looking straight down to the pit lane, I’m immediately impress