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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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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
Sharp Series of Aftershocks Strike New Zealand — Associated Press, 2010.0908
WTC Memorial, 5 Towers, Finally a Go — Epoch Times, 2010.0907
Arup Associates Set to Slash at Least 100 Staff — BD (Registration required), 2010.0907
Colorado Wildfire Destroys Dozens of Homes — KAKE, 2010.0907
Burry of 'the Big Short' Bets on Gold, Farmland after Profits on Subprime — Bloomberg, 2010.0907
Mortgage Sales Jump 11% in August — Sydney Morning Herald, 2010.0907
Construction Activity Remains Weak — Sydney Morning Herald, 2010.0907
Chinese Try to Tame Real Estate Boom — Los Angeles Times, 2010.0906
China Property Bonds Rebound on Record Sales — Bloomberg, 2010.0906
Latest Pakistan Floods Prompt Fresh Exodus from Towns — BBC, 2010.0906
Builders Braced as Demand Seems Poised to Fall — Financial Times, 2010.0905
In Venice, Feting Architecture (or Is It Art?) — New York Times, 2010.0904
UK House Building Recovery Slows — Financial Times, 2010.0904
China Set on Forcing Drop in Property Prices — Wall Street Journal, 2010.0904
Meeting in Space — Wall Street Journal, 2010.0903
Retail Sales, Number of Home Contracts Increase — Washington Post, 2010.0903
Strong Quake Strikes Near Major City in New Zealand — CNN, 2010.0903
One Person Reported Injured as Oil Rig Explodes in Gulf Off Louisiana — USA Today, 2010.0902
Offshore Oil Rig Explodes in Gulf of Mexico, West of BP Blast and Oil Spill — New York Daily News, 2010.0902
Man Survives 39-Story Free Fall from NYC Building — AOL News, 2010.0901
The Sprawling Venice Biennale Offers Frustrations and Rewards — BD, 2010.0831
House Market to Fall Again after Mortgage Slump — Telegraph, 2010.0831
US Housing Sector Puts Hardie, Boral at Risk — Sydney Morning Herald, 2010.0830
Zaha Hadid to Design Iraq's Central Bank Headquarters — Unbeige (Blog), 2010.0830
More Texans Fall Behind on Mortgage Bills — Dallas Morning News, 2010.0827
New Home Sales Falter but Stocks Look Up — Forbes, 2010.0825
Views of the Empire State Building: No Longer Available in the Garden State — Death + Taxes, 2010.0825
US July Existing Home Sales Plunge 27.2% to 3.83M Rate — Wall Street Journal, 2010.0824
Empire State Building Urges Council to Reject Skyscraper Plans — Telegraph, 2010.0824
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