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Given the urgency of our response to climate change and other environmental needs, is it really okay to keep building new non-green buildings? Here are nine U.S. firms that took sustainability to heart and made green design a centerpiece of their work, and have now taken the next logical step: they have committed to create only green buildings, from here on out.
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As the Hollyhock House neared completion in 1920, Frank Lloyd Wright received a second Los Angeles commission, from antiquarian Alice Millard, who had arrived in Pasadena from Chicago in 1914. With her late husband she had commissioned a classic Prairie-style house from Wright in 1906; now she wanted something new, inspired by the palazzi of Venice.
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More Building Culture Historic Town Hall Goes on Sale — BBC News, 2009.0508Prince Charles to Bury Hatchet with Architects — Architects' Journal, 2009.0508 Architects Offer Stability to Quake Homeless — East Day, 2009.0508 Memorial Coliseum: Readers Speak, We Listen — The Oregonian, 2009.0506 Pending Home Sales Climb, Lifting Recovery Hopes — Los Angeles Times, 2009.0505 Falling Wage Syndrome — New York Times, 2009.0504 Would-Be Mega-Home for Sale - - Neighbors Not Sold — Salt Lake Tribune, 2009.0504 Renzo Piano, a Master Builder in Tune with Chicago — Chicago Tribune, 2009.0501 Building Your Own Business — Forbes, 2009.0430 Building Your Own Business — Forbes, 2009.0430 'Pink Slip' Party Is a Sign of the Economic Times — Montgomery Media, 2009.0429 Sarkozy Unveils "Greater Paris" of the Future — Reuters, 2009.0429 Suburbia Is Changing, but Will Long Island Follow? — Long Island Building News, 2009.0429 What the "Average" Home Looks Like Now: East Bay — San Francisco Chronicle, 2009.0429 Pelli and Tange: Architects for Humanity — Epoch Times, 2009.0429 Olympic Village Site Makes List of Most Endangered Historic Places in Illinois — Chicago Tribune, 2009.0428 Suburban Sprawl a Poor Option, Says Planning Expert — Government News (Australia), 2009.0427 S.F. Architecture Myths Debunked — San Francisco Chronicle, 2009.0427 Low-Flying Jet Unsettles New Yorkers — CNN, 2009.0427 Ghost Buildings of 1929 — New York Times, 2009.0426 Coming Soon: Roads, Piers and More — Sun Herald, 2009.0425 10 Secrets to Finding Happiness During the Recession — US News, 2009.0422 An Effort to Save Flint, Mich., by Shrinking It — New York Times, 2009.0422 Include Preservation in Our Planning Efforts — Rochester City Newspaper, 2009.0422 Building Downturn Reflected in HIA Slump — The Age, 2009.0422 Thy Neighbor's Mortgage — New York Times, 2009.0421 US Treasury Weighs New Mortgage Subsidies-Sources — Reuters, 2009.0421 Freddie Downplays Mortgage Bond Refinancing Impact — Reuters, 2009.0421 Egypt Finds Mud Brick Pharaonic Temple in Sinai — Reuters, 2009.0421 From Home Builder to Wind Booster — Miami Herald, 2009.0420
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