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FIELD GUIDE TO SPRAWL Words such as "city," "suburb," and "countryside" no longer capture the reality of real estate development in the United States. Most Americans inhabit complex metropolitan landscapes layered with tracts, strips, malls, office parks, and highways. Widespread dissatisfaction with speculative building has provoked many critiques, but precise terms to define the physical elements of sprawl are often missing.
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WORKING LIGHT Imagine rushing through an underground subway station and suddenly looking up into the sky to realize that the earth has turned a few degrees and the weather has changed. This is the reaction that architect and artist James Carpenter wants to create with his daylight-bending projects.
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MODULAR MODES Modular houses are composed of one or more sections that are factory built, transported by truck, and set on a foundation. Modular houses may be made of two modules, as is the Sunset Breezehouse shown here, or they can be assembled from a kit of prefabricated parts.
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More Building and Construction ICF (Insulating Concrete Forms) — Concrete Thinking, 2007.0509Foster Unveils Green Utopia in the Desert — Building, 2007.0508 In World Skyscraper Race, It Isn't Lonely at the Top — New York Times, 2007.0508 Design, Steel Shortage Delay ROM — Daily Commcercial News and Construction Record, 2007.0508 AIAS Announces Winners of 2007 Chair Affair Competition — American Institute of Architecture Students press release, 2007.0507 No Building Contractor? No Problem — BusinessWeek, 2007.0507 American Dream Sours as Housing Market Collapses — Telegraph, 2007.0507 The Good Bones Were Still There, Hidden under the Additions — New York Times, 2007.0506 Safe as Houses: The KGB-Proof Mansion — U.K. Times, 2007.0506 But Would Thoreau Have Lived Here? — New York Times, 2007.0506 Home Builders Go 'Prefabulous' — Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, 2007.0506 Mesa City Council to Debate Hikes to Building Impact Fees — Arizona Republic, 2007.0506 Changes to Cheer About. Really. — New York Times, 2007.0506 A House with a Minimal Footprint Smallworks — The Province, 2007.0506 First Raze, Then Raise a House — Kansas City Star, 2007.0506 Innovations Boost Image of Factory-Built Housing — Detroit Free Press, 2007.0506 Paris Gives Itself a Futuristic Transplant — New York Times, 2007.0506 Extreme Is No Equal for Excellence — Chicago Tribune, 2007.0506 Chinese Cities in Danger of Housing Bubble: Report — The Hindu, 2007.0506 Industry Also Copes with Housing Slowdown — Houston Chronicle, 2007.0505 Art Transforms (or Trashes) Another Neighborhood — NY Press, 2007.0505 As Britain Gets Its First £1bn Building, What Price London's Skyline? — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0505 A Loft Conversion Is Failsafe Way of Adding Value to Your Home — Telegraph, 2007.0505 Living Large in a Small Space — Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, 2007.0504 SOM's Burj Dubai Surpasses the Height of America's Tallest Building — Yahoo News, 2007.0504 Housing Fails HUD Review — Baltimore Sun, 2007.0504 New Pyran Platinum: Fire Protection-Rated Glazing Material — Schott press release, 2007.0503 Engineered Wood Association Gains ANSI Accreditation — APA-Engineered Wood Association press release, 2007.0503 O-Ring Sprinkler Replacement Program Ends — BOMA press release, 2007.0503 Arts Library Planned in Brooklyn Hits a Snag — New York Times, 2007.0503 A House in the Country — Washington Post, 2007.0503 The House Is a Hybrid — PCC Courlier Online, 2007.0503 SCHOTT Unveils SpectraBar LED Lightbar — Schott press release, 2007.0503 Harvesting Houses for the Planet — BBC News, 2007.0502 Enfis Unveils Smallest, High-Power RGBA Light Engine — Enfis Ltd. press release, 2007.0502 Convention Center Reborn — Spokesman Review, 2007.0430 Short List of All-Star Architects for the Barnes — Philadelphia Inquirer, 2007.0427 Home, Elusive Home — Boston Globe, 2007.0427 Portsmouth FC Unveils Herzog & de Meuron Stadium Plan — Building, 2007.0425
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