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TRANSITIONAL SHELTER Whipped by winds on a mountain slope in northern Pakistan, Graham Saunders moves carefully amid the shattered remains of a mud-walled village, surveying the damage caused by a powerful earthquake in October, 2005. Sliding a digital camera from his hip pocket, he photographs each pile of splintered timber and stone. As an architect who has encountered many similar scenes for the last decade, his mind is already on what it will take to rebuild here.
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SERENITY ON A BUDGET A "not-so-big" house is not necessarily an inexpensive house. But if you keep the size of the house small and stick with common materials, basic construction methods, and simple details, you can indeed build or remodel on a limited budget.
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SACRAMENTAL RESTORATION The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament has been an impressive landmark of California's capital city of Sacramento ever since its 1889 completion. But by the turn of the 21st century, it had deteriorated and been found incapable of withstanding the next big earthquake. Now, a $34.5 million restoration has rescued this spiritual oasis in a political city.
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More Building and Construction Polished Concrete Becoming the Ultimate No-Wax Flooring — PR Web, 2006.0426Recreating the Home for China's Rising Leisure Class — International Herald Tribune, 2006.0426 New SCPA Building OK'd — Cincinnati Enquirer, 2006.0425 The Problem with Most Highrises: How They Reach the Street — Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2006.0425 Artist's Glass Work to Illuminate UBC — National Post, 2006.0424 Darwin Centre Phase Two — Arc Space, 2006.0424 Barcelona Tribute Will Reopen Museum's Doors — Plain Dealer, 2006.0424 Architect Frank Gehry Unveils Design for Downtown LA Project — Mercury News, 2006.0424 16 to Receive BusinessWeek/Architectural Record China Awards — Yahoo Finance, 2006.0424 'Small Lots, Smart Designs' Winner to Build Affordable Housing — Pajamas Media Inc., 2006.0424 Habitat Volunteers Build Homes For Hurricane Families — Habitat for Humanity press release at PRWeb, 2006.0424 Energy Use Becoming Selling Point — Star Telegram, 2006.0423 Freedom Less Than Zero — The Slatin Report, 2006.0423 Sophisticated Living Or an Eyesore? — IOL, 2006.0422 Weyerhaeuser Announces New iLevel Residential Framing Unit — BuildingOnline, 2006.0422 Jumbo Architecture Turns Jet into Dream Home — Turkish Press, 2006.0421 Budapest's Holocaust Museum Offers Ethereal Journey — USA Today, 2006.0421 RIBA Claims Victory over Design Statements — BD Online, 2006.0421 Rising Fees ‘Put Quality at Risk' — BD Online, 2006.0421 Harvard to Overhaul Its Museums — The Art Newspaper, 2006.0421 DirtGeneral.Com, A New Way to Distribute Fill Dirt — Contractor Power, 2006.0421 Concrete Fireplace Serves as the Centerpiece of a Room — PR Web, 2006.0421 China's New Home Life — New York Times, 2006.0420 With Cupola in Place, New School Takes Shape — Midstate Living, 2006.0419 15 Architecture Firms Offer Housing Designs for Free — TMC, 2006.0419 Twin Towers to Grace Pudong Skyline — Xinhua, 2006.0419 Plans for Fanciful Skyscrapers Proliferate — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2006.0419 Affordable and Market-Rate Homes Meet Housing Needs — San Diego Daily Transcript, 2006.0418 Chasing the Big One — The Columbian, 2006.0418 49ers Select Design Team for Stadium Project — San Francisco 49ers Press Release, 2006.0418 If Toronto Builds Expo, Will They Come? — Toronto Star, 2006.0418 Workers Believe They Should Help Design Their Workplace — Online Recruitment, 2006.0418 New Certification Protects Communities Affected by Flooding — Revitalization Online, 2006.0417 WTC Study Spurs Possible Code Improvement — Globe St, 2006.0417 California's Gold in Downtown Los Angeles — Los Angeles Downtown News, 2006.0417 Ceremony Marks Start of Science, Technology Park — JHU Gazette, 2006.0417 Objects of Affection — Metropolis, 2006.0417 Finding Depth in Surfaces — BusinessWeek, 2006.0417 Japan's Quake Standards Fall Victim to Greed — Los Angeles Times, 2006.0416 How Big Is Too Big? — New York Times, 2006.0416 Replacing Lost Housing Is Off to a Slow Start — USA Today, 2006.0416 Getty Villa Works on Many Layers — Boston Globe, 2006.0416 Building Violations Rot in City Computers — Chicago Tribune, 2006.0415 Home 'Kits' Create Buzz — Toronto Star, 2006.0415 Extend 'Remodel' to the Outside — Scotsman Online, 2006.0414 New Law Building in the Works — Stanford Daily, 2006.0414 Old Faithful Facility 'a Really Cool Project' — Billings Gazette, 2006.0414 Young Designers Float Ideas for New Navy Pier — Chicago Tribune, 2006.0413 Shanghai's Boom: A Building Frenzy — New York Times, 2006.0413 Renzo Piano Selected to Design Neighborhood — Princeton University News, 2006.0413 Massachusetts to Ban Certain Construction Debris — BuildingOnline, 2006.0412 UL Warns of Jig Saws with Fraudulent UL Stickers — BuildingOnline, 2006.0412 L.A. River Plan Slowly Moving Forward — Architectural Record, 2006.0411 Chicago Metallic Now Offers Gasketed Ceiling System — International Facility Management Association press release, 2006.0406 Futuristic Existence for Cyclone-Prone Countries — Scenta, 2006.0406 Web Site Offers Tools for Building Industry Professionals — Pella press release, 2006.0306
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