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EDGY IN LA In June 2006, downtown Los Angeles was overrun with architects in town for the National AIA Convention. When not exploring the burgeoning city center and notable regional architecture, these visitors were eagerly learning about the "next new thing" for the profession. This year's convention combined big names and varied themes to create a full agenda of educational seminars, architectural tours, trade exposition booths, and business meetings. The event drew a record 25,000 registrants to the Los Angeles Convention Center.
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WHO CARES? The U.S. Gulf coast is struggling to rebuild after several 2005 hurricanes destroyed countless homes, businesses, and lives. Yet as the 2006 hurricane season gets underway, much of the region is still in ruins.
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RESIDENT EXCELLENCE As the awards jury worked to choose among nearly a thousand entries for Residential Architect magazine's Project of the Year, they pondered several criteria: how to add or replace housing where it's needed, with sturdy construction, pleasing architecture, and day-to-day livability.
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More Architecture News Daily Architecture Headlines — Updated every day at ArchitectureWeek
Major Transportation Research Project for Federal Government — American Institute of Architects press release, 2006.0726
Climate Experts Warn of More Coastal Building — New York Times, 2006.0725
In Mississippi, Katrina Recovery Gaining Steam — USA Today, 2006.0725
QLD Architecture Awards - Townsville — 612 ABC Brisbane, 2006.0724
de Young Museum Architects Receive Award for Accessible Design — AIArchitect, 2006.0721
Freedom Tower Will Grow on People, Architect Says — Reuters, 2006.0719
ED+C’s 2006 Excellence in Design Awards — EDC, 2006.0717
AIA North Carolina Announces 2006 Design Awards — AIA North Carolina press release, 2006.0717
Earthquake Triggers a Tsunami on Java Island — Telegraph, 2006.0717
Design on the Front Line — Scotsman Online, 2006.0715
AIA Orlando Celebrates Eleven Outstanding Buildings — AIArchitect, 2006.0714
Dyson Inventor Launches Design School — Daily Mail, 2006.0712
Police: Gas Line of Blown-Up Building Tampered With — New York Sun, 2006.0712
Workmanship and Design of Tunnel Called into Question — Boston Globe, 2006.0712
Boston Tunnel Collapse: Debris Kills Woman — Boston Herald, 2006.0711
Hugh Stubbins, Creator of Emblematic Skyscrapers, Is Dead — New York Times, 2006.0711
Architect of NY's Citicorp Center, Boston's Federal Reserve Dies — Boston Globe, 2006.0710
NYC Building Collapses After Blast, Fire — San Francisco Chronicle, 2006.0710
Deal Ends WTC Site Construction Strike — Houston Chronicle, 2006.0708
AIA Los Angeles Award to Hodgetts and Fung — AIArchitect, 2006.0707
Katrina Spawns Cottage Industry — Houston Chronicle, 2006.0704
Construction Strike Imminent in NYC — Times Union, 2006.0702
A Towering Failure — Opinion at New York Daily News, 2006.0701
New Law Funds Programs to Help Gulf Coast Recover and Rebuild — AIArchitect, 2006.0630
Celebration of Cities 2: International Competition Results — International Union of Architects press release, 2006.0626
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