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A BETTER SUBURBIA Visiting "Village Homes" for the first time, one is struck by how different this 1970s-era community looks from typical California developments. Arriving by car, one notices narrower streets and less visually dominant parking, with access kept to the edges along long, narrow cul-de-sac streets.
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TEN DAY THEATER How do you create a temporary theater on a miniscule budget? And make sure that the construction materials will be undamaged and reusable at the end of the performance space's ten-day life? One way is to start with a vacant warehouse and add plenty of ingenuity, generosity, and collaboration.
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More Building and Construction America's Trillion Dollar Housing Mistake — The Next American City, 2005.0126Kaestle Boos Nets Builder Award — New Britain Herald, 2005.0125 New Wired Glass Offers Impact Safety — Technical Glass Products press release, 2005.0124 Architect Designs Modernistic Prefab — Houston Chronicle, 2005.0122 NAHB Announces 2005 Pillars of the Industry Award Finalists — National Association of Home Builders, 2005.0121 Idaho Builder David F. Wilson Elected President of NAHB — National Association of Home Builders, 2005.0119 BVAMP: Simplifying Assessment of Building Vulnerability — Environmental Energy Technologies Division Newsletter, 2005.0119 New Live-Work-Play Condos Spark Urban Renewal — National Association of Home Builders, 2005.0118 McGraw-Hill Construction Launches 'Bid Management' for Contractors — McGraw-Hill press release, 2005.0118 Residential Remodeling Nearly a Quarter Trillion Dollar Industry — AIArchitect, 2005.0117 1924 Gables Home Had to Be Destroyed Before It Was Renewed — Miami Herald, 2005.0116 Put Some Heat under Your Feet — Cincinnatti Enquirer, 2005.0115 Lighttex Announces Partnership In Development Program — Lighttex Canada, Inc. press release, 2005.0115 Sony Expands Home Entertainment Options for New Construction — Sony press release, 2005.0113 Breaking the House Rules — Lynchburg News and Advance, 2005.0112 See the New American Home at Home Builder Show — RISMedia, 2005.0112 At Age 4, Leaky School Needs Fixing — Contra Costa Times, 2005.0112 McGraw-Hill and NAHB Offer Home Product Information — Stockhouse, 2005.0111 New Urban Meets Modern in South Florida — The Next American City magazine, 2005.0111 Nonresidential Construction Poised for Solid Gains in 2005 — AIArchitect, 2005.0110 Tuff-Seal Interlocking Floor Tiles Announced — Flooring Adventures LLC press release at PR Web Newswire, 2005.0107 Forecast: Fast and Warmer — New York Times, 2005.0106 War Zones Yield Cheap Shelter for Tsunami Homeless — Reuters AlertNet, 2005.0105
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