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AGA KHAN AWARD FOR ARCHITECTURE 2007 A diverse group of projects from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Europe have been honored with the prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture for 2007. This year, nine projects were recognized for architectural excellence in places where Muslims live.
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LHB in Minneapolis, Minnesota — VJ Associates in Edison, New Jersey — Race Cottam Associates in Doncaster, England, United Kingdom — Arup in Melbourne, Australia — Thornton Tomasetti in Chicago, Illinois — Steven Winter Associates, Inc. in New York, New York — GWWO, Inc./ Architects in Baltimore, Maryland — Omniplan in Plano, Texas — Foster + Partners and URS, with SMPC Architects in Sierra County, New Mexico — Behr Brower Architects in Los Angeles, California — Page & Turnbull in San Francisco, California — Herbert S. Newman and Partners PC in Stamford, Connecticut...
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NORTHERN VIRGINIA AIA AWARDS 2007 The Northern Virginia chapter of the American Institute of Architects has announced its 2007 Design Awards. Twenty-one projects designed by architecture firms in northern Virginia and the Washington, D.C. area were recognized in the categories of residential, commercial, institutional, historic, interior, and unbuilt architecture.
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ENDANGERED HISTORIC PLACES 2007 The National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) has announced its 2007 list of the "11 Most Endangered Historic Places" in the United States. The NTHP list for 2007 includes a typically wide variety of sites, from individual houses of remarkable men to broad landscapes scattered with accumulated marks of history. Few of the sites are the work of famous architects, but all speak to the cultural significance of buildings and places.
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More Architecture News Daily Architecture Headlines — Updated every day at ArchitectureWeek
Seven Killed, Second Tsunami Warning Issued after Strong Earthquake Hits Indonesia — Xinhua, 2007.0913
Changed View at Grand Zero — ABC News, 2007.0911
5th Circuit Halts Hurricane Suits by Louisiana AG — National Underwriter, 2007.0904
After Deutsche Bank Fire, Hundreds of New York Buildings to Be Examined — International Herald Tribune, 2007.0828
More Rain Soaks Wisconsin, Prompts Evacuation; Lightning Kills 1 — International Herald Tribune, 2007.0828
Pa. Releases Bridge Safety Ratings — Houston Chronicle, 2007.0827
Aurora Award Winner Announced — Emerald Coast, 2007.0826
At Least 16 Dead in U.S. Midwest Flooding — Xinhua, 2007.0825
More Rain, Heat Plague Flooded Midwest — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0824
Midwest Battles Floods, Heat — NPR, 2007.0823
Hurricane Dean Lashes Mexico's Tourist Strip — Stuff, 2007.0822
Hundreds Displaced by Midwest Flooding — Forbes, 2007.0822
Hurricane Dean Hits Mexico Coast — BBC News, 2007.0821
Dean Crashes in Jamaica — Nation News (Barbados), 2007.0821
Mexico Braces for Hurricane Dean as Battered Jamaica Declares State of Emergency — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0821
Many Strands in Investigation of Ground Zero Fire That Killed 2 — New York Times, 2007.0820
Standpipe Flaw Examined in Fire at Ground Zero — New York Times, 2007.0820
Investigators Probe N.Y. Skyscraper Fire — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0820
AIA NOVA Honors 21 Special Works — AIArchitect, 2007.0817
Collapsed China Bridge Made of Rocks, Concrete — New York Times, 2007.0816
Deadly Earthquake Strikes Peru; Tsunami Warning Issued — CNN, 2007.0815
Death Toll Rises to 36 in Bridge Collapse — China Daily, 2007.0815
Uncompleted Bridge Collapses in China; 34 Dead — Los Angeles Times, 2007.0815
Potential Flaw Seen in Design of Fallen Bridge — New York Times, 2007.0809
Glue Maker for Big Dig Is Charged in '06 Death — New York Times, 2007.0809
Over 200 Stranded in Channel Tunnel — Telegraph, 2007.0804
AIA's 2007 Small Projects Awards — AIArchitect, 2007.0803
Following the Minneapolis Bridge Collapse — New York TImes Blog, 2007.0802
Bridge Collapses into Mississippi — BBC News, 2007.0802
Search for Bridge Victims Begins; Scores Still Missing — New York Times, 2007.0802
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