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PREDOCK'S CANADIAN MUSEUM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
"You never know, even if you think you do, where you're going." The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is intended to be an educational museum of ideas rather than objects, where we can "explore the subject of human rights, with special but not exclusive reference to Canada," according to the museum's web site.
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More than half of all the single-family homes in the United States were built in the last three decades of the 20th century, and it is estimated that half again of the current total number of dwellings — about 80 million — will need to be built in the next three decades of the 21st century.
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Architect Steven Holl spoke about his approach to architectural lighting in a conversation with Hervé Descottes of the lighting design firm L'Observatoire International, which frequently collaborates with Holl's firm. Hervé Descottes: How do architecture and space make use of light?
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More Building and Construction Niners Unveil Stadium Model — San Francisco Chronicle, 2011.0803Workers Rush to Complete Two New Carroll Schools by Aug. 22 — Star-Telegram, 2011.0801 In Gowanus, Big Development Can Wait — New York Times, 2011.0731 Contractors under Gun to Finish New Glenwood Elementary School — State Journal-Register, 2011.0728 Design Teams to Offer Redos of 6 Chattanooga Sites — Times Free Press, 2011.0728 A Pioneering Spirit Despite Visions That Went Unrealized — New York Times, 2011.0728 Class-Consciousness in the Office Building Market — New York Times, 2011.0727 Up on the Roof — ArchitectureWeek, 2011.0727 Sales of New U.S. Homes Probably Stagnated in June as Industry Languished — Bloomberg, 2011.0725 Awapuni House Takes Out Award — Stuff (New Zealand), 2011.0725 House of Technicolor Dreams — Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 2011.0723 Landmark Houses: John Lautner's Chemosphere — Los Angeles Times, 2011.0723 Building Inspired by Apple Store — Miami Herald, 2011.0722 Old Chicago Post Office Complex: Financial Fantasy, Architectural Nightmare — Chicago Tribune, 2011.0722 Gardner Museum to Close as It Prepares to Open New Wing — Boston Globe, 2011.0722 Calling Architects for the House Australia and Japan Will Build — Japan Times, 2011.0721 Asia Theme Park Boom Is Big Business for Designers — Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2011.0721 Back to Back to the Future — London Evening Standard, 2011.0720 Home Building Jumps in June after Dismal Spring — Associated Press, 2011.0720 A House Built on Trust — New York Times, 2011.0720 John Shearer: Modernism Architecture — Chattanoogan, 2011.0719 Studying the Japan Quake's Impact on Soil Will Improve Building Design — Science Daily, 2011.0718 New German Mosque a Milestone in Religious Architecture — Deutsche Welle, 2011.0718 Homebuilder Confidence in U.S. Rises More Than Estimated, NAHB Index Shows — Bloomberg, 2011.0718 A Real House on a Very Tight Budget — Wall Street Journal, 2011.0716 Building Permits Up for First Half of 2011 — Trib Local, 2011.0713 Lighting with Steven Holl — ArchitectureWeek, 2011.0713 Farrells and Ryder Architecture Announce Joint Venture to Target China — BD (Registration required), 2011.0713 Writers' Hires Architect Jeanne Gang to Design New Theater — Chicago Tribune, 2011.0711 Office Space: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's Bill Baker — Chicago Tribune, 2011.0711
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