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AMERICAN LANDSCAPE AWARDS 2009 Buffalo Bayou flows through downtown Houston, Texas, under a tangle of freeways and bridges on its way to Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Landscape architects SWA Group reenvisioned a neglected 1.2-mile- (1.9-kilometer-) length of bayou front, transforming it into pedestrian-friendly parkland with improved floodwater conveyance.
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To the street, the concrete-block home near Bellevue, Idaho, presents minimally incised walls. From inside, the boxy masonry of Outpost opens up to surprisingly expansive views of the rural Idaho landscape.
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"Ours is a hopeful future," said American Institute of Architects President Marvin Malecha, FAIA, as he opened the 2009 AIA Convention in San Francisco. "We need to let the public know that they can count on our profession to lead them through these tough times."
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ENDANGERED HISTORIC U.S. PLACES 2009 Unity Temple, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his own Unitarian congregation in Oak Park, Illinois, remains an icon of early modern architecture, with its geometric design, strong massing, characteristic detailing, and use of exposed concrete.
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More Architecture News Daily Architecture Headlines — Updated every day at ArchitectureWeek
Impasse Continues at WTC — GlobeSt, 2009.0618
American Landscape Awards 2009 — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0617
Royal Institute of British Architects' Lubetkin Prize Shortlist Announced — Art Daily, 2009.0617
Architect Accuses Prince Charles of Interference with Building Project — New York Times, 2009.0616
Rogers Loses Chelsea Barracks Job — BD, 2009.0612
Shortlist for Britain's Top Public Architecture Prize Announced — Guardian Unlimited, 2009.0611
AIA Housing Awards 2009 — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0610
People and Places 2009.0610 — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0610
Partial Roof Collapse at ConAgra Plant in NC — CNN, 2009.0609
Developer Drops Gehry’S Design for Brooklyn Arena — New York Times, 2009.0604
Eric Parry Wins RA's Architecture Prize — Architects' Journal, 2009.0604
Glenn Murcutt Honoured at Museum of Sydney — Art Daily, 2009.0604
People and Places 2009.0603 — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0603
A New Architecture Prize from China, by Way of USC — Los Angeles Times, 2009.0528
People and Places 2009.0527 — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0527
AIA Convention 2009 — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0527
Green Prefab Firm Michelle Kaufmann Designs Is Closing — Los Angeles Times, 2009.0526
Arthur Erickson, Canadian Architect Who Mirrored Landscapes, Dies at 84 — New York Times, 2009.0522
Renowned Architect Arthur Erickson Dead at 84 — Vancouver Sun, 2009.0521
People and Places 209.0520 — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0520
Hadid's Guangzhou Opera Structure Intact after Fire — Bloomberg, 2009.0513
Endangered Historic U.S. Places 2009 — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0513
Zaha Hadid's Guangzhou Opera House Goes Up in Flames — Architects' Journal, 2009.0512
Rising at Ground Zero, a Symbol of Resilience — USA Today, 2009.0511
Post-9/11 Realities Warp a Soaring Design — New York Times, 2009.0510
Hackett Hall McKnight Architects Win Meath Competition — Archiseek, 2009.0508
The Dubai Frame Wins First Prize at the XI ThyssenKrupp Elevator Architecture Award — Steel Guru, 2009.0507
Mackintosh Attracts Stellar List of Entrants — BD, 2009.0507
People and Places 2009.0506 — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0506
Dallas Cowboys Didn't Have Roof Work on Practice Facility Inspected — Dallas Morning News, 2009.0505
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