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YALE MOD When you hear "modular classroom building," what do you think of? Cheap gray boxes on cinderblocks? Tacky trailers covered with vinyl "brick" siding? Such makeshift classrooms can be seen next to schools and colleges all across the United States — temporary solutions to space shortages that seem to hang around for years.
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WALLS STILL GROWING UP Thousands of years ago, a primitive mortar helped transform a pile of stones into an enclosure of habitable space. Since then, a complex interweaving of technical and social change has continually redefined the way we build, culminating in the modern practice of architecture and building design.
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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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More Building and Construction Glow in the Park — Architect's Paper, 2006.0524Luster of 7 World Trade Center Has Tattered Reminder of 9/11 — New York Times, 2006.0524 Architects, Contractors Test New Ideas in Sky — The Arlington, 2006.0524 Building a City within the City of Atlanta — New York Times, 2006.0524 A Tower Goes Up, and a Neighborhood Perks Up — New York Times, 2006.0524 'Ultimate Bungalow' — Upstate, 2006.0523 Trouble-free Corner Blocks for Polyurethane Moldings — PR Web, 2006.0522 The China Syndrome — New York Times, 2006.0521 Engineering Conflict — New York Times, 2006.0521 Socially Conscious Construction — New York Times, 2006.0521 Minimizing Cost While Maximizing Creativity — RD Mag, 2006.0519 Safety Concern over Shanghai's Skyscrapers — CRI, 2006.0519 Residences that Offer Maximum Pleasure, Minimum Bother — AIArchitect, 2006.0519 Designers Tout Laundry Room as Sexiest Spot in the House — PR Web, 2006.0519 Decorative Concrete Photos Provides Design Ideas — PR Web, 2006.0519 Honors for Commitment to Building Safety and Fire Prevention — International Code Council Foundation press release, 2006.0517 Affordable Housing That Is Cheap, but Not Nasty — Independent Digital, 2006.0517 Some Assembly Required — Frieze, 2006.0516 British-Iraqi Architect's Barcelona Coup — Guardian Unlimited, 2006.0516 It Takes a Village — Metropolis, 2006.0515 Days Numbered for 'Ugly' Building — BBC News, 2006.0515 Give Me a Shelter — Guardian Unlimited, 2006.0514 Minnesota Architect Awed by Bhifting Ice — Pioneer Press, 2006.0514 Apartment Tower to Go Downtown — Houston Chronicle, 2006.0514 Veteran Is First Recipient of Housing Accessibility Program — International Code Council Foundation press release, 2006.0512 In Beijing, Office Buildings Rise to Meet the Demand — International Herald Tribune, 2006.0511 B'klyn Atlantic Yards Plans Unveiled — Newsday, 2006.0511 Libeskind Design for Boys & Girls Clubs Unveiled — ROCKWORKS Foundation press release, 2006.0509 Johnson Controls to Join Gulf Coast Investment Mission — Johnson Controls, Inc. press release, 2006.0503
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