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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 For Athens, It's a Race to the Finish — China Daily, 2004.0422Lateral Thinking — U. K. Telegraph, 2004.0421 City Protects Its East-West Architecture — China Daily, 2004.0421 Architects: Grandest Metro Faces Collapse — Moscow Times, 2004.0421 Inches of Brilliance Enliven Terminal 1's Same Old, Same Old — Globe and Mail, 2004.0421 Nassau Unveiling Museum Expansion — Newsday, 2004.0420 Architect Flags Up Plan to Finish 'Edinburgh's Disgrace' — Scotsman Online, 2004.0420 GE Edison Offers New Halogen Lighting — GE Consumer & Industrial press release, 2004.0419 Absolutely Prefab — New York Times, 2004.0418 Amid the Giant Ad Signs, New Buildings Sprout — New York Times, 2004.0418 Schools and Libraries Confront Design Challenges — New York Times, 2004.0418 Ashes to Art — San Francisco Chronicle, 2004.0417 Judge: Museum Can Renovate Columbus Circle Building — New York Newsday, 2004.0416 MoMA's Makeover Ready for Unveiling — Times Leader, 2004.0416 Brooklyn's Radiant New Art Palace — New York Times, 2004.0416 Housing Starts and Building Permits Rise in March — National Association of Home Builders, 2004.0416 Treehouses Sprouting Up at Arboretum — Chicago Tribune, 2004.0415 City Council Acts On Building Collapse — All Africa, 2004.0414 Rising Star of Architecture is Museum's Pick — Denver Post, 2004.0413 Mediocre Apartment-Retail Building Misses Opportunity — Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2004.0412 Log Homes Council Sponsors Unique Home with Habitat for Humanity — National Association of Home Builders, 2004.0412 Have Architects Cracked? — Scotsman Online, 2004.0412 Lightolier to Celebrate Centennial Anniversary — Lightolier press release, 2004.0409 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
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