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About 15 years ago, I met an uncommon and fascinating man. His solid reputation as a scientist and researcher preceded him, a living encyclopedia on plants worldwide — growing in severe and difficult conditions, deprived of light in the shadows of tall trees (where, in contrast to the old saying, there is always something growing), or deprived of nutrients among rocks... Here was a man who was familiar with strolling the Amazon forests and riding under the canopy on a raft.
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Nestled in the hills northwest of Beijing, a lesser-known attraction vies for attention with a well-touristed section of China's Great Wall: eleven ultramodern villas, each designed by a top architect from China, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, or Singapore.
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More Building Culture Economy Shed 598,000 Jobs in January — New York Times, 2009.0206State Architect Group Recognizes Louis M. Naidorf, FAIA, with Lifetime Achievement Award — Sacramento dBusiness News, 2009.0205 Stewart McColl: My Rise, Fall and Return — , 2009.0204 Small Architectural Firms Collaborate in Portland — Daily Journal of Commerce, 2009.0204 Saving the Suburbs, Part 2 — New York Times, 2009.0203 Habitat for Humanity Founder Built His Dreams, Others' Homes — Washington Post, 2009.0203 Home Builders Hammer Senate about Stimulus Plan — WTHR, 2009.0203 Blue Sky Thinker — RIBA Journal, 2009.0131 Goodbye, McMansions: Americans Buying 'Right-Sized' Homes — Idaho Statesman, 2009.0129 'Depressed' Town Wins Plook Award — BBC News, 2009.0129 Born and Razed: Preservationists Won't Forget Beta House — The Hook, 2009.0129 Classic Cottage May Soon Sail Away — Philadelphia Inquirer, 2009.0128 Restoration Continues on the Mission San Xavier Del Bac — USA Today, 2009.0128 Visions of Utopia: Le Corbusier at the Barbican — Retro to Go, 2009.0128 Housing Prices Keep Dropping. And They're Not Done Yet — Time, 2009.0128 Dock Street Foes, Supporters Clash at Hearing — Brooklyn Paper, 2009.0128 Land Ho! House Glides Across Ice on White Bear Lake — Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 2009.0128 Home-Builders Nervous as Demand Plummets — Brisbane Times, 2009.0128 Tax Credit for Home Reno a Boost for Building Sector — Vancouver Sun, 2009.0128 EU Faces Daunting Challenges in Rebuilding Gaza — The Media Line, 2009.0127 MoMA Award Goes to Architecture for an Economic Hangover — New York Times, 2009.0127 French Housing Starts Fall Below Expectations in Three Months to December — CEP, 2009.0127 Housing Inventory Slips, but the Market's Still Broken — US Banker, 2009.0127 Fulton Homes Seeks Protection from Creditors, Files Chapter 11 — Arizona Republic, 2009.0127 U.S. Existing Home Sales Rise on Record Price Slump — Bloomberg, 2009.0126 Menil Collection Picks Architect to Design Expansion — Houston Chronicle, 2009.0126 Layoffs Spread to More Sectors of the Economy — New York Times, 2009.0126 Prefab Home Designer Bucks a Downward Trend — NPR, 2009.0126 Architect Built His Career from the Ground Up — Los Angeles Times, 2009.0125
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