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SHOWER DESIGN FOR AGING IN PLACE Customarily, architects, builders, and contractors have designed, specified, and built curbs at shower entrances that require users to pick up their feet and step over and into the shower pan. In some cases, the floor of the shower pan is lower than the floor of the bathroom.
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The 70,000-square-foot (6,500-square-meter) building for the Swedish Embassy in Washington, D.C., is set on a narrow peninsula at the confluence of Rock Creek and the Potomac River. Surrounded by water on three sides, the peninsula faces south and commands spectacular views up and down the Potomac. The prominent site called for an emblematic building through which the essence of Swedish culture, technology, design sensibility, and governance would be expressed.
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BEIJING BIRD'S NEST - ENGINEERING Part One of this two-part series on Beijing National Stadium looked at the project from an architecture perspective.
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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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More Building and Construction Dunne Says He Rejected Plan for Taller Tower — Independent, 2008.0925Sausalito Landscape Architect Builds Living Roof at Academy — San Jose Mercury News, 2008.0925 Queensland System Better, Says Builder Who Fled North — Canberra Times, 2008.0923 Rescue Plan's Success Hinges on Housing Rebound — Globe and Mail, 2008.0922 The Next Little Thing? — Globe and Mail, 2008.0922 Taming of the Monster Home — Chicago Tribune, 2008.0922 Property Projects Hit the Wall — New Zealand Herald, 2008.0922 Harvard Study: Home Building and Remodeling Cyclical — Mortgage News Daily, 2008.0922 1000-Year-Old Quake-Proof Architecture — Telegraph (India), 2008.0922 City Skyline to Get New Night Glow — AsiaOne, 2008.0921 Closing on a House? Proceed with Caution — Houston Chronicle, 2008.0920 Gizmo Power — New York Times, 2008.0919 House Building Target 'in Doubt' — Press Association, 2008.0919 Angle Management — Straights Times (Malaysia), 2008.0919 The Spirit of Greene & Greene Design Is Alive in Pacific Northwest Craftsmanship — Seattle Times, 2008.0918 Their House Survived Ike, but It's the Only One Left — CNN, 2008.0918 Housing Starts Decline 6.2 Percent in August — NAHB Press Release, 2008.0917 US Sept Home Builder Sentiment Up, 1st Time in 7 Mos — Guardian Unlimited, 2008.0916 City Hall Full of Dreamers — Calgary Herald, 2008.0916 State Won't Make Pre-'88 High Rises Add Fire Safety Systems within 4 Years — Star-Ledger, 2008.0915 The Architects’ Touch: The Stories Behind Five Architect-Designed Home Projects — Downtown Journal, 2008.0915 Code Change Would Address Bad Design — West Seattle Herald, 2008.0915 Home Prices Near Replacement Cost — Asia One, 2008.0915 New Home Building Falls to Year Low — News.com.au, 2008.0915 New Home Sales Drop by More Than Half — Central Valley Business Times, 2008.0915 Reflections: New Orleans and China — New York Times, 2008.0914 China Housing Following U.S. Path in Some Ways — San Francisco Chronicle, 2008.0914 Modern Design Takes Form as a Farmhouse — Chicago Tribune, 2008.0914 Design Your Own Affordable Home — Stuff, 2008.0914
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