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Coverings Awards 2006 | |
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Jane Jacobs, City Seer | |
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AIA Housing Awards 2006 | |
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Energy Concerns Mainstream | |
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COVERINGS AWARDS 2006 In an age when sleek glass and steel seem to dominate design headlines, there is still room for creativity in the venerable media of stone and tile. To celebrate accomplishments with these materials, the international trade show and conference "Coverings," managed by National Trade Productions and sponsored by several industry associations, recently presented the winners of two awards programs.
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JANE JACOBS, CITY SEER Jane Jacobs, who turned 20th-century modernist urban thinking on its head in 1961 with the publication of The Death and Life of Great American Cities, died last week in Toronto, nine days shy of her 90th birthday.
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AIA HOUSING AWARDS 2006 In the wake of a century in which in U.S. residential architecture suffered from suburban sprawl, wastefulness, the popularity of extravagant but barren "MacMansions," and indifference to history, urban context, and affordability, it is refreshing to see a collection of projects that offer positive object lessons for architects and homebuilders.
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ENERGY CONCERNS MAINSTREAM In March 2006, architect and planner Bob Berkebile, FAIA addressed an overflow audience at the Building Energy '06 conference in Boston. He gave a stirring call to arms, saying that this was a powerful moment in human history.
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More Architecture News Daily Architecture Headlines — Updated every day at ArchitectureWeek
Tsunami Memorial Museum Plans Passed — The Nation, 2006.0517
Eval Weizman Wins James Stirling Prize — Interior Design, 2006.0517
36th Annual Los Angeles Architectural Awards — LABC Press Release, 2006.0517
AIA Announces 2006 AIA/HUD Housing and Design Awards — American Institute of Architects press release, 2006.0516
Families' Lawsuit over WTC Memorial Tossed — New York Times, 2006.0516
Paris's Jewel-like Orangerie Reopens, Polished and Renovated — New York Times, 2006.0516
Platinum Circle 2006 Inductees Announced — HospitalityDesign magazine, 2006.0515
Prince-Ramus Leaving Koolhaas's O.M.A. to Start New Firm — New York Times, 2006.0514
When in Rome... Richard Meier's New Museum Inaugurated — World Architecture News, 2006.0512
America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places — NTHP Press Release, 2006.0510
Winners of Katrina Design Competition — Archinect, 2006.0509
Construction Site Collapse Kills 3 — KABC, 2006.0506
Rogers to Help Design 9/11 Towers — BBC News, 2006.0503
Rogers to Design 9/11 Site Tower — Guardian Unlimited, 2006.0503
2 Architects Chosen for WTC Construction — Houston Chronicle, 2006.0503
Blaze on Brooklyn Waterfront Levels Historic Warehouses — New York Times, 2006.0503
Governor General's Medals in Architecture Announced — Archiseek, 2006.0501
Israel OKs Jerusalem Fence Construction — The State, 2006.0430
Construction Begins at Ground Zero — Houston Chronicle, 2006.0428
Eight Arrested in Japan Quake Scandal — Reuters, 2006.0426
Arrests in Japanese Quake Scandal — International Herald Tribune, 2006.0426
National Hurricane Museum Planned for Area — Southwest Daily News, 2006.0424
ASLA Announces 2006 Professional Awards — ASLA Press Release, 2006.0424
Learning By Design Magazine Awards Announced — Learning By Design, 2006.0406
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