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A STYLISH SUSTAINABILITY In the 1920s, after working with Frank Lloyd Wright for several years, architect Rudolf Schindler pioneered a new kind of residence in Southern California. Schindler's work, while exhibiting some formal attributes of the International Style, was tempered by a sensitivity to the environment.
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PLAYFUL PV IN ROME At the Children's Museum of Rome, a partly see-through photovoltaic (PV) roof brings new levels of meaning to everyday childhood experience of playing in the sun. One of the museum's central mandates is to heighten awareness of the quality of urban life through "a transparent guided itinerary" of everyday activities. Its new photovoltaic roof, designed by Abbate e Vigevano Architetti, gives form to this mandate.
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More Environment U.S. Adds New Duty On Canadian Lumber Shipments — BuildingOnline, 2001.1106Sustainability Stands Tall — DesignArchitecture, 2001.1105 Engineer Issues Call For Data For Building Performance Study — ENR, 2001.1105 EPA Limit Arsenic in Drinking Water to 10 Parts Per Billion — ENR, 2001.1102 Army Design and Construction Goals: Be Sustainable! — AIArchitect, 2001.1102 Edition Customer Choice Would Advance Renewable Energy — National Renewable Energy Laboratory Press Release 2001.1031 "Weatherization Day" Honors Program that Saves Energy — Dept. of Energy News Release, 2001.1030 MRET Awards Funds For Renewable Energy Projects — EDC, 2001.1018 Enhanced Tools Aid Sustainable Design — ENR, 2001.1015 High Tech Tankless Water Heater Saves Energy Dollars while Delivering Unlimited Hot Water on Demand — Envirotech Systems Worldwide Press Release, 2001.1001 Energy Surveys Slam UK Buildings — Architects' Journal, 2001.1030 Oops! Logging Protesters Have Their Demonstration "Cut Short" — Building Online, 2001.1030 Green Building Sprouts In Portland — Portland Business Journal, 2001.1026 HOK Earns Global Green Award For Advancing Sustainable Design — EDC, 2001.1018 Steelcase Adheres to the LEED Green Building Rating System — Steelcase Inc. Press Release, 2001.1001 Georgia-Pacific Earns Green Cross Fiber Label — EDC, 2001.10 Edition Portland's Earth Advantage Homes Feature Efficiency, Responsibility — EDC, 2001.10 Edition New ASC gets Star Building Award — Dunn Connection, 2001.1023 Northwest Conservation Roller Coaster a Common Theme at Conference — Con.WEB, 2001.1023 Rules to save nature of Red Rock — Las Vegas Sun, 2001.1018
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