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Public School 42 in Arverne, Queens, a five-story prewar brick edifice, had a small library in a converted fourth-floor classroom. Physically and visually isolated from the core of the elementary school's activities, the library was relocated to the ground floor, where it replaced one of two gymnasiums.
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With Beijing hosting the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, the Chinese government has sought, like a typical Olympic host, to make a statement about the country's progress. In China's case, this has included some ambitious and high-profile architecture projects, such as Herzog & de Meuron's spectacular bird's-nest-like National Stadium.
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More Building and Construction Quality Key to Post-Quake Rebuilding — China Daily, 2008.0813ISO Standard Addresses Design, Construction and Maintenance for Safer, Longer-Lasting Building — Facilities Net, 2008.0812 Profits Warning as House Sales Slump — Dispatch (South Africa), 2008.0812 Non-Residential Construction Costs Grow in Q2 — Ottawa Business Journal, 2008.0812 Capital Region Bucks National Trend, Housing Starts Rise — Ottawa Citizen, 2008.0812 U.S. Housing Crash Hits Forest Products Sector: U.N. — Reuters, 2008.0811 Canada's Housing Market Cools in Face of Sharply Slower Economic Growth — Canadian Press, 2008.0811 Home-Building Workshop Revives Old Building Method — Winnipeg Free Press, 2008.0811 Single-Family, Meet Mixed-Use — New York Times, 2008.0810 Reaching for the Clouds in Dubai — New York Times, 2008.0810 Urban Sprawl Drives Up the Cost of Living — Denver Post, 2008.0808 Canada June Building Permits Fall 5.3%, Most Since November — Bloomberg, 2008.0807 Reaction to Talks, New Garage Design: N-O — Oregonian, 2008.0807 Stone Hill Center by Tadao Ando — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0806 Postcard from St. Anthony Falls — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0806 Building a Dream — China International Business, 2008.0806 Amid Abandoned Homes Stands a Modernist Dream in Cedar Hill — Dallas Morning News, 2008.0806 Gloom over Service Sector Fuels Fears of Recession — The Times (UK), 2008.0805 After the Bubble, Ghost Towns Across America — Gatesburg Register-Mail, 2008.0804 Sector Wrap: Analyzing the Housing Market — CNN, 2008.0804 Most Subprime Loans Didn't Go to Low-Income Borrowers — Phoenix Business Journal, 2008.0804 Yes, That's $2 Trillion of Debt-Related Losses — Barron's, 2008.0804 Subprime Crisis Was the Tip of the Iceberg — InjuryBoard.com, 2008.0804 Fannie's Mudd Soothed Asian Investors as Bonds Rose — Bloomberg, 2008.0804 Art and Architecture in the Middle East — The Times (UK), 2008.0803 Everything Is Illuminated — Boston Globe, 2008.0803 California Hints at US Realty Bottom — Economic Times, 2008.0803
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