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LEAVES OF GLASS Glass, as a building material, offers a special interlayer between our outer and inner space and has opened up and contained, as well as sheltered and revealed, the architecture of its time. Architects' pursuit of the minimal environmental envelope has created an evolutionary and reductionist approach, whereby glass has become a predominant and essential cladding material of contemporary architecture.
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STRUTTING SPACE Students at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation have been building complex structures — and in the process learning about parametric modeling, digital fabrication, and computer-assisted assembly. They have been using the Trusset System, developed by Columbia researchers in the Avery Digital Fabrication Laboratory. The system provides an inexpensive and simple method for manufacturing and building a custom-designed, three-dimensional space-truss structure and enclosure.
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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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More Building and Construction Building Blitz Burns Up Energy — The Standard, 2007.0308Atkins' Chinese Win — Building, 2007.0307 Beijing's Olympic Stadium — Inhabitat, 2007.0307 New Uses for Parts of Buildings — Honolulu Advertiser, 2007.0305 Home Elevator Use Zooms as U.S. Population Ages — Contra Costa Times, 2007.0305 How Big Is Too Big? — Stamford Advocate, 2007.0305 Czech National Library to Have New Building by Jan Kaplicky — Radio Prague, 2007.0305 Million-Dollar Middle America? — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2007.0304 Are Home Builders Out of the Basement Yet? — Wilmington Star, 2007.0304 Jupiter Among the Best in Housing Design Audit — Easier Property, 2007.0304 Living Large on a Tiny Lot — New York Times, 2007.0304 A Home for the Ages — Salt Lake Tribune, 2007.0304 Preferred Beam Holders Not Used in Convention Center Construction — Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 2007.0303 Do the Thing Right — The Slatin Report, 2007.0302 Spreading Suburbia Hits the Jackpot — Building Design, 2007.0302 Still Blazing a Trail for Regeneration — Building Design, 2007.0302 Modern Building Methods Leave Contractors Stumped — Inside Housing, 2007.0301 What Global Housing Crisis? — Architecture for Humanity, 2007.0301 Housing Slump Hurts Home Depot — Chicago Tribune, 2007.0228 Busan, South Korea to Have Tallest Tower in Asia — BusinessWeek, 2007.0228 Standard for Log Homes, Other Log Structures Approved — International Code Council press release, 2007.0228 U.S. Housing Market Close to Bottom: ITW — Reuters, 2007.0227 GE Plastics Supports Green Building Movement — GE Press Release, 2007.0227 Home Builders Balk at Building Codes — News-Press, 2007.0227 Tapping Millennium Park's Legacy — The Slatin Report, 2007.0227 Shad Hall Fitness Center — The Harbus, 2007.0226 Stronger Building Codes Are Needed for Mississippi — Clarion-Ledger, 2007.0226 Central World Tower Hotel under Construction in Bangkok — World Architecture News, 2007.0226 Former Epsom, N.H., Church Moved — Boston Herald, 2007.0226 Towering Expectations — San Francisco Chronicle, 2007.0225 Discovering Divine Sites for Condos — New York Times, 2007.0225 U.S. Government Investigating KB Home Stock Options — International Herald Tribune, 2007.0225 Lowe's Reports Record Earnings for Fiscal 2006 — Lowe's Press Release, 2007.0223
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