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ENGINEERING A PEI CANTILEVER - DALLAS CITY HALL Innovative architecture often requires equally innovative engineering and technologies for successful realization. An outstanding example of design and engineering interdependence can be seen in the Dallas City Hall, a landmark building completed in 1977, designed with daring vision by one of the world's leading architectural teams, I.M. Pei & Partners.
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Green roofs, whether intensive or extensive, can provide a wealth of benefits on site and beyond. Delivering these benefits successfully requires professional attention to a variety of critical details. — Editor The first common dilemma in the construction of living green roofs, and other landscapes over structure, is that, in conventional building, the execution and completion of site work are often subordinated to the completion of the building.
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More Building and Construction Grow Your Own Bridge — BD, 2009.0710A New Direction for Embassy Architecture? — Los Angeles Times, 2009.0709 Home Builder Renaissance Files Reorganization Plan — Portland Business Journal, 2009.0707 Australian Building Industry Contracted at Faster Pace in June — Bloomberg, 2009.0707 Province to Offer Rebate on New Home Construction — Chronicle Herald, 2009.0707 Home Again: After Two-and-a-Half Years, Columnist's Teardown Is Complete — Wall Street Journal, 2009.0707 Home Again: After Two-and-a-Half Years, Columnist's Teardown Is Complete — Wall Street Journal, 2009.0707 France, Unlike U.S., Is Deep into Stimulus Projects — New York Times, 2009.0707 Best of Rally in US REIT Bonds Likely Past — Reuters, 2009.0707 UAE's Al-Futtaim to Decide on Morocco Build in 2010 — Reuters, 2009.0707 As Unbreakable as ... Glass? — New York Times, 2009.0707 Western Export Insurers Quit Turkish Ilisu Dam — Reuters, 2009.0707 Builders Pan Tougher Runoff Rules — Daily Press, 2009.0705 The New Stone Age in Delhi — Business Standard, 2009.0704 Economy Putting Dallas Spec Homes in Check — Dallas Morning News, 2009.0703 U.S. Foreclosures to Peak in Late 2010, Meyer Says (Update1) — Bloomberg, 2009.0702 Sharp Drop in Construction Spending in May — New York Times, 2009.0702 Beazer to Settle Fraud Case for Up to $53 Million — Bloomberg, 2009.0701 Sharp Drop in Construction Spending in May — New York Times, 2009.0701 Schnitzer Steel Posts Surprise Q3 Loss; Shares Drop — Reuters, 2009.0630 North Carolina Home Builders May Get Tax Help — Charlotte Observer, 2009.0626 North Carolina Home Builders May Get Tax Help — Charlotte Observer, 2009.0626 KB Home Loss Narrows as Cost Cuts Beat Revenue Drop — Bloomberg, 2009.0626 Buyers Hold Key in Home Builder's Bankruptcy — Philadelphia Business Today, 2009.0625 Expansion Shifts Focus at Cleveland Museum — Columbus Dispatch, 2009.0625 Eastern End of Downtown Dallas Is Seeing New Life, but Challenges Remain — Dallas Morning News, 2009.0625 New-Home Sales Decline Is More Bad News for Builders — CNN, 2009.0624 Economic Slump Shakes Foundation of Prefab Housing — San Jose Mercury News, 2009.0623 Airport Projects Delayed or Canceled — New York Times, 2009.0623 In England, a Royal Taste That Alters the Landscape — New York Times, 2009.0619
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