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Where a failed urban housing project once stood, enclosed and separated from its surrounding neighborhood in San Francisco's Mission District, the mixed-use Valencia Gardens development now supports an integrated neighborhood designed to promote safety through activity. Architect Van Meter Williams Pollack LLP, with associate architect Martinez Architects, Inc., lined the sidewalk with building entries and reintroduced vehicular streets into the site, connecting it with the urban fabric.
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Omniplan, Mayse & Associates, and Beeler Guest Owens Architects in Pearland, Texas — Elliott Marshall Innes, P.A., with Lord, Aeck & Sargent in Tallahassee, Florida — Cannon Design in Grand Island, New York — SmithGroup in Washington, D.C., USA — Gresham, Smith and Partners in Franklin, Tennessee...
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For its third annual steel housing competition, Living Steel challenged architects to design affordable, energy-efficient housing prototypes for Cherepovets, Russia, where temperatures can climb to 34 degrees Celsius (93 degrees Fahrenheit) in the summer and dive as low as
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NORTHEASTERN BUILDING TYPES 2008 On the campus of Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, the new Heimbold Visual Arts Center by Polshek Partnership Architects provides a dynamic space for diverse studio art programs. The Heimbold Center is recognized as an exemplar in the 2008 Building Type Awards given by the AIA New York chapter, cosponsored by the Boston Society of Architects.
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The iconic Michigan Avenue Streetwall in Chicago, Illinois, features the work of many of the city's best architects, and boasts an array of styles and building technologies dating from 1880 to 1930. Buildings by Louis Sullivan and Daniel Burnham are among the structures that compose this 12-block stretch of historic buildings that face Lake Michigan across parkland.
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More Architecture News Daily Architecture Headlines — Updated every day at ArchitectureWeek
Eero and Onward — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0730
AIA/HUD Secretary Awards — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0730
People and Places 2008.0730 — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0730
Moderate Quake Shakes Buildings, Nerves in Calif. — Associated Press, 2008.0730
Yosemite Shrouded in Smoke — San Jose Mercury News, 2008.0729
Fire Rages Unchecked Near Yosemite — San Francisco Chronicle, 2008.0728
Architect Kyu Sung Woo Named Winner of the 2008 Ho-Am Prize in the Arts — Canadian Architect, 2008.0724
People and Places 2008.0723 — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0723
Australian Architect Louise Cox Becomes President of the International Union of Architects (UIA) — Canadian Architect, 2008.0718
NY Times Building Altered Due to Climbing Trend — Architectural Record, 2008.0717
Seattle to Remove Automated Toilets — New York Times, 2008.0717
Stirling Prize Shortlist Unveiled — BD, 2008.0717
Cathedral Stone Products Completes Sustainable Masonry Project at Reagan National Airport — Cathedral Stone Press Release at ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0716
People and Places 2008.0716 — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0716
Robert A.M. Stern Wins National Building Museum Prize — Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008.0715
Robert A.M. Stern Wins National Building Museum Prize — Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008.0715
Smithsonian Issues Request for Qualifications for Architectural Firm to Design New Museum — ArtDaily, 2008.0715
Uncle Sam Adopts Fannie and Freddie — Barron's, 2008.0714
In Changing Face of Beijing, a Look at the New China — New York Times, 2008.0713
AIA Springfield Honors 11 Projects with 12 Awards — AIArchitect, 2008.0711
People and Places 2008.0709 — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0709
Design of Ground Zero Transit Hub Is Trimmed — New York Times, 2008.0702
World Trade Center Construction Faces More Delays — Los Angeles Times, 2008.0701
World's Longest Cable-Stayed Bridge Opens in China — Yahoo News, 2008.0701
AIA/HUD Secretary Awards Recognize Four Outstanding Housing Projects — AIArchitect, 2008.0627
People and Places 2008.0625 — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0625
Northeastern Building Types 2008 — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0625
Waterlogged Levee under Pressure from Mississippi — Examiner, 2008.0624
People and Places 2008.0618 — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0618
Walter Netsch, Architect, Dies at 88 — New York Times, 2008.0617
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