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Two houses in east Australia exhibit powerful simplicity in form, space, and circulation, while each effectively addresses the specifics of its contrasting site, seaside or subdivision. Designed by two different Brisbane firms, each lead by young principals, both of these houses show environmentally conscious responses to the subtropical climate of the southeastern Queensland area, with warm, humid summers and mild winters.
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ONE-WAY AND TWO-WAY CLAY-TILE AND UNIT-MASONRY JOIST SYSTEMS Focusing on structural engineering issues involved in the repair, restoration, or adaptive reuse of older buildings for which drawings no longer exist, this article is the third in a series on antiquated structural systems that can be adapted or reanalyzed for safe reuse. —Editor
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"I have decided to make the complete turn." Euphoric over seeing his still under-construction house rotate its planned 180 degrees for the first time, the Italian civil engineer Angelo Invernizzi quickly wrote a colleague that the final version had to go all the way around.
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More Building and Construction Helter Skelter Vision for King's Cross Gas Holder Is Unveiled — Camden News Journal, 2009.0910Gehry'd Away — New York Post, 2009.0910 New Yards Design Draws from the Old — New York Times, 2009.0910 Reed Construction Data Releases New Federal Stimulus Project Reports — Reed Construction Data, 2009.0909 New Design Unveiled for NBA Arena in Brooklyn — New York Times, 2009.0909 Buildings Graft Shocker — New York Post, 2009.0908 South Anglia Housing Proposal for Shalford Unwanted, Say Villagers — Daily Gazette, 2009.0908 Building Materials Companies Post Gains — Forbes, 2009.0908 Canadian Building Permits Unexpectedly Fall on Strike — Bloomberg, 2009.0908 Man Blames Builder for Lien on Home — West Virginia Record, 2009.0908 Extra S.F. Skyscrapers a Mixed Blessing — San Francisco Chronicle, 2009.0906 Montreal Okays New $760M Griffintown Project — Montreal Gazette, 2009.0905 Local Timber Owners Connect with Local Builders — Oregonian, 2009.0904 'Intrusive' Beach Home Work Stops — BBC News, 2009.0903 Pain Eases for Construction but It's Still a "Sick Man" — The Times (UK), 2009.0903 Home-Builder Hovnanian Shares Plunge on 3Q Results — Wall Street Journal, 2009.0903 Construction Market in Latvia – Light at the End of the Tunnel — Baltic Times, 2009.0903 New Terminal Is Unveiled at NIagara Falls Airport — Buffalo News, 2009.0903 Two Houses in East Australia — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0902 An American Perspective: Skyscraper Architecture Goes Modular in the UK — BDC, 2009.0902 Small AEC Firms Getting Clobbered by the Big Guys — BDC, 2009.0902 One Man's Trash ... — New York Times, 2009.0902 Pending Home Sales Shake Off Recession — Barron's, 2009.0902 Big Plans for Grand Paris — France Today, 2009.0901 Home Building Approvals Top Estimates — The Australian, 2009.0901 July Construction Spending Slips 0.2 Percent — Associated Press, 2009.0901 Factories' Rebound, Future Home Sales Best in Two Years — Investors, 2009.0901 U.S. Home Sales Inching Up — Vancouver Sun, 2009.0829 NTU Helps to Strengthen Buildings in China's Earthquake-Prone Areas — Channel News Asia, 2009.0828
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