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SOUND OF FOUR SEASONS Inside the glass box of Toronto's Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts is the curvilinear R. Fraser Elliott Hall. Belying the elegance of the decor is a thoroughly researched and executed acoustical design. The stacking of the balconies, the selection of materials, the texture of the basket-weave plaster shell, and other carefully considered characteristics coordinate to optimize musical performance and listening enjoyment.
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L.A. URBAN "Downtown L.A." may not be an oxymoron much longer, because when the construction dust finally settles, the sprawling metropolis of Los Angeles, California will have its own urban center. Ten years ago nobody would have believed it, but since an adaptive reuse ordinance was adopted in 1999 to eliminate many regulatory barriers, construction investment in downtown L.A. has ballooned to $12.2 billion. This according to a study released in February 2006 by the Downtown Center Business Improvement District (DCBID).
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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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More Building and Construction Get the Skinny of Slim Living — Virginia Pilot, 2006.0621Arenas of Dreams: But Will Teams Come? — Wall Street Journal, 2006.0621 Sprucing Up Offices Would Save Billions — The Standard, 2006.0621 Builders Hope for Profits in Green — Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, 2006.0620 Big Dig Bailing Out Tunnels — Boston Globe, 2006.0620 Everybody Loves Good Neighbours but Not That Much — Telegraph, 2006.0620 Building Florida's Communion Community — The Slatin Report, 2006.0620 The Word on the Royal Mile — BBC News, 2006.0620 Congregation's 'Barn' Reflects Its Outreach — Des Moines Register, 2006.0620 Chirac Opens Indigenous Museum in Paris — Guardian Unlimited, 2006.0620 Nouvel Conjures a Dream Factory for Guthrie Theater — Bloomberg, 2006.0620 University Unveils Plans for New Gates Center — Carnegie Mellon Press Release, 2006.0619 JELD-WEN Helps Homeowners Make Over the Garage — JELD-WEN press release, 2006.0619 A Fence with More Beauty, Fewer Barbs — New York Times, 2006.0618 Pelli's Embrace of Change Intrigues — Chicago Tribune, 2006.0618 Innovation, Simplicity, and Sizzle on the West Coast — Boston Globe, 2006.0618 Encore for a Classic — Rocky Mountain News, 2006.0617 Stricter Building Codes Eyed — Tallahassee Democrat, 2006.0617 Tilting Toward Lower Costs — Business Courier, 2006.0616 The Teardown Wars — New York Times, 2006.0616 Water Photo Gallery Offers Design Ideas for Landscaping — PR Web, 2006.0616 Congress Approves AIA-Backed Programs for Gulf Coast Rebuilding — American Institute of Architects press release, 2006.0616 Not Strictly for the Birds — Guardian Unlimited, 2006.0615 5,000 Public Housing Units in New Orleans Are to Be Razed — New York Times, 2006.0615 WTC Memorial Proposal Would Raise Names to Street Level — Newsday, 2006.0615 Berlin Reaches Its Goal — The Standard, 2006.0615 BSI Announces 2006 Tucker Design Award Winners — Building Stone Magazine, 2006.0614 Through Glass Darkly: D.C.'s Poor Vision for Library — Washington Post, 2006.0614 AFL-CIO Announces Gulf Coast Revitalization Program — PR Newswire, 2006.0614 A Modern Prism for Slavery's Past — International Herald Tribune, 2006.0614 Apple Amends Its Designs for Planned Back Bay Store — TMCNet, 2006.0614 Fifth Third Facelift Unveiled — The Enquirer, 2006.0614 Building upon a Charitable Idea — Scotsman Online, 2006.0614 Resident Hammers Building Inspector — New Times Live, 2006.0613 Unique Public Consultation Capability — AMT 3D press release, 2006.0613 Back to the Future — Revitalization Online, 2006.0613 Katrina Exposes National Disgrace — eOculus, 2006.0613 Love It or Level It — Village Voice, 2006.0613 Business Bay's Dancing Towers Unveiled in New York — AME Info, 2006.0613 Two Blasts at Ground Zero, One Big Burst of Momentum — New York Times, 2006.0613 Housing Plan Mixes History and High Rise — Guardian Unlimited, 2006.0612 Lincoln Center Unveils Design for Renovated Plaza — Playbill Arts, 2006.0612 In Lincoln Center's Upgrade, Main Plaza Gets Gracious Entrance — New York Times, 2006.0612 Diamond in the Rough — Boston Globe, 2006.0611 Tate 2 Zig-Zags into Creation — U.K. Times, 2006.0611 Adapting Home to Maximize Mobility — Cincinnati Post, 2006.0610 Site Honours Architect Lyle — Toronto Star, 2006.0610 RMJM Designing Sculptural Skyscraper in Moscow — Architectural Record, 2006.0609 London Games Need Landscape Architects — BD Online, 2006.0609 New 'Skyscraper' Sways in the Wind — MSNBC, 2006.0609 CMHC Best Practice Guide — Architectural Precast Concrete Walls — Building Envelope Forum, 2006.0609 Polyethylene Vapour Barriers in Temperate Climates — Building Envelope Forum, 2006.0609 Under-Construction Concert Hall: An Unfinished Symphony — Los Angeles Times, 2006.0608 Point-Fixed Glass in Architecture — Glass on Web, 2006.0608 The NBM 2006 Honor Award Salutes Clark Construction Group — National Building Museum press release, 2006.0608 U.S. Green Building Council Considers Changes in Wood Policy — BDC, 2006.0607 Online Catalog Showcases Decorative Concrete Pool Decks — PR Web, 2006.0607 Winners of "Prettiest Painted Rooms In America" Competition — Rohm and Haas Paint Quality Institute press release, 2006.0607 Incredible Closets Will Be The Next Big Craze — JELD-WEN press release, 2006.0607 Big Equity Office Properties Tiny New York Deal — The Slatin Report, 2006.0607 The Next Big Neighborhood? — Los Angeles Downtown News, 2006.0605 Better Than Flying — The Economist, 2006.0601
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