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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 Alberta-Developed Straw Panels to Help China’S Housing Crisis — Edmonton Journal, 2009.1029Alberta-Developed Straw Panels to Help China’S Housing Crisis — Edmonton Journal, 2009.1029 Federal Courthouse Opening Delayed — Buffalo News, 2009.1029 China TV Centre 'Safe' after Fire — BBC News, 2009.1029 Tall Buildings Council Names Steven Holl's 'Linked Hybrid' Tower the Year's Best Skyscraper — Chicago Tribune, 2009.1029 Wharf Design Contest Fails to Win over Public — New Zealand Herald, 2009.1028 Plans to Rebuild Damaged CCTV Building under Way — Associated Press, 2009.1028 Robot Builds Brick Wall in New York City — ScienceDaily, 2009.1026 Robot Builds Brick Wall in New York City — ScienceDaily, 2009.1026 Housing Market Dance Takes Small Steps Forward - and Back — Arizona Business Journal, 2009.1026 Fewer McMansions on the Horizon — Wall Street Journal, 2009.1026 Homebuilding's Crash Is Worsening — Sacramento Bee, 2009.1026 Homebuilders Still Struggling — The Deal, 2009.1026 California Builders Lobby for Tax Credit Extension for New Home Buyers — Los Angeles Times, 2009.1026 US Embassy in Baghdad Faces $130 Million Repair Bill after Errors — The Times (UK), 2009.1024 Illegal Construction High on Earthquake Risk — Times of India, 2009.1024 Barn Becomes Home in Renovation — Los Angeles Times, 2009.1024 Disappointing Housing Numbers Spark Debate on Recovery — Taipan Publishing, 2009.1023 New Marine Corps Museum Chapel Evokes a Sense of Sacred Space — USA Today, 2009.1022 House 'Too Big' for Uplands — Victoria Times Colonist, 2009.1022 Smilow Cancer Hospital's Design Met Criticism — Yale Daily News, 2009.1022 Miami 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 Fewer Home-Building Permits Signal Weakness Ahead — Associated Press, 2009.1021 U.S. Architecture Billings Up in September-AIA — Reuters, 2009.1021 Housing Starts Stay Steady, but Builders Fear End of Tax Credit — NPR Planet MOney, 2009.1020 Homebuilding May Be Losing Momentum — UPI, 2009.1020
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