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GLASS TOWER IN SPAIN The Torre Agbar, a highrise from Ateliers Jean Nouvel in collaboration with b720 Arquitectura, Garcia-Ventosa Arquitectura, and Leopoldo Rodes Arquitecto, thrusts into Barcelona’s skyline (photo by Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre). Next week writer Katharine Logan will explore Nouvel's assertion that this is "...not a skyscraper in the American sense of the expression: it is a unique growth in the middle of this rather calm city."
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STONE TOWER IN ITALY Perched like a defiant fortress in the foothills of Italy's Liguria maritime alps, the tiny hamlet of Torri Superiore at first seems an unlikely flagship in the search for sustainable solutions in architecture, landscape, and lifestyle. But a closer look into this labyrinth of ancient stone dwellings reveals a community working hard to find workable solutions to what many see as a looming global energy famine. Next week writer Michael Cockram will show us around.
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Architecture Headlines This Week
Falling Concrete Kills 2 in Dallas — Woodland Daily Democrat, 2006.0814AIA Treasure Coast Uncovers Nine Architectural Jewels — AIArchitect, 2006.0811
Professors Say Flight 93 Design Includes Their Ideas — Herald-Tribune, 2006.0811
Danish Designed Building Wins Energy Saving Prize — ScandAsia, 2006.0809
Security Issues Rise for Russian Museums — Daily Democrat, 2006.0808
In New Orleans, Each Resident Is Master of Plan to Rebuild — New York Times, 2006.0808
Local Firms Win Six AIA Awards — Miami Herald-Tribune, 2006.0808
Welsh Assembly Building Wins Top Prize — News Wales, 2006.0808
Hotel, Wedge Building Win Architecture Awards — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2006.0806
Homes under Construction Burn in Yuba County — MSNBC, 2006.0805
Seven Endangered Historic Sites Receive Funding — AIArchitect, 2006.0804
Lebanon Pleas for Safety of Ancient Roman Ruins — NPR, 2006.0802
2006 Brick in Architecture Award Winners Announced — PRNewswire, 2006.0801
12 Australian Buildings Named for Venice Biennale — The Royal Australian Institute of Architects press release, 2006.0731
High Adventure at the West Rim of Grand Canyon — Chicago Tribune, 2006.0730
AIA Michigan Honors 11 Buildings — AIArchitect, 2006.0728
Raids ruining heritage city — Gulf Daily News, 2006.0725
New Safe & Secure Award Category For 2007 AURORA Awards — Solutia Inc. press release at USGlass News Network, 2006.0725
Biblical Sites May Be Hurt, Experts Worry — Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2006.0722
de Young Museum Architects Receive Award for Accessible Design — AIArchitect, 2006.0721
Tampa Bay Area Architects Honored for Design Excellence — Tampa Bay AIA press release, 2006.0718
ED+C’s 2006 Excellence in Design Awards — EDC, 2006.0717
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