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D.C. CHINATOWN RESTORATION Every neighborhood undergoes transformations throughout its history. The use of an area and its population may change rapidly, while its buildings and structures remain relatively constant. A growing disparity between old buildings and new presents architectural challenges in preserving the buildings and revitalizing historic districts. In addition to providing modern amenities, architects must meet current building and life-safety codes. This can be difficult if one goal is to preserve the neighborhood's unique historic character.
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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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More Building and Construction City Council Acts On Building Collapse — All Africa, 2004.0414Rising Star of Architecture is Museum's Pick — Denver Post, 2004.0413 Log Homes Council Sponsors Unique Home with Habitat for Humanity — National Association of Home Builders, 2004.0412 Have Architects Cracked? — Scotsman Online, 2004.0412 Mediocre Apartment-Retail Building Misses Opportunity — Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2004.0412 HOK Offers Plans for Expansion of Javits Convention Center — AIArchitect, 2004.0409 Sandstone Buildings under Serious Threat from Climate — Scotsman Online, 2004.0408 Emeco Announces SuperLight, a New Chair by Frank O. Gehry — press release on PRWeb, 2004.0408 NAHB Announces Pillars of the Industry Award Winners — National Association of Home Builders, 2004.0407 Five-Element Theory Inspires Olympic Village Design — China Daily, 2004.0407 Architect 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
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