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BEIJING BIRD'S NEST - ARCHITECTURE This is the first part of a two-part series about Beijing National Stadium. Part one looks at the stadium from the architects' perspective, part two from the engineers'. In the weeks and months leading up to the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, the Chinese government faced a range of complications, from polluted skies to Tibet protests.
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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 New Old Houses on the March — Providence Journal, 2008.0821Beijing Bird's Nest - Architecture — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0820 Lavish New York City Condo Project Contends with Lenders' New Demands — Wall Street Journal, 2008.0820 U.S. Economy: Housing, Price Reports Raise Stagflation Danger — Bloomberg, 2008.0819 U.S. Housing Starts Fall to 17-Year Low, Permits Drop — Bloomberg, 2008.0819 Residential Sector Scores D Minus on HIA's Report Card — Queensland Business Review, 2008.0819 Building Materials Holding Corp. Sales Down 41% in 2Q — Modern Distribution Management, 2008.0819 US Home Building Tough in August — Business Day, 2008.0819 The Nationwide Housing Slowdown and Higher Energy Prices Affect Houston Concrete Companies — Houston Chronicle, 2008.0818 Canadian Housing Market Cooling, but Not Like U.S., Bank Says — Gazette, 2008.0818 Builders Still Gloomy, but See Glimmer of Hope — Market Watch, 2008.0818 How Our Houses Reflect Our Values — San Jose Mercury News, 2008.0817 From Barn Raisings to Home Building — Wall Street Journal, 2008.0815 Piecing Together Community in New Orleans — AIArchitect, 2008.0815 Toll Brothers Sees Drop in Home-Building Revenue — Reuters, 2008.0813 Quality Key to Post-Quake Rebuilding — China Daily, 2008.0813 ISO 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
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