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Santiago Calatrava and Gensler in Denver, Colorado — Studio Red Architects in Beaumont, Texas — James Carpenter Design Associates and Efrat-Kowalsky Architects in Jerusalem, Israel — Diamond and Schmitt Architects in Banff, Canada — Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia — HOK in St. Petersburg, Florida...
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Dear ArchitectureWeek, As I walked through west Chelsea, near the Hudson River shoreline of Manhattan, a palpable sense of change was afoot — especially striking considering the impact of the recession on new construction across the nation. Among an aging urban fabric of midrise warehouse and residential buildings, many in various stages of renovation and repair, several new projects stood out.
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An art deco highrise in eastern Mississippi continues to deteriorate, as does one of the last remaining Negro League baseball stadiums, in New Jersey. A 1,300-year-old cultural site in Guam is threatened by U.S. Navy construction plans, and the character of Connecticut's scenic Merritt Parkway is at risk.
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NEW SAN FRANCISCO ARCHITECTURE SFMOMA commissioned a new sculpture garden for the top of its parking structure, with provisions to connect to the main San Francisco Museum of Modern Art building — a late-20th-century classic that prefigured the wave of museums constructed following the Guggenheim Bilbao in 1997. Jensen & Macy Architects conceived of the garden, which was completed by successor firm Jensen Architects, as a gallery without a ceiling.
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More Architecture News Daily Architecture Headlines — Updated every day at ArchitectureWeek
Ground Zero Mosque Plans Move Forward after Key Vote — Bloomberg, 2010.0803
Mortgage Lender Settles NC Fraud Charges for $4.5M — Bloomberg BusinessWeek, 2010.0802
U.S. Construction Spending Unexpectedly Increases on Government Programs — Bloomberg, 2010.0802
South Africa Retirement Home Fire Kills 18 — Guardian, 2010.0802
Safety Inspectors Halt Building Project — Global Times, 2010.0802
Scotland's Housing Expo in Inverness Opens Its Doors — BBC, 2010.0802
Iran Seeks More Urbane Image with Sleek New London Embassy — Guardian Unlimited, 2010.0801
San Francisco Approves Giant Redevelopment Project — ABC News, 2010.0801
Ex-New Century Managers to Pay $1.5 Million over Subprime Lender's Failure — Bloomberg, 2010.0730
Postcard from Manhattan — ArchitectureWeek, 2010.0728
An Oil Spill in Michigan — New York Times, 2010.0728
Obama to Hold Aug. 17 Housing Conference on Ways to Repair Fannie, Freddie — Bloomberg, 2010.0727
Government Charges Architect and Developer with Housing Discrimination — Credit.com, 2010.0727
New-Home Sales in U.S. Probably Rose to Second-Lowest on Record — Bloomberg, 2010.0726
US New Home Sales Still Sluggish — BBC, 2010.0726
New Home Sales Rebound 24% — CNN, 2010.0726
Hawaiian Homeowner Watches Home Engulfed by Lava — Telegraph, 2010.0726
Milwaukee and Madison Break New Rainfall Records — Pierce County Herald, 2010.0723
Milwaukee Airport Closes as Torrential Rain Floods Airfield — USA Today, 2010.0723
Zaha Hadid Tipped to Win Stirling Prize for Architecture — Guardian Unlimited, 2010.0722
People and Places 2010.0721 — ArchitectureWeek, 2010.0721
Ahead of the Bell: Housing Starts — Bloomberg BusinessWeek, 2010.0720
Weak Demand, Tight Credit Keeps Builders on the Sidelines — U.S. News & World Report, 2010.0720
Annual Home Sales, Prices 'Holding Its Own': ReMax Survey — HousingWire, 2010.0719
Home-Builder Confidence Drops — Wall Street Journal, 2010.0719
Toll Brothers Forms Distressed Real Estate Business — Bloomberg BusinessWeek, 2010.0719
Rem Roars with Golden Lion Win — Architect's Newspaper, 2010.0716
Whitehaven Harbour Central Site: International Open Design Competition — Dexigner, 2010.0714
People and Places 2010.0714 — ArchitectureWeek, 2010.0714
Oil Spill Update: Some Home Builders Get Hit Hard — Housing Watch, 2010.0712
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