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STUB-GIRDER COMPOSITE STRUCTURAL SYSTEM 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 sixth in a series about antiquated structural systems that can be adapted or reanalyzed for safe reuse. — Editor
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By the time I saw Lloyd House's "Leaf House," then the sauna he built, I realized he was the builder of my dreams. He did things I'd never seen a builder do. He was tuned deeply into his materials and surroundings, and there was joy and wit in addition to master craftsmanship. Here was a builder able to carry through on his own designs to the last detail. His creations took my breath away. When I came upon the sauna, I was stunned.
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A stunning new addition has opened at the Cambridge Public Library in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Using ideas of transparency, inclusiveness, and efficiency as starting points, William Rawn Associates designed the glass-and-steel addition as a modernist foil to the original 1888 library by Van Brunt & Howe.
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More Building and Construction New Theater: Lincoln Center Raises the Roof — New York Times, 2010.0204Building Houses to Resist Earthquakes — CNN, 2010.0203 Frank Lloyd Wright's Legacy Lifts Off Anew — Chicago Tribune, 2010.0128 Tiles for Miles — Canadian Architect, 2010.0126 Downtown L.A. Is Officially a Contender for Eli Broad's Art Museum — Los Angeles Times, 2010.0125 A Scaffold That People May Want to Walk Under — New York Times, 2010.0121 Throwing a Curve at Linear Design — SanLuisObispo.com, 2010.0120 7 Examples of Shipping Container Buildings — Greenbang (blog), 2010.0120 Shanghai Sets Expo Apart from Beijing Games — Maylasian Insider, 2010.0119 Modern English: Modern Home Maintains a Strong Sense of Tradition and Conservationism. — Mother Nature Network, 2010.0118 Partners Hope to Transform Bland at&T Structure into Glass Beauty — North Bay Business Journal, 2010.0118 Architecture without Architects: Critic Blasts the Canadian Pavilion at Shanghai 2010 — Tree Hugger (Blog), 2010.0118 This One's No Sleeper: Serta Headquarters Wins National Design Honors from Architecture Group — Chicago Tribune, 2010.0118 Tour the New Dream Home: At International Builders' Show, It's Small, Virtual, Affordable — USA Today, 2010.0118 ZeroHouse Is Designed to Be the Greenest of Them All — Statesman, 2010.0116 How the Burj Was Built — Arabian Business, 2010.0116 Flawed Building Likely a Big Element — New York Times, 2010.0113 The Bolder, the More Beautiful — boston.com, 2010.0110 A Long Lesson in Reverse Logic — Times Online, 2010.0110 Landscaping as a Seductive First Step — New York Times, 2010.0108 Guelph Firm Wind-Tested World's Tallest Building — Guelph Mercury, 2010.0107 Science Centre Takes Top Prize for Construction — Wales Online, 2010.0107 Lessons from the 'Katrina Cottages' — New York Times, 2010.0107 House by House — ArchitectureWeek, 2010.0106 US Construction Activity Seen Down in 2010-Survey — Reuters, 2010.0106 in the Heart of Dubai's Real Estate Crash--In Search of the Swiss Cheese Building — Chicago Tribune, 2010.0106 Memphis Airport Unveils Plan for Ground Transportation Center — Commercial Appeal, 2010.0106 Shipping Container Studio Building Built in a Week — Tree Hugger (Blog), 2010.0106 Line of Credit May Help Ohr Work Finish by Fall — Sun-Herald, 2010.0106 Spiraling Skyscraper Pod City for a Future London — Inhabitat (blog), 2010.0105
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