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AVOIDING PAINT TOXICITY When considering paint choices for a project, several factors must be balanced, including cost, long-term performance, and the effect on indoor air quality. Each of these factors is so important that it can be difficult to understand priorities.
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BUILDING TALL Since the 1980s, architects of tall buildings have sought variety in geometric massing and silhouette, coupled sometimes with a striving for height for its own sake and not just as a way of increasing floor area on a restricted site. Economy in the costs of construction seems sometimes to have been considered less important than before.
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More Building and Construction Fourteen Commercial Properties Awarded — Biz Ink, 2003.0715Fight Brews for Highrise Zoning Plan — Infolink, 2003.0714 NARI Launches Certification for Remodelers — National Association of the Remodeling Industry press release, 2003.0711 City Reveals Architects Who Will Compete for Bridge Work — Chicago Tribune, 2003.0711 Online OSHA Compliance Training — Designare, 2003.0710 Workers Compensation Fund Awards Scholarships — Designare, 2003.0709 Tate Modern chief leads protest against flats plan — Independent Digital, 2003.0709 Disabled Woman Dies While Trying to Escape Fire — New York Times, 2003.0709 K-12 School Construction Holding Strong — AEC WorkForce, 2003.0707 Leers Weinzapfel Makes Its Mark at the University of Cincinnati — AIArchitect, 2003.0703 City Says Porch Lacked Support, Sues Landlord — Chicago Tribune, 2003.0703 Americans Continue to Improve Their Homes — Designare, 2003.0702 Mid-Year Outlook For Housing Is Good News — National Association of Home Builders, 2003.0702 Inside the Envelope — Infolink, 2003.0702 Great Lakes Develops Flame Retardant Polyurethane — Designare, 2003.0701 Intertech Flooring and Graeber, Simmons & Cowan Win Design Competition — Intertech Flooring press release, 2003.0630 Tale of Two Centers — Olympian, 2003.0629 Faster Concrete Columns — Infolink, 2003.0627 Award for New Design Procedure for Timber Joints — Infolink, 2003.0627 Duo to Design UConn Site — New Haven Register, 2003.0625 Home Sales Hit New Record in May — National Association of Home Builders, 2003.0625 Watercolor Walls Provides a Quick Way to Color-Wash Walls — Designare, 2003.0624 Restaurant Prototype Awarded 'Gold Nugget' — Stockhouse, 2003.0624 £22M Taj Mahal Tourist Complex Called Off — Guardian Unlimited, 2003.0624
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