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METAL STUD PRECAST Although precast concrete is an outstanding architectural material, its heavy weight can limit where and how it's used. A recently completed project demonstrates how a relatively new type of lighter-weight hybrid wall system combining cold-formed metal studs and precast concrete can expand opportunities to apply precast technologies.
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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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More Building and Construction Ground Zero: Some Game — The Slatin Report, 2006.0712Affordable Housing: Minimal in Style - and Cost, Too — Independent Digital, 2006.0712 Audit Finds Lax Enforcement of Building Codes — Los Angeles Times, 2006.0711 First Post-Katrina 'Sustainable Building' Breaks Ground in New Orleans — PrimeZone Press Release, 2006.0711 Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art to Open Bloch Building — Art Daily, 2006.0711 Two Dead after Blast in Wisconsin Resort — CNN, 2006.0710 Heat & Glo Enhances its Best-Selling Line of Gas Fireplaces — Heat & Glo press release, 2006.0710 Planners Unveil Museum Park — Miami Herald, 2006.0710 Simplicity Is the Key to Asia House — Houston Chronicle, 2006.0710 An Addition Defines Its Own Style — New York Times, 2006.0709 Guggenheim to Build Museum in Abu Dhabi — WRAL, 2006.0709 Erosion Protection — Infolink, 2006.0708 Sims Calls for New District to Fix levees, Control Flooding — Seattle Times, 2006.0707 Decorative Concrete Driveway Catalog Features Top Trends — PR Web, 2006.0707 Austral Bricks Provides Sound Solutions — Infolink, 2006.0707 The Ultra-Cool World of Rem Koolhaas — Independent Digital, 2006.0707 EMSEAL Introduces Revolutionary Seismic Joint System — EMSEAL press release at ArchiWire, 2006.0706 World Cup 2006 Extravaganza — Planetizen, 2006.0706 OFDA Dealers' Choice Award Winners Announced — Office Furniture Dealer Alliance press release, 2006.0705 On Fifth Ave., Glamour in Glass and Steel — Newsday, 2006.0704 Many New-Built Schools 'Mediocre' — BBC News, 2006.0703 Another Vision for the CCP — Global Nation, 2006.0703 Skyscraper Projects for Bulgaria's Bourgas — Sofia Echo, 2006.0703 In Durham, Visit Duke University's Nasher Museum of Art — San Luis Obispo Tribune, 2006.0703 Through a Glass, Spectacularly — Chicago Sun-Times, 2006.0703 Tall, Skinny ... Stable — San Francisco Chronicle, 2006.0702 Roof Gardens Planned for Top of Mall — Metro West Daily News, 2006.0702 Condos Crushing Modern Buildings — Journal-Constitution, 2006.0702 Holl Designs Museum's New Bloch Building — Journal Star, 2006.0702 Friends in High Places — U.K. Sunday Times, 2006.0702 New Library Focuses 'on What People Want Most' — Ottawa Citizen, 2006.0701 An Open-and-Shut Case for Good Drives — Reliable Plant, 2006.07 Edition Former State Architect Proposes School Design Reforms — New Schools Better Neighborhoods, 2006.07 Edition Wall News, All the Time — The Slatin Report, 2006.0630 Chicago Skyline Soars Higher Still — The Standard, 2006.0630 Look to France for Viaduct Alternative — Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2006.0630 The Label Game: Certifying 'Green' Wood — Healthy Building News, 2006.0629 Lake Plan for Monumental Footbridge — City News, 2006.0629 Hybrid Design Will Replace Century-Old Bascule Span — ENR, 2006.0628 Disasters Fuel Search for Safer Windows — Yahoo News, 2006.0627
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