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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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More Architecture News Daily Architecture Headlines — Updated every day at ArchitectureWeek
AIA Michigan 2006 Awards Individuals — AIA Michigan press release, 2006.0523
AIA Michigan 2006 Firm Design & Recognitions Awards — AIA Michigan press release, 2006.0523
First Rebuilt Skyscraper at WTC Opens — New York Times, 2006.0523
Davenport Skybridge Wins Design Award — Quad Cities Online, 2006.0523
After Floods, Fires Threaten New Orleans' Heritage — Reuters, 2006.0523
Home Wins and Spectacular Draws — Telegraph, 2006.0520
Three Recipients of 2006 AIA/HUD Housing and Design Awards — AIArchitect, 2006.0519
Curtin Designer Wins Australian Design Award — Infolink, 2006.0518
Architects Assemble for 36th Annual Los Angeles Awards — DMN, 2006.0517
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
Architectural Record Announces Winners of Katrina Competition — CBS46.com, 2006.0516
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
Governor General's Medals in Architecture Announced — Archiseek, 2006.0501
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