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EMBEDDED LAB The new Center for Embedded Network Sensing (CENS) building designed by Culver City-based Studio Pali Fekete Architects (SPF:a), is unlike the red brick edifices that grace most of the University of California, Los Angeles campus. Surrounded on all sides by 1960s buildings and occupying a formerly neglected courtyard, the glass and steel structure is like a diamond in the rough.
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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 Lumber Costs Fall; Other Building Materials Rise — Wichita Eagle, 2007.0116Homes Faulted on Fire Safety — Kansas City Star, 2007.0115 Plug+Play Construction — Wired, 2007.0115 Modular Homes Go on Display Along the Coast — WLOX, 2007.0114 Shaking for Stronger Homes — CF News 13, 2007.0114 Art House to Get a Campus — New York Times, 2007.0114 Timber Frame Sets Lake House Apart — The State, 2007.0114 Strengthening a Home Likely Means Lower Premiums — Miami Herald, 2007.0114 European Housing Market Set to Slow: S and P — Yahoo Finance, 2007.0114 Super-Sized Homes Fuel Global Warming — Upstate House, 2007.0112 Building a Breath of Fresh Air — Stuff, 2007.0111 Smith Furniture Announces Launch of Lifestylist Design — PR Web, 2007.0110 Dubai Tunes into iPod Craze with iPad Building — Spiegel, 2007.0110 Jobs Jilted on Jackling House — The Slatin Report, 2007.0110 Upper Cabinets No Longer Out of Reach — PR Web, 2007.0110 Hospitals Whose Layouts Are Meant to Improve Care — Philadelphia Inquirer, 2007.0108 Saner Pace for New-Home Construction — Orlando Sentinel, 2007.0108 Ember Launches ZigBee Software for Home Automation — Ember press release, 2007.0108 Glass Museum Mixes Masterpieces with New Creations — Lexington Herald-Leader, 2007.0108 New Rules Make Sure New Homes Measure Up — Oregonian, 2007.0107 A Home Dressed to Kill — Naples News, 2007.0107 Design for Everyone, Disabled or Not — New York Times, 2007.0107 New Building Materials Blamed for Strange Smell — Cincinatti Post, 2007.0106 Guidelines Deemed Necessary to Keep Neighborhood Character — Vacaville Reporter, 2007.0106 Proper Lighting Helps Make Season Brighter — Tulsa World, 2007.0105 Mirror, Mirror on the Wall — Annapolis Capital, 2007.0105 Architectural Gem Changes Builder's Plan — Lexington Herald-Leader, 2007.0104 Garden Wall House — Canadian Architect, 2007.0104 Home Depot's Robert Nardelli Resigns — Reuters, 2007.0103 In East Village, No End Is Seen in War over a Building — New York Times, 2007.0102 'McMansions' Invading Working Class Areas — Playfuls, 2007.0102 Korea Trapped by Housing Bubble — Korea Times, 2007.0101 Housing Slump Expected to Weigh on Economy in 2007 — Boston Herald, 2007.0101 New 'Asphalt' Really Better? — Daily Herald, 2007.0101
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