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Design for Novartis’ 22 Windsor Street, by architect Toshiko Mori. It is characterized by five mini-atriums connected by diagonal staircases on the transparent south facade.

Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research

David Fincher’s Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, starring Rooney Mara, is an invigorating adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s bestselling novel.

photo by anders linden, © 2011 Columbia TriStar Marketing Group, Inc

Hair-raising thriller Hanna is ultimately about a girl outgrowing her father.

photo by alex bailey, © 2010 Focus Features LLC.

Satto Tonegawa ’15.

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Grim reality meets comic relief in cancer drama 50/50, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen.

photo by Chris Helcermanas-Benge, © 2011 Summit Entertainment, LLC.

Paul Giamatti and Alex Shaffer star in Win Win, a story about being a loser.

photo by Kimberly Wright TM, © 2010 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp

Gil (Owen Wilson) dwells on the past, and comes to terms with the present, when he vacations in Paris.

Photo by Roger Arpajou © 2011 Mediapro, Versátil Cinema & Gravier Productions, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics

Nicolás E. Del Castillo ’14

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Paddy Conlon (Nick Nolte) coaches estranged son Tommy (Tom Hardy) in Warrior.

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Phyo N. Kyaw ’10

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Several of Walker Memorial’s student groups, pictured in this December 2010 file photo. The Walker Memorial Assessment Team is evaluating the feasibility of using Walker as a space for Music and Theater Arts, but stud...

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