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ELEGANT EFFICIENCY AT ZION CANYON Out in the beautiful Utah desert, the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) is elegantly demonstrating how bringing the outside in and the inside out can enhance our appreciation of the built and natural environment. The 7,600-square-foot (706-square meter) Zion Canyon Visitor and Transportation Center, in Springdale, Utah, is a showcase of efficiency and sustainability for the NPS.
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REBUILDING CENTRAL BEIRUT For five millennia, Beirut, Lebanon has been evolving in response to the diverse cultures of its visitors and its invaders. Embedded in its urban fabric is a tradition of the dominant culture asserting its authority through spatial transformation. Now reconstruction is underway in the aftermath of the civil-regional war of 1975-1990, but there is no peace among those debating how reconstruction should proceed.
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RESTORING LADY LIBERTY The Statue of Liberty, created by French sculptor August Bartholdi and architect/engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, was completed in 1886. While its restoration was monumental in terms of size, complexity, and visibility, the technical, design, access/egress, and deadline issues are similar—if on a larger scale—to those on many historic building projects. These are some of the challenges faced by the restoration team:
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THE BUZZ AT BUILD BOSTON 2000 Switch Hotel . . . Soft Landing . . . Air Barrier . . . Future Search. These were just a few of the many new "buzzwords" floating around Boston's World Trade Center in November when some 11,000 architects and construction professionals and 350 vendors converged at the 16th annual Build Boston.
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More Building and Construction Buildscape 3 Fla. Cities Get Ballpark Grants — AP, 2001.0103American Standard Will Cut 1200 Jobs To Improve Performance — American Standard Press Release, 2001.0102 Johns Manville To Be Acquired By Berkshire Hathaway — Johns Manville Press Release, 2001.0102 Judge Approves Final Settlement For Weyerhaeuser Siding — Business Wire, 2001.0102 Professional Builder Magazine Builder of the Year — The Olson Co. Press Release, 2001.0102 Popular New Home Care Booklet Gets Fresh Update — Home Builder Press Press Release, 2001.0102 Buildscape Deploys AvantGo Enterprise for Wireless Construction Application — AvantGo, Inc. Press Release, 2000.1207. Buildscape, Inc., an Internet-based e-commerce service for construction, has developed an application for handheld, wireless devices that enables contractors and builders to store, send, and receive critical building and supply data.
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