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PREFAB CLAY-TILE AND CONCRETE-BLOCK FRAMING 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 fourth in a series about antiquated structural systems that can be adapted or reanalyzed for safe reuse. —Editor
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For decades, the lower level of the Redpath Library Building at McGill University languished as a drab, dimly lit, compartmentalized box within which books and students were stowed. That changed when the Montreal school revamped some of that standard institutional library space into the Cyberthèque — an open, stylish, technology-centered learning space that has become one of the university's most popular study areas.
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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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More Building and Construction Smilow Cancer Hospital's Design Met Criticism — Yale Daily News, 2009.1022Miami Art Museum Design Unveiled, Looks Oddly Familiar — Miami New Times (Blog), 2009.1022 McMansions, Be Gone — Boston Globe, 2009.1022 Sarkozy Clan Seeks to Tighten Grip on Paris Skyline Development — Bloomberg, 2009.1022 Home Buyer Tax Credit Fraud Called 'Disturbing' — USA Today, 2009.1022 U.S. Architecture Billings Up in September-AIA — Reuters, 2009.1021 Where Land Slides, Trying to Learn Why — New York Times, 2009.1020 Proposed Project May Affect Frank Lloyd Wright House — Wisconsin State Journal, 2009.1020 Housing Starts Rise, but Remain Subdued — Wall Street Journal, 2009.1020 Whittaker Files for Bankruptcy — St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 2009.1020 Fewer Home-Building Permits Signal Weakness Ahead — Associated Press, 2009.1020 Housing Starts Are Lower Than Forecast — Bloomberg, 2009.1020 US Home Building Shows New Weakness — Associated Foreign Press, 2009.1020 Single Family Housing Starts Increase in September. Building Permits Decline — Mortgage Daily News, 2009.1020 Builders Urge Congress to Renew Home Buyer Tax Credit — Business Wire Press Release, 2009.1020 Home Builders Focus on Affordability in 20 Communities — Edmond Sun, 2009.1019 Baltimore Housing Starts to Rebound in 2010 — Baltimore Business Journal, 2009.1019 Cranbrook Expands Museum, Adds Middle School for Girls — Daily Tribune, 2009.1018 As Golden Years Approach, Single-Level Living Becomes Attractive — Chicago Tribune, 2009.1018 House Company Supplies Housing Demand — Bismarck Tribune, 2009.1018 Pitching to Professional Athletes — New York Times, 2009.1018 Swedish Design for Galway Pier Project — Irish Times, 2009.1017 Stonehenge Centre Going in Circles — The Age, 2009.1017 Encinitas Fire Station No. 3 Earns California Construction’S Best of 2009 — PR Log, 2009.1015 Lead Architect for Birmingham's Dome Project Unveils Design Team — Birmingham News, 2009.1014 Munich's Music Lovers Wrestle over a Controversial New Hall — New York Times, 2009.1014 A Rare Building Boom Up North — New York Times, 2009.1013 University Building Signs Get a Facelift — Reflector, 2009.1013 Shortfall of 25,000 Homes Possible — Stuff, 2009.1013
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