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      <title>Belfry Tashkent</title>
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        <![CDATA[The city of Tashkent just celebrated its 2,200th birthday, but the Uzbek capital, once a stop on the Silk Road, has retained little of its ancient architecture. In 1966, a 5.0-magnitude earthquake mostly leveled the city&rsquo;s historic center of clay-brick buildings. The Soviet Union rebuilt with modern structures lining wide boulevards. But in the decades since Soviet rule, the Uzbek government has redeveloped the area with an eye toward bringing traditional ornamentation back to the city&rsquo;s architecture while creating a sophisticated capital that embraces an international brand of contemporary design. One of its recent efforts, the International Forums Palace, anchors]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <media:title type="plain">The stainless-steel scrim covering the walls and ceilings of the sales floors was laser cut by the Bavarian company RIEDL and assembled on-site by the building team.</media:title>
        <media:description type="plain">Belfry TashkentAndre Kikoski ArchitectTashkent, UzbekistanThe stainless-steel scrim covering the walls and ceilings of the sales floors was laser cut by the Bavarian company RIEDL and assembled on-site by the building team.Image courtesy Ippolito Fleitz Group</media:description>
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        <media:title type="plain">The stainless-steel scrim covering the walls and ceilings of the sales floors was laser cut by the Bavarian company RIEDL and assembled on-site by the building team.</media:title>
        <media:description type="plain">Belfry TashkentAndre Kikoski ArchitectTashkent, UzbekistanThe stainless-steel scrim covering the walls and ceilings of the sales floors was laser cut by the Bavarian company RIEDL and assembled on-site by the building team.Image courtesy Ippolito Fleitz Group</media:description>
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        <media:title type="plain">Patterns created by light entering through arched windows and reflecting off of the walls change throughout the day.</media:title>
        <media:description type="plain">Belfry TashkentAndre Kikoski ArchitectTashkent, UzbekistanPatterns created by light entering through arched windows and reflecting off of the walls change throughout the day.Image courtesy Ippolito Fleitz Group</media:description>
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        <media:title type="plain">Beyond massive wooden doors at the two entries ' which heighten the sense of enclosure ' and the crisp white furnishings, the only fixed points in the shifting layers of decoration are the vitrines an</media:title>
        <media:description type="plain">Belfry TashkentAndre Kikoski ArchitectTashkent, UzbekistanBeyond massive wooden doors at the two entries ' which heighten the sense of enclosure ' and the crisp white furnishings, the only fixed points in the shifting layers of decoration are the vitrines and wall cases that display jewelry.Image courtesy Ippolito Fleitz Group</media:description>
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        <media:title type="plain">A milled-acrylic silver mirror covered with transparent gray foil and mounted in traditionally styled window frames bounces reflected patterns back on the stainless-steel scrim.</media:title>
        <media:description type="plain">Belfry TashkentAndre Kikoski ArchitectTashkent, UzbekistanA milled-acrylic silver mirror covered with transparent gray foil and mounted in traditionally styled window frames bounces reflected patterns back on the stainless-steel scrim.Image courtesy Ippolito Fleitz Group</media:description>
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        <media:description type="plain">Belfry TashkentAndre Kikoski ArchitectTashkent, UzbekistanImage courtesy Ippolito Fleitz Group</media:description>
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