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Tony Watkins

 ~ Vernacular Design 

Arc-Peace
Istanbul 1996 Print E-mail
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Executive Committee meeting
Seeing women and children being beaten up by police with batons in Istanbul was a new experience for my students. The police simply blocked off both ends of a street where a peaceful protest was being held and they were unconcerned about those who had intended to do a little innocent shopping.
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ICED 91 Termas de Rio Hondo Print E-mail

ImageTwo assumptions seem to have been made in deciding that the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), being held in June 1992, should be located in Brazil.

 

Moving South as the world goes West

 

The assumption on the one hand that the big differences in the world are between cultures, and the assumption on the other hand that those cultures are territorial.

 

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Tokyo 1990 Print E-mail

ImageFollowing on from the euphoria of the Velvet Revolution Akio invited a few of us to speak in Tokyo.

 

 

 

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Chicago 1993 Print E-mail
ImageThe highlight of the Chicago Congress was the presentation of an award to ADPSR by the American Institute of Architects.
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