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Graham Downes Architecture in Dallas, Texas — BAMO, Lissoni Associati, DesignWilkes, and James Park Associates in Mumbai, India — Ware Malcomb in Hawthorne, California — HOK in Chicago, Illinois — MulvannyG2 in Chengdu, China — RJC Architects and RQ Construction, Inc. in San Diego County, California — Miller Hull in Olympia, Washington — Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects in San Francisco, California — Howard Fairbairn MHK in London, England, United Kingdom — Callison in New York, New York — Bovis Lend Lease in Sydney, Australia — Jean-Jacques Ory and Christophe Pillet in Saint-Tropez, France — Overland Partners Architects in University Park, Pennsylvania — The Dobbins Group in Chicago, Illinois — Kenneth Harlan Simmons in Johannesburg, South Africa — Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates in Dublin, Ireland...
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The Richmond Center for Visual Arts in Kalamazoo is striking, with building forms tied to its arts hub functions. Copper cladding, curving in two dimensions, wraps the lobby and front exhibit areas, setting off a large glazed facade section that allows natural light deep into the space. The lightness of the glass and copper, and of zinc that wraps the lecture areas, contrasts with the visual weight of the precast concrete panels cladding the rest of the building.
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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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More Architecture News Daily Architecture Headlines — Updated every day at ArchitectureWeek
Staff Laid Off by Jefferson Sheard Will Not Receive All of Missing Cash — BD, 2010.0820
People and Places — ArchitectureWeek, 2010.0818
Five Finalists Unveiled for Redesign of Gateway Arch Grounds — Belleville News Democrat, 2010.0818
Progress at World Trade Center -- Finally — WNYC, 2010.0816
Fannie, Freddie Reform Summit Just First Step in Long Process — Wall Street Journal, 2010.0816
With Jobs Coming to Michigan, Outlook Is Brighter for Home Sales — Detroit Free Press, 2010.0816
Lowe's 2Q Net Up 9.6% but Sales Growth Light; View Cautious — Wall Street Journal, 2010.0816
U.S. Homebuilder Confidence Unexpectedly Drops to Lowest Since March 2009 — Bloomberg, 2010.0816
July Housing Starts Seen Rising to 560,000 — Reuters, 2010.0816
Home Builder Mood Sours — ABC News, 2010.0816
Morgan Stanley Raises Property in China Stocks Portfolio, Expects Rebound — Bloomberg, 2010.0815
New Plan for Century Plaza Hotel Adds Two 46-Story Towers — Los Angeles Times, 2010.0811
AIA Michigan Awards 2010 — ArchitectureWeek, 2010.0811
World Trade Center Museum Unveiled — New York Post, 2010.0810
Lower Manhattan Shaping Up — Architect's Newspaper, 2010.0806
People and Places 2010.0804 — ArchitectureWeek, 2010.0804
Ground Zero Mosque Plans Move Forward after Key Vote — Bloomberg, 2010.0803
Scotland's Housing Expo in Inverness Opens Its Doors — BBC, 2010.0802
South Africa Retirement Home Fire Kills 18 — Guardian, 2010.0802
Safety Inspectors Halt Building Project — Global Times, 2010.0802
San Francisco Approves Giant Redevelopment Project — ABC News, 2010.0801
Iran Seeks More Urbane Image with Sleek New London Embassy — Guardian Unlimited, 2010.0801
An Oil Spill in Michigan — New York Times, 2010.0728
Postcard from Manhattan — ArchitectureWeek, 2010.0728
Government Charges Architect and Developer with Housing Discrimination — Credit.com, 2010.0727
Hawaiian Homeowner Watches Home Engulfed by Lava — Telegraph, 2010.0726
U.S. Historic Sites in Peril — ArchitectureWeek, 2010.0623
New San Francisco Architecture — ArchitectureWeek, 2010.0609
Ten Years of ArchitectureWeek — ArchitectureWeek, 2010.0519
People and Places 2010.0519 — ArchitectureWeek, 2010.0519
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