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The Durham County Regional Public Library in Durham, North Carolina, takes advantage of brick for environmental benefit. Brick's thermal mass improves the energy efficiency of the LEED Silver-certified facility, helping to keep energy use 35 percent lower than that of comparable conventionally designed buildings. The brick was procured locally, and made from raw materials extracted regionally.
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Perkins + Will in Maple Grove, Minnesota — Stanton Williams in Berlin, Germany — HMS Architects in Baton Rouge, Louisiana — Highland Associates in New York, New York — John Ochsendorf in Chicago, Illinois — S333 Architecture + Urbanism in Plymouth, England, United Kingdom — Race Cottam in London, England, United Kingdom — Ofis Arhitekti in Nova Gorica, Slovenia — Cope Linder Architects in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — Douglas Fredrikson Architects in Indian Wells, California — Ellerbe Becket in Providence, Rhode Island — HOK and Studio JTA in New York, New York — Parallax Associates in Chatsworth, California...
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At the CHA Women & Children's Hospital near Seoul, a softness of natural light, organic elements, and curving form tempers a sleek building of glass, aluminum, and stainless steel. KMD Architects designed the facility, with associate architect yo2 Architects, to provide uncluttered respite from the surrounding neighborhood's visual noise.
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Housing for art lovers, homeless people, flood-zone dwellers, and hobbits. Chandeliers, bus stops, and a synagogue entrance. An expandable bathroom. These are not massive landmarks, but rather the AIA's annual exemplars of design executed with limited financial and programmatic means: the American Institute of Architects 2008 Small Project Awards recipients.
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In creating the Lurie Garden in downtown Chicago, Gustafson Guthrie Nichol Ltd transformed a parking garage rooftop into a public botanical garden. Located on three acres (1.2 hectares) in Millennium Park, a part of Grant Park, the garden combines engineered elements with native perennials of the Midwestern prairie.
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More Architecture News Daily Architecture Headlines — Updated every day at ArchitectureWeek
New Delays for Ground Zero Rebuild — Connecticut Post, 2008.1002
Brick Awards 2008 — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.1001
People and Places 2008.1001 — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.1001
Gas Shortages Plague the Southeast — BusinessWeek, 2008.1001
Italian Architect Renzo Piano Wins Top Danish Culture Prize — Associated Foreign Press, 2008.0930
MMA Architects Awarded Curry Stone Design Prize — Market Watch, 2008.0925
People and Places 2008.0924 — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0924
S. A. Kliment, 78, Architect and Editor, Is Dead — New York Times, 2008.0918
The Cooper Union Expands Its Green Building Design Courses — Cooper Union press release at ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0917
AIA Healthcare Awards 2008 — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0917
People and Places 2008.0917 — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0917
Visions of Architecture, Practical and Inspired — International Herald Tribune, 2008.0917
Peter Zumthor Named as Architecture's Praemium Imperiale Laureate — Architects' Journal, 2008.0916
Texas Reels from Hurricane Ike's Power — CNN, 2008.0913
Can His Agency Repair the Ground Zero Debacle? — Wall Street Journal, 2008.0911
Hurricane Ike Aims at Houston; Evacuations Called — Bloomberg, 2008.0911
Hurricane Ike Prompts Tropical Storm Warning for New Orleans — New Orleans Times-Picayune, 2008.0911
People and Places 2008.0910 — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0910
Latest Design Is Unveiled for 9/11 Museum — New York Times, 2008.0909
Latest Design for 9/11 Museum Merges Old and New — New York Times, 2008.0909
Fannie, Freddie Takeover Offers Recovery Hope: Analysts — Associated Foreign Press, 2008.0908
Agency Fights Building Code Born of 9/11 — New York Times, 2008.0908
Venice Looks at New Architecture — ANSA, 2008.0904
RIBA Unveils Special Awards Shortlist — World Architecture News, 2008.0904
Crash! Grande Bibliotheque Loses 3 More Windows — Montreal Gazette, 2008.0904
Manser Medal 2008 Shortlist Announced — World Architecture News, 2008.0903
People and Places 2008.0903 — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0903
Spared a Direct Hit, New Orleans Exhales — New York Times, 2008.0901
Hurricane Gustav Barrels Ashore — Nature, 2008.0901
The Place Prize 2008 — Metro, 2008.0901
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