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SHOW HOUSE CUBED In Gurgaon, India, a fast-growing suburb of Delhi, an unusual house has just been erected. Designed by architect Ganesh Ganapathy, the building is a glass cube seemingly balanced on one vertex. Its uniqueness is admired by neighbors and passers-by, but working out the details of fitting a functional, stable house into such a form proved a formidable challenge.
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PRINTED PLASTIC PLACES "Mass customization," contradictory though it may sound, has been successfully achieved in various niches of the manufacturing world for several years. The term refers to products coming off an assembly line that have been individually configured according to customer specifications. The same combination of customization and economy of mass production may be coming to architecture.
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SMALL WOODWORKING SHOPS There is no perfect workshop. Any image conjured up by one woodworker would probably be less than ideal for the next. There are, however, many wonderful shops. Contemporary American woodworkers share a common cultural heritage with a nation of resourceful settlers who made do with what could be patched together.
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More Building and Construction From Haughty to Humble Among America's Homes — San Francisco Chronicle, 2004.0728Perini Building Co. Has Major Role in Caesars Palace Expansion — StockHouse, 2004.0727 Build-to-Ship Homes are a Low-Cost Option — Chicago Tribune, 2004.0725 Free Publication Clarifies Log Home Buying Process — NAHB press release, 2004.0723 FHA's Multifamily Program Narrowly Avoids Shutdown — National Association of Home Builders, 2004.0723 U.S. Housing Starts Drop Unexpectedly in June — BuildingOnline, 2004.0722 Recasting Concrete: Stuff of Sidewalks Is Intriguing Designers — San Francisco Chronicle, 2004.0721 New Exterior Wall Panel — MasterWall press release at Infolink, 2004.0719 Bring Warmth of Wood to Any Rooms — icNewcastle, 2004.0719 In California, 'Garage Mahals' Are Not Just for Cars — New York Times, 2004.0718 Made Over or Mucked Up? — San Francisco Chronicle, 2004.0714 Through the Roof: Prices for Building Materials — Northwest Indiana Times, 2004.0713 Home Showcase: A Helping of Tradition — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2004.0711 Weyerhaeuser Selling 304,000 acres of Timberland in Georgia — BuildingOnline, 2004.0707 AXIA Computer Station Seat — Office-work.com, 2004.0702 JELD-WEN Introduces Simulated Divided Light Door — JELD-WEN press release, 2004.0701 "Be Cool" Wins Lights of the Future Award — Delta Light USA newsletter, 2004.07 NAHB Women's Council Awards "Strategies For Success" Scholarship — National Association of Home Builders, 2004.0630 U.S. and Mexico Home Builders Sign Historic Agreement — National Association of Home Builders, 2004.0628 May Home Sales Surge to Record Levels — National Association of Home Builders, 2004.0624 First Year Students at Yale Build on a Rich Tradition — Yale University press release, 2004.0624
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