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CONTAINER HOUSE Modular intermodal cargo Containers used to serve primarily for transporting massive amounts of manufactured goods across oceans. But an ongoing imbalance in trade volume between Asia and North America contributes to a surplus of these huge corrugated metal boxes around ports in the United States. And as shipping containers become ubiquitous, architects are increasingly incorporating them into creative buildings.
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ENDANGERED STAR FERRY Since its origins in 1888, the Star Ferry has been an icon of Hong Kong. With tens of thousands of people crossing Victoria Harbour every day, the ferry and its piers play a special role, with both tourists and locals, in the city's history and folklore. Now the icon is threatened by recent controversial developments.
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More Building and Construction High Cost of Housing Suit — Baltimore Sun, 2007.0102'McMansions' Invading Working Class Areas — Playfuls, 2007.0102 In East Village, No End Is Seen in War over a Building — New York Times, 2007.0102 New 'Asphalt' Really Better? — Daily Herald, 2007.0101 Housing Slump Expected to Weigh on Economy in 2007 — Boston Herald, 2007.0101 Korea Trapped by Housing Bubble — Korea Times, 2007.0101 Boxed in, He Crafts House That Stacks Up Nicely — Sacramento Bee, 2007.0101 Tracking a Century along One Block of Town Houses — New York Times, 2006.1231 Dade Housing Reforms Are Bearing Fruit — Miami Herald, 2006.1231 Preservationists Fight for House — Cincinnati Enquirer, 2006.1231 Mixed Views of Housing — Press-Enterprise, 2006.1230 Ornament Revived: Caruso St. John's Museum of Childhood. — Hugh Pearman, 2006.1230 Affordable Housing a Critical Need — Times Herald-Record, 2006.1230 Allure of the Postwar Ranch House — Mortgage 101, 2006.1229 Alley24 Weaves Buildings from the Past into Community — Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2006.1228 What Lies Beneath: Understanding the Differences between Soils — Revitalization Online, 2006.1228 Restored Vision — Mail Tribune, 2006.1228 Good Homes Come in Small Packages — Times Colonist, 2006.1226 Where the Living Is Almost Easy — Los Angeles Downtown News, 2006.1225 A Modular Mansion? — Aspen Times, 2006.1224 Affordable Housing without Subsidies — New York Times, 2006.1224 Repair Costs of Seismic Test House Could Have Been Prohibitive — PhysOrg, 2006.1222 Bad Times for Good Building — The Slatin Report, 2006.1221 Architectural Fidelity Keeps a Circle Unbroken — San Francisco Chronicle, 2006.1220 Hickory Hardware's Non-Slamming Gate Closer — Hickory Hardware press release, 2006.1220 Unity Homes Project: Rebuilding the Gulf — Healthy Building News, 2006.1220 Nov. Home Construction Rebounds after Big Drop — Washington Post, 2006.1219 ICC Institutes Teach Residential Inspections, Permitting — International Code Council press release, 2006.1219 Producer Prices, Housing Starts Climb — Bloomberg, 2006.1219 Stripping Away Layers between Contractor and Supplier — Power PR, 2006.1201
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