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UNDERSTANDING FIGURE IN WOOD The term grain is often used erroneously to refer to the distinctive surface appearance of wood, especially that resulting from growth-ring structure. To avoid continued confusion with that already overworked word, we prefer the term figure to refer to distinctive or characteristic markings on longitudinal or side-grain surfaces of wood.
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SKYLIGHTING SCULPTURE When Texas entrepreneur Raymond Nasher asked for a "roofless museum" for his extensive sculpture collection, his architects and their consultants delivered a unique interpretation. The Nasher Sculpture Center, which opened in downtown Dallas in 2003, is a synthesis of nature and building: a sculpture garden and a building with a roof that's "open" to the light of the sky.
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More Building and Construction Five-Element Theory Inspires Olympic Village Design — China Daily, 2004.0407Architect Skating on Thin Ice over Holyrood Panels — Scotsman Online, 2004.0407 Japan Sees High-Tech Toilets, Robots in Future Home — Yahoo News, 2004.0406 Three People Die in 4-Alarm Fire in Yonkers Apartment Building — New York Times, 2004.0406 NAHB and U.S. Dept. of Labor Promote Construction Careers — National Association of Home Builders, 2004.0406 Local Builder, Architect Create ‘American Home’ — Charleston Business Journal, 2004.0405 Building Consensus — Times Dispatch, 2004.0405 Ill Wind Blows in California over Feng Shui Idea — Chicago Tribune, 2004.0405 The 'Child-Centric' School — Charlotte Observer, 2004.0403 LIGHTFAIR INTERNATIONAL 2004 Announces Winners — LIGHTFAIR INTERNATIONAL press release, 2004.0401 Hopes of Building Nation's First New Nuclear Plant in Decades — New York Times, 2004.0331 WTC Artifacts Await Museum — Newsday, 2004.0330 Designs that Look Ahead and Experiment — Telegraph, 2004.0330 Toilet Block Flushes Out Problems — Cambridge News, 2004.0330 New Designs Focus on Home as Hive — Express-News, 2004.0329 Concrete Casts New Light in Dull Rooms — Optics.org, 2004.0329 Performance of Housing Industry to Remain Strong — National Association of Home Builders, 2004.0324 SMART Launches Sympodium Interactive Lectern — SMART Technologies, Inc. press release, 2004.0324 Design for Library of Life Symbolizes Middle East Peace — Newswise, 2004.0317 Smithsonian Selects Norman Foster to Design New Atrium — AMN, 2004.0317 Office Building Is Part of Yonkers Revival — New York Times, 2004.0317 Brick and Glass in New York Apartment Buildings — Slate, 2004.0315 Bare Bones of Holyrood on Display — BBC News, 2004.0314 Metlife Sells Highest US Building — Yahoo News, 2004.0311
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