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Climate Change: Stronger, Faster, Sooner | |
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IA Interior Architects in San Francisco, California — RTKL in Joliet, Illinois — Cannon Design in San Francisco, California — Gensler in Santa Monica, California — EHDD in Seaside, California — EwingCole in Camden, New Jersey...
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PACIFIC NORTHWEST AIA AWARDS 2008 Built in the 1950s, Woodway Residence north of Seattle was reimagined for a young family by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson. Their intervention adds transparency and light, and takes better advantage of the home's picturesque wooded site. It was recently recognized by AIA Seattle.
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For a Chicago house they call Case Study 1875, the architects collaborated with engineers and fabricators to develop a skin thermally isolated from the structure, allowing an experience of indoor-outdoor connection without great loss of heat during the cold Illinois winters.
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AUSSIE ARCHITECTURE AWARDS 2008 The new creative arts building at Brisbane Girls Grammar School in Brisbane, Queensland, combines two contrasting halves into a dynamic whole. Public spaces and circulation are housed in the eastern wing of the Cherrell Hirst Creative Learning Centre, with its columns radiating in a distinctive K shape. The horizontally layered western wing contains flexible teaching spaces for art, music, drama, and technology. The two wings meet at a central atrium intended to foster social interaction and informal learning.
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CLIMATE CHANGE: STRONGER, FASTER, SOONER Recent scientific research — published since the deadline for the latest assessment report from the IPCC — reveals that global warming is accelerating far beyond the 2007 IPCC forecasts. This brief collects some of the key findings, including particular impacts of climate change in Europe.
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More Architecture News Daily Architecture Headlines — Updated every day at ArchitectureWeek
Bentley Publishes Digital and Print Versions of "The Year in Infrastructure 2008" — Bentley Press Release at ArchWeek, 2009.0108
AIA Announces 2009 Honor Awards — AIArchitect, 2009.0108
Gary Comer Youth Center and U.S. Steel Site Master Plan Win National AIA Honor Awards — Chicago Tribune, 2009.0108
Surrendering to the Landscape — New York Times, 2009.0108
People and Places 2009.0107 — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0107
Two Ontario Firms Win Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence — Daily Commercial News and Construction Record, 2009.0107
340 Architectural Practices Compete for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture Mies Van Der Rohe Award 2009 — Canadian Architect, 2008.1226
Nine Projects Cited for Excellence in the Bluegrass State — AIArchitect, 2008.1219
Revolutionary System Unlocks a New World of Stonework for Architects — New World Stoneworks Press Release at ArchitectureWeek, 2008.1219
Architecture Billings Index Drops to All Time Low for Second Straight Month — AIA Press Release, 2008.1217
People and Places 2008.1217 — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.1217
Pacific Northwest AIA Awards 2008 — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.1217
Faneuil Hall Marketplace Receives 2009 AIA Twenty-Five Year Award — AIA Press Release, 2008.1211
Glenn Murcutt Awarded 2009 AIA Gold Medal — AIA Press Release, 2008.1204
Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects Receives 2009 AIA Architecture Firm Award — AIA Press Release, 2008.1204
People and Places 2008.1203 — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.1203
Chicago AIA Awards 2008 — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.1203
Mannington Commercial Seeking Future Design Talent — Veeder+Perman Press Release, 2008.1203
Jorn Utzon Dies at 90 — Los Angeles Times, 2008.1130
Jorn Utzon, 90, Dies; Created Sydney Opera House — New York Times, 2008.1129
Gehry-Designed Tolerance Museum Inflames Jerusalem Passions — Bloomberg, 2008.1121
Eli Broad Plans Another Art Space — New York Times, 2008.1119
People and Places 2008.1119 — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.1119
Aussie Architecture Awards 2008 — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.1119
Michael Gould Joins Hunt Hale Jones Architects as Urban Design/ Multifamily Studio Director — Hunt Hale Jones Press Release at ArchitectureWeek, 2008.1119
California Fires Could Burn for Days, Official Says — CNN, 2008.1117
Over 1,000 Houses Damaged in Powerful Earthquake in Indonesia — Xinhua, 2008.1117
California Fires Destroy 800 Homes and Continue to Rage — KOLD News, 2008.1117
LAX Modernization Unveiled — Contra Costa Times, 2008.1117
Prasad, Rogers, Bridges and Madelin Make London Mayor’S Design Panel — BD, 2008.1117
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