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The EDAR, a four-wheeled combination cart and sleeping unit created for use by people experiencing homelessness, is beginning to make its presence known in the greater Los Angeles area. Designed by Eric Lindeman and Jason Zasa while still in school at Pasadena Art Center College of Design, this modified shopping cart was their solution to a problem posed by local philanthropist Peter Samuelson: improve upon the cardboard box by designing a mobile, single-person shelter.
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The new medical clinic and community center in the Pictou Landing First Nation in Nova Scotia recalls a longhouse, the traditional winter lodge of the Mi'kmaq. Sustainably harvested spruce poles, six to eight inches (15 to 20 centimeters) in diameter, are bent and lashed together at the tops. Like a giant wooden model of a whale's ribcage, clad with rows of oversized spruce shingles, the peaked frame is an adaptation of traditional Native bent-wood construction.
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More Building and Construction Russia Tower May Find a New Home — Moscow Times, 2009.0213EDAR in LA — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0211 Foreclosing on Skyscrapers — New York Times, 2009.0211 Asphalt Roof Shingle Prices Expected to Raise in 2009 Despite Low Crude Oil Prices — Prudent Press Agency, 2009.0211 King's Cross Regeneration Holds Up — Contract Journal, 2009.0210 Home Loan Experts Say Don't Quit Fixed-Rate Mortgage — Daily Telegraph (UK), 2009.0210 2008: Record Year for Skyscraper Construction — Construction Contractor, 2009.0210 Home Building Dips before 'Strong Rebound' — Stuff, 2009.0210 Fannie, Freddie to Revise, Boost Foreclosure Plans — Reuters, 2009.0209 Obama Administration Expanding Mortgage Modification Plan — Washington Post, 2009.0209 Shopping Around for a Home Loan: 10 Things You Should Know — TransWorldNews, 2009.0209 Canada Housing Market Droops, More Pressure Seen — Forbes, 2009.0209 U.S. Housing Market May Bottom in 2009 — Bloomberg, 2009.0209 52 New Homes to Be Built Despite Protests — News Shopper Online, 2009.0209 A Film School's New Look Is Historic — New York Times, 2009.0209 Governor Asking Lawmakers for Statewide Home Building Code — Nasvhille Business Journal, 2009.0209 Beazer Homes 1Q Loss Narrows on Fewer Write-Downs — CNN, 2009.0209 Built to Weather the Storm — American-Statesman, 2009.0208 A Software Designer Knows His Office Space, Too — New York Times, 2009.0207 Dream Home with Energy-Saving Realities — News & Observer, 2009.0206 Cornell Facing Opposition over Proposed Construction Project — News 10 Now, 2009.0206 The Makings of a Modern Home in the Foothills — Idaho Statesman, 2009.0205 Drop in Material Prices Reduces Construction Costs in UAE — Steel Guru, 2009.0204 Building Approvals Slump Despite Boost to First Homebuyer Grant — The Australian, 2009.0204 Builders Mount Last-Ditch Effort for Housing Stimulus — Builder, 2009.0204 California Builders Start on Fewest Homes in 50 Years in '08 — Sacramento Bee, 2009.0204 National Green Building Standard Approved by ANSI — NAHB Press Release, 2009.0204 D.R. Horton Narrows Loss — Forbes, 2009.0203 Home Construction Spending Drops 27% — Wichita Business Journal, 2009.0202 From Monstrosity to Teardown — New York Times, 2009.0201 BMW Design Applied to Low-Cost Housing — New York Times, 2009.0127 Safety Guidelines for Skyscrapers Strengthened in 2009 International Building Code — Go Structural, 2009.0127
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