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Foster + Partners in Buenos Aires, Argentina — OMA in Caen, France — 51N4E in Genk, Belgium — Cannon Design with H+L Architecture in Aurora, Colorado...
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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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Shanghai Home Mortgage Loans Fall in August — Reuters, 2010.0913
Obama Presses for Construction Freeze Deal as Netanyahu-Abbas Talks Resume — Bloomberg, 2010.0913
Sharp Series of Aftershocks Strike New Zealand — Associated Press, 2010.0908
Homebuilders Revive Stalled U.S. Projects as Banks Unload Lots — Bloomberg, 2010.0907
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
UK House Prices Fall, Construction Growth Cools — Reuters, 2010.0902
U.S. Pending Home Sales Rise in Sign Market Steadying — Bloomberg, 2010.0902
Housing Stocks Lift as Pending Sales Pick Up — Forbes, 2010.0902
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
Construction Spending in U.S. Fell Twice as Much as Forecast — Bloomberg BusinessWeek, 2010.0901
Chicago Home Prices Rise Again but under Cloud — Chicago Tribune, 2010.0831
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