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EARLY DAYS AT THE DISASTER Like hundreds of other volunteers, I spent most of the week of September 11 at the site of the former World Trade Center, helping with rescue efforts as best I could. My particular background lent insight to some of the problems we faced.
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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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More Building and Construction Shared Data on Bomb-Proofing Buildings Proposed — Los Angeles Times, 2001.1121Jackson Firms Say Jail Should Be Located near Delta Correctional Facility — Greenwood Commonwealth, 2001.1120 Redesigned Facility Is Generating Plenty of Talk — Houston Chronicle, 2001.1120 Firms Signing Downtown Leases — Newsday, 2001.1119 Unprecedented Terror Attack Ushers in a Year of Uncertainty — ENR, 2001.1119 Housing Starts Decline Slightly in October — NAHB, 2001.1119 Stalled Jail Project Leads to Frustration — Wausau Daily Herald, 2001.1118 Can New York Take Risks in Architecture? — New York Times, 2001.1118 (registration required) Wall-to-Wall Talks — Scotsman Online, 2001.1118 The Architect of Small Things — The Age, 2001.1116 Airport Construction Causes Tokyo-Bangkok Rift — Asahi, 2001.1116 More Developers Sought with Another City Extension — Washington Business Journal, 2001.1116 Blot on the Landscape or Bungalow Bliss? — Unison, 2001.1116 Three-Building Office Complex Planned for Southaven — Memphis Business Journal, 2001.1116 Phoenix Firm Building Office, Industrial Complex Here — Louisville Business First, 2001.1116 High School out to Bid — Boston Globe, 2001.1115 Homes to Spice up the Neighbourhood — National Post, 2001.1114 Housing Market Index Rises Two Points in November — National Association of Home Builders, 2001.1116 Economists Say Recessionary Period to Be "Short, Shallow" — NAHB, 2001.1115 Housing an Economic Bright Spot in 3rd Quarter 2001 — BuildingOnline, 2001.1114 Home on the Range? Residents Sue after Explosive Discovery — BuildingOnline, 2001.1114 Management Wants to Take U.S. Timberlands Company Private — BuildingOnline, 2001.1114 FHA Loan Limit Increase Will Spur Multifamily Rental Housing Production — National Association of Home Builders, 2001.1112 Benefits of Construction-Specific Software — Contractor Resource, 2001.11 Edition
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