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STEEL DESIGN AWARDS 2003 Once a year, the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) takes a break from its serious work of providing technical assistance to architects, engineers, and builders. Through its Innovative Design and Excellence in Architecture with Steel (I.D.E.A.S.) awards, the institute honors a few projects that use steel and display an exemplary merging of architectural expression and structural form.
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ART UNDER GLASS, UNDERGROUND In the middle of a lush, mountainside forest in Japan is a five-story structure with only a half story above ground. Yet the Pola Museum of Art in Kanagawa prefecture treats visitors to the lower floors with abundant daylight. This is because much of the building, even part of its structure, is made of glass. Designed by Koichi Yasuda, Ken Kannari, and Masao Nishioka of the Tokyo firm Nikken Sekkei Ltd., the building has won the 2003 DuPont Benedictus Award for its innovative application of laminated glass.
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GREENING ROOFTOPS Green roofs — topped with soil and living plants — have well known benefits to the buildings beneath them. They provide thermal and sound insulation and can prolong roof life. They also offer healthful benefits to their urban surroundings. So says Steven Peck, executive director of Green Roofs for Healthy Cities. Other potential benefits of so-called "naturalized" rooftops include stormwater management, urban food production, air pollution reduction, and urban heat island temperature modification.
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More Architecture News Daily Architecture Headlines — Updated every day at ArchitectureWeek
Libeskind Takes Backseat on WTC Tower — New York Daily News, 2003.0716
Guggenheim May Open in Taiwan — BBC News, 2003.0716
Architect and Developer Clash Over Plans for Trade Center Site — New York Times, 2003.0715
Officials Favor Larger Site for Trade Center Complex — New York Times, 2003.0715
Ground Zero Developments — New York Times, 2003.0714
Six from the South Receive Top Honors — AIArchitect, 2003.0711
Construction of Frank Lloyd Wright Filling Station Begins — AP at The State, 2003.0711
London's Last Ancient City Gate to Return — Reuters, 2003.0710
Relatives Say Plans Infringe on Twin Towers' Footprints — New York Times, 2003.0709
Design Award Winners Celebrate Diversity of North Carolina — AIArchitect, 2003.0703
Families' Plea over WTC Plans — BBC News, 2003.0701
New Welsh Parliament Set to Go Ahead — Guardian Unlimited, 2003.0701
Lawsuit Seeks Enhanced WTC Fire Safety — CNN, 2003.0701
Trade Center Memorial Jury to Be Hidden from Scrutiny — Bloomberg, 2003.0630
AIA Wisconsin Design Awards 2003 — AIArchitect, 2003.0627
Ground Hero — Guardian Unlimited, 2003.0622
Frank Lloyd Wright 'Borrowed' Mackintosh Design — Independent Digital, 2003.0621
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