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National Hardware Show - Report from Chicago | |
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Mockbee Design-Build | |
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Is Good Design Good Business? | |
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The Changing Shapes of the Axe | |
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HAMMERS, SAWS, AND LASER LEVELS - THE NATIONAL HARDWARE SHOW Most people's architecture is not on the pages of web sites or magazines. It is three dimensional, it deteriorates, it has problematic wiring, it needs repair, and it's usually undergoing some kind of improvement. Knowing that many people enjoy a hands-on approach to architecture, ArchitectureWeek went looking for well designed tools and products that can help people improve their own architectural surroundings. This mission took me to the National Hardware Show held in Chicago, this August 13-16.
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MOCKBEE DESIGN-BUILD Earlier this summer, Alabama architect Samuel Mockbee picked up the phone and found out he was a genius. Not just a genius, mind you. But one of only three in the entire profession.
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IS GOOD DESIGN GOOD BUSINESS? In today's competitive business environment, corporate cultures tend to focus on improving product quality while minimizing costs and managing risks. Too often, the workplace is regarded not as a design opportunity but as a "real estate asset" and a "cost-center." And yet human productivity, and therefore business profitability, can be greatly enhanced by a well designed, user-responsive office environment. Natural light, comfortable temperatures, and a quiet ambience are not just desirable working conditions: they make good business sense.
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THE CHANGING SHAPES OF THE AXE Editor's Note: The vernacular houses at the foundation of an American concept of "home" have their origins in simple constructions, where tools and materials coexisted in seemingly rustic harmony. To grasp the spirit of those archetypical structures, it helps to understand the tools that shaped them. For early Americans who built log houses, the axe was indispensable. The axe is one of the most fundamental woodworking tools, and in skilled hands, one of the most versatile.
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More Building Weyerhaeuser Hardboard Siding Class Action Settlement — Class Action Notice
Oh That Sinking Feeling — Piano's Osaka Airport — at the Art Newspaper
Research Likely to Have Broad Impact on Connection Details — at ENR, 2000.0814
California Runs with Runoff Plan — at ENR, 2000.0814
Span's Concrete Support Column Shattered by Errant Barge — at ENR, 2000.0814
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