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DESIGN FOR ACOUSTICS From the theaters of ancient Greece to those of the 21st century, architectural acoustics has been a key consideration in design. Only within the past century, however, have we been able to scientifically understand and predict the behavior of sound both indoors and outdoors. It is through this understanding that acoustics has evolved from a black art into an established field of engineering.
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NEW ADDITIONS Homeowners get the urge to change their houses for many reasons: families grow and shrink, old structures decay, and architectural fashions change. Sometimes the first impulse is to destroy all traces of the old and replace them with something entirely new. The authors have found examples of architects who have rejected that impulse, and demonstrated ingenuity through additions and renovations. — Editor
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More Building and Construction Housing Nightmare to Worsen — Architects' Journal, 2002.0108Affordable Homes for Sale Soon — Beaufort Gazette, 2002.0108 Las Vegas Convention Center's New South Hall Expansion Opens — Press Release at Yahoo.com, 2002.0107 Quarry Firms Accused over Engineer's Death — Architects' Journal, 2002.0107 Home, Neat Home Comes Ready-Made — Yorkshire Post at Hoovers, 2002.0104 School Building Facility from Straw — Phoenix Business Journal, 2002.0104 Hospitals Continue Pace of Building — Triangle Business Journal, 2002.0104 Builders Go Where the Money Is: New Niches — Dallas Business Journal, 2002.0104 California Construction Heading South Next Two years — Busines Wire at BuildingOnline, 2002.0103 Existing Home Sales Rise — BuildingOnline, 2002.0103 Students Build Their Job Skills in a Constructive Way — The Columbian, 2002.0101 Building Starts Get Mixed Report — Free Realtime, 2001.1231 School Construction Runs over Budget — Boston Globe, 2001.1230 Builder's Housing Dots the Bay Area — East Bay Business Times, 2001.1228 Construction Market Still Slow, but Stable — Dayton Business Journal, 2001.1228 Builder Pleads to Code Violations — Ann Arbor News, 2001.1223 Faux Stucco, Real Problems — Washington Post, 2001.1223
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