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OFFICE INFILL TREADS LIGHTLY The BP Amoco Research Center posed several challenges to its architects. The client wanted the 40-building campus to have a new corporate identity expressed in a high-profile marker at its entrance. Three existing buildings needed to be connected through a central circulation space. And to keep costs down, the addition needed to impose minimum disruption on the existing structure.
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TIMBER FRAME HOUSES Anyone who steps inside a timber-frame, or post-and-beam, house for the first time invariably comes away impressed — even a bit awed — by what is encountered. The complete structural skeleton of the house is on view, but it's not just any structure: It is like entering a strange yet beautifully natural forest of sturdy wood trunks, graceful limbs, and branches that soar high overhead.
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More Building and Construction UNC to Construct 41 New Buildings — ENR, 2001.1031Homestore Stock Falls on Downgrade — Internet News, 2001.1030 Existing Home Sales Drop 11% In September — Building Online, 2001.1030 Company Breaks Ground On 5,000 Homes In Puerto Rico — Building Online, 2001.1030 Shanghai On Fast Track To Development — The Star, 2001.1029 Design of Newer Buildings Reduces Bioterrorism Risk — New York Times, 2001.1029 (registration required) What's An Ideal Home? Let The People Choose — Baltimore Sun, 2001.1028 Deakin Mansion Is A Statement About Craftmanship And Pride — Canberra Times, 2001.1028 On The Up And Up — The Age, 2001.1026 The Demand For Million-Dollar-Plus Custom Homes Continues Unabated — Dallas Business Journal, 2001.1026 Apartment Development To Hit New Heights — Houston Business Journal, 2001.1026 New Home Sales Decline Slightly in September — National Association of Home Builders, 2001.1026 School Building Boom Benefitting Contractors — Dayton Business Journal, 2001.1026 Project At Former Brewery Site Links City — Portland Business Journal, 2001.1026 New Interest In High-Tech Escapes From High-Rises — Christian Science Monitor, 2002.1025 Building System Withstands Impacts At Over 100 mph — UniSci, 2001.1025 Housing Starts Unexpectedly Strong in September — National Association of Home Builders, 2001.1017
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