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KEN YEANG'S NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SINGAPORE The Singapore National Library commission represents Ken Yeang's first large-scale built project outside Malaysia. Won in competition against firms including those led by Moshe Safdie and Michael Graves, as well as the likes of Nikken Sekkei, the library also marks the beginning of a performance-based approach to architecture.
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TIM ELIASSEN - STRUCTURAL GLAZING PIONEER Implementers and enablers are found at the leading edge of any innovative and emergent technology such as structural glass facade (SGF) technology. Prominent among them is Tim Eliassen, a founder of TriPyramid Structures, a company specializing in the design and fabrication of rod and cable rigging systems and their application in SGFs.
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More Environment An Opportunity for Innovation — Metropolis POV, 2011.0928University of Maryland Wins Architecture Contest at Solar Decathlon 2011 — Solar Glazing, 2011.0928 L.A. Air Force Base Will Deploy 100% Electric Vehicle Fleet — Clean Techies, 2011.0927 The Science Behind Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards — Climate Progress, 2011.0927 Building Sustainable Future — ConstructionWeek, 2011.0927 Cal Academy Earns Platinum LEED-EB Certification — Sacramento Bee, 2011.0927 Report Says Vehicle Fuel Should Be the Priority, Not Electricity — New York Times, 2011.0927 Climate Change Takes a Toll on Cultures — New York Times, 2011.0927 Clean-Energy Credits Tarnished — Nature (registration required), 2011.0927 Sustainable Communities Must Embrace the Familiar — NRDC Switchboard, 2011.0926 In North Dakota, Flames of Wasted Natural Gas Light the Prairie — New York Times, 2011.0926 How Climate Change Could Hurt Yellowstone National Park — New York Times, 2011.0926 Trace Amounts of Crude Oil Harm Fish — Nature (registration required), 2011.0926 New Boom Reshapes Oil World, Rocks North Dakota — NPR, 2011.0925 Werner Sobek: ‘Sustainability – It Just Is a Byproduct of Good Design’ — Washington Post, 2011.0925 Scientists Lay Out Plans for Efficient Solar Energy Harvesting — UCL News, 2011.0923 Green for All — Inquirer, 2011.0923 Stirring the Home-Design Pot — Calgary Herald, 2011.0923 Designs on Energy Efficiency — Los Angeles Times, 2011.0923 Why Saving Energy Use in Buildings Is Easier Said Than Done — New York Times, 2011.0923 Global CO2 Emissions Soar, Despite Efforts — EarthSky, 2011.0922 Solar Venture Misses Loan Deadline — New York Times, 2011.0922 Nitrogen Pollution Disrupts Pacific Ocean — Nature (registration required), 2011.0922 Ken Yeang's National Library of Singapore — ArchitectureWeek, 2011.0921 LEED Maintenance as Important as Certification — NuWire Investor, 2011.0921 Paramount Studios Building New LEED-Certified Headquarters — Ecorazzi, 2011.0921 EIA Projects 40% Rise in CO2 Emissions by 2035 — Climate Progress, 2011.0921 On Our Radar: Typhoon Buffets Tokyo — New York Times, 2011.0921 Greenland Ice-Melt Map Gets the Cold Shoulder — Nature, 2011.0920 Beyond the Mall — Metropolis POV, 2011.0916 An Imaginary Conversation with Ron Wyden — Eugene Weekly, 2011.0915
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