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Daniel Libeskind in Warsaw, Poland — Charles Correa, with RMJM Hillier and Consiste in Lisbon, Portugal — Callison in Seattle, Washington — Foster + Partners in Saint-Étienne, France — KlingStubbins in Cambridge, Massachusetts — Hawkins Brown in Nottingham, England, United Kingdom — Ann Beha Architects in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — Wiginton Hooker Jeffrey Architects and Holzman Moss Architecture in Cedar Hill, Texas — Meltzer/ Mandl Architects in New York, New York — Architects Hanna Gabriel Wells in San Diego, California — U+B Architecture & Design in Marrakech, Morocco...
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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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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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Shortlist Unveiled for the Biggest Cash Prize in UK Architecture — Architects' Journal, 2008.1009
People and Places 2008.1008 — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.1008
New Wave Hero Portuguese Architect Wins UK's Most Prestigious Prize — Guardian Unlimited, 2008.1008
Toyo Ito Wins Frederick Kiesler Prize — ArtInfo, 2008.1007
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
Visions of Architecture, Practical and Inspired — International Herald Tribune, 2008.0917
People and Places 2008.0917 — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0917
AIA Healthcare Awards 2008 — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0917
The Cooper Union Expands Its Green Building Design Courses — Cooper Union press release at ArchitectureWeek, 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
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