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SEALING OUT WATER Sealants are an important part of the building envelope system. I think of them as the third line of defense against water and vapor intrusion. The first line of defense is made up of the building skin, with its coatings, veneers, and sheathings. Membranes and flashings are secondary.
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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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More Building and Construction Architect Has Grand Designs for Chazen — Capital Times, 2007.0131Trade Costs Soar — Townsville Bulletin (Australia), 2007.0130 Beijing Builds on Foreign Footings — BBC News, 2007.0130 High-Rises Raise Major Concerns — China Daily, 2007.0130 Blixseth Building "World's Most Expensive Home" — Helena Independent-Record, 2007.0129 USG Profits Pressured by Weaker Housing Demand — Chicago Tribune, 2007.0129 Hikari's Winter Heat — Los Angeles Downtown News, 2007.0129 A Skyscraper Story — San Francisco Chronicle, 2007.0129 New 'House' Built on Old Foundation — Czech Business Weekly, 2007.0129 The Internationalization of Planning — Planetizen, 2007.0129 Housing Shortage Facing Los Angeles and Ventura Counties — BIA Press Release, 2007.0129 Remodeling Expo Draws 24,706 — Pacific Business News, 2007.0129 Corner of Art and Commerce in Los Angeles — New York Times, 2007.0128 Rethinking the Suburban Home — San Francisco Chronicle, 2007.0127 Suburban Property Setbacks Don't Make Sense Anymore — San Francisco Chronicle, 2007.0127 Opera Costs Hit New High Note — Aftenposten, 2007.0126 Engineered Wood Offers Ease, Style — Deseret News, 2007.0126 Report: Next Decade Will See Huge Building Boom — New York Sun, 2007.0126 'Pull-a-Part' Homes Selling Like Hotcakes — Sacramento Business Journal, 2007.0126 Holbeck Urban Village - from Wasteland to Wonderland — FindaProperty, 2007.0125 Kendall Square Redevelopment: Award-Winning Transformation — Revitalization Online, 2007.0125 Professional Security Handbooks Now Available — PR Web, 2007.0124 AWC/ICC Publish High Wind Guides — International Code Council press release, 2007.0124 Rehabilitating Robert Moses — New York Times, 2007.0123 Home Buyers Assemble Lawyers — Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 2007.0123 A Brief History of Housing in Ghana — Statesman (Ghana), 2007.0123 CertainTeed Now Offering V-Buck ® Vinyl Blocking System — AEC Info, 2007.0123 Landmark Leaky Home Judgment — Scoop, 2007.0123 On the Scarcity of Design for the Public Good — Daily Star (Lebanon), 2007.0123 The Daunting Task of Airport Planning — Planetizen, 2007.0122 Top Flooring Trends for 2007 — BuildDirect.com, 2007.0105
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