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Ankrom Moisan Associates Architects in Portland, Oregon — Lord, Aeck & Sargent in Douglas, Georgia — Michael Graves & Associates in Detroit, Michigan — Halcrow Yolles in Chicago, Illinois — Roldán + Berengué, arqts. in Barcelona, Spain — SmithGroup and Stantec Architecture (Chong Partners) in Antioch, California — Baker Barrios Architects, Inc. in Orlando, Florida — CO Architects in Escondido, California — HOK Sport in London, England, United Kingdom — Perkings Eastman, Basler Mosa Design Group, and The Liebman Melting Partnership in New York, New York — Erick van Egeraat Associated Architects in Assen, Netherlands — HOK in Chicago, Illinois...
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AIA Chicago has announced the winners of its 2007 Design Excellence Awards. Chapter president Laura Fisher, FAIA, lauded the almost 300 submissions as reflective of the "versatility and creativity of Chicago's architecture and design community." Forty-six awards were given in the categories of distinguished building, sustainable design, interior architecture, and "divine detail," including 13 honor awards, the highest honor.
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Living Steel has announced the three winners of its second International Architecture Competition for Sustainable Housing. The consortium of steel companies challenged participants to design innovative, resource-efficient housing solutions using steel.
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DAVID CHIPPERFIELD STIRLING PRIZE The Stirling Prize for 2007 has been awarded to the Museum of Modern Literature in Marbach am Neckar, Germany, designed by David Chipperfield Architects. With a spare colonnade around its boxy, minimalist form, the Museum (Literaturmuseum der Moderne) is something of a neoclassical Parthenon, helping the larger cluster of buildings — which also includes the National Schiller Museum (1903) and the Archive for German Literature (1970s) — come together as a seeming Acropolis atop its ridge overlooking the River Neckar.
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Even if global greenhouse gas emissions were to stop increasing today, the climate would continue to warm. That was the stark reality underlined in February 2007 by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).1
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More Architecture News Daily Architecture Headlines — Updated every day at ArchitectureWeek
Major Earthquake Rattles Chile — CNN, 2007.1114
Container Ship Bumps Bay Bridge Tower — Washington Post, 2007.1107
London 2012 Stadium Revealed — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.1107
Ontario Wood WORKS Honours Architectural Projects for Innovative Design — Daily Commercial News and Construction Record, 2007.1107
AIA Tennessee Recognizes Seven for Design Excellence — AIArchitect, 2007.1102
Carmody Groarke Wins YAYA — BD, 2007.1101
Fire Victims Navigate Recovery Process — Houston Chronicle, 2007.1029
Architect's Wall of Fame Collects Top Honor — Chicago Sun-Times, 2007.1025
Calif. Fires Destroy Hundreds of Homes — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.1023
Tornadoes Hit Jefferson, Bullitt — Louisville Courier-Journal, 2007.1020
Accel-E ™ S.T.E.P. Wall System Provides Framing, Insulation, and Sheathing in Single, Easily Installed Panels — VantEdge Press Release at ArchitectureWee, 2007.1017
Glass: Transparent, Translucent, and Ironic — Architectural Record, 2007.1015
Gore and U.N. Panel Win Peace Prize for Climate Work — New York Times, 2007.1013
Residents Divided on Design for New Span in Minneapolis — New York Times, 2007.1013
Eden Project Named Best British Building of the Past 20 Years — Independent Digital, 2007.1012
Japanese Architect Kurokawa Dies — Associate Press, 2007.1012
Forest Visitor Centre Wins Building Accolade — Yorkshire Post, 2007.1011
The Shame of British Architecture — The Times (London), 2007.1010
Minneapolis Bridge at Center of Battle — Associated Press, 2007.1009
Museum of Modern Literature Wins UK Stirling Prize — BBC News, 2007.1006
AIA San Diego Recognizes Projects — AIArchitect, 2007.1005
'Slow Avalanche' Gobbles Road, Homes in Upscale La Jolla — CNN, 2007.1004
Herbert Muschamp, 59, Architecture Critic, Dies — New York Times, 2007.1003
RIAS Reveals Short-List for Andrew Doolan Award — Archiseek, 2007.1001
House Fires in Brooklyn and N.C. Kill 7 — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0925
Chicago Commission Honors 21 Preservation Landmarks — AIArchitect, 2007.0921
Vietnam Architects Shine with Asian Architecture Award — Thanh Nien News, 2007.0920
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
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