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Herzog and de Meuron, with Platt Byard Dovell White in New York, New York — Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture in Mahwah, New Jersey — GKV Architects in New York, New York — UNStudio in Amsterdam, Netherlands — RTKL in Chengdu, China — Farr Associates in Chicago, Illinois — Leo A Daly in Fort Myers, Florida...
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At two schools in the Pacific Northwest, daylit classrooms stand in small clusters rather than linear arrays along corridors. Architecture firm Mahlum designed these buildings — Gray Middle School in Tacoma, Washington, and Thurston Elementary School in Springfield, Oregon — to foster small "learning communities" within each school.
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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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Existing-Home Sales Up in Philadelphia Region, U.S. — Philadelphia Inquirer, 2010.0924
Educational Building — ArchitectureWeek, 2010.0922
Homebuilding Industry Years Away from Recovery — Associated Press, 2010.0921
Financials, Home Builders Lead Stocks Higher — Wall Street Journal, 2010.0920
U.S. Homebuilder Sentiment Stays in Doldrums — Fox Business, 2010.0920
Owens Corning Falls on Weak Demand for Shingles — Associated Press, 2010.0920
Builder Lennar Swings to 3Q Profit — Wall Street Journal, 2010.0920
Homebuilder Confidence in U.S. Held in September at Lowest Level in a Year — Bloomberg, 2010.0920
The Housing Recession Isn't Over — CNN, 2010.0920
Builder Confidence Unchanged in September — NAHB, 2010.0920
Glasgow Art School Revamp Design Unveiled — BBC News, 2010.0917
U.K. Must Step Up Help for First-Time Homebuyers, Redrow Chief Morgan Says — Bloomberg, 2010.0916
Neutra Nightmare Shakes Westwood — Architect's Newspaper, 2010.0916
Home Building Grows Modestly — Sydney Morning Herald, 2010.0915
People and Places — ArchitectureWeek, 2010.0915
Charlbury Home Shortlisted for RIBA Award — BBC News, 2010.0914
Obama Presses for Construction Freeze Deal as Netanyahu-Abbas Talks Resume — Bloomberg, 2010.0913
Shanghai Home Mortgage Loans Fall in August — Reuters, 2010.0913
BofA May Owe $20 Billion in Mortgage Buybacks, Insurers Say — Bloomberg, 2010.0913
Sharp Series of Aftershocks Strike New Zealand — Associated Press, 2010.0908
Construction Activity Remains Weak — Sydney Morning Herald, 2010.0907
Homebuilders Revive Stalled U.S. Projects as Banks Unload Lots — Bloomberg, 2010.0907
Burry of 'the Big Short' Bets on Gold, Farmland after Profits on Subprime — Bloomberg, 2010.0907
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