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The renovated six-story, 79,000-square-foot (7,300-square-meter) building at 1315 Peachtree Street in Midtown Atlanta meets the 2030 Challenge and recently earned LEED Platinum certification.

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Brutalist Building, Damaged, Gets Reprieve — New York Times, 2012.0503

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UCB Okanagan Buildings Receive Five Green Globes Awards — Canadian Architect, 2012.0430

Architect of Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art to Respond to Critics — Architecture & Design, 2012.0430

The Darling in Sydney Wins Best New Hotel Design at Asia-Pacific International Hotel Awards — Architecture & Design, 2012.0430

AIA San Francisco announces 2012 Architecture Awards — San Francisco Chronicle, 2012.0427

RMJM Star Architect Exits Firm — BD (Registration required), 2012.0426

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Olympic Velodrome Wins Prize at Design of the Year Awards — Building Design (registration required), 2012.0425

Ontario Association of Architects Awards Honour Design, Innovation — Daily Commercial News, 2012.0424

RAIC Announces Lola Sheppard as 2012 Young Architect Award Recipient — Canadian Architect, 2012.0424

WAN Awards Announces Its Leading Architects of the Future — Architecture & Design, 2012.0424

Seoul Chooses Design for Yongsan Park — Wall Street Journal, 2012.0424

Herzog & de Meuron Completes First Phase of Tate Modern Extension — BD (Registration required), 2012.0424

Architects Group Honor Best in Design — Richmond Times-Dispatch, 2012.0423

IDX Acquires RealLead, a Real-Time Lead Capture Solution for Realtors — IDX News Press Release, 2012.0423

Planning New York's Next Iconic Building — Wall Street Journal, 2012.0423

Hannah Lawson Crowned AJ Emerging Woman Architect of the Year — Architect's Journal, 2012.0420

Foreclosure Protection Offered to Hawaii Storm Victims — HUD Press Release, 2012.0419

Williams Tsien Will Design Hood Museum Expansion Project at Dartmouth — Gallerist NY, 2012.0419

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RMJM's Finance Director Quits as Staff Exodus Hits Top Brass — Building Design (registration required), 2012.0417

David Chipperfield Architects and Sanaa Shortlisted for Menil Drawing Institute — Building Design (registration required), 2012.0417

Emmen Theatre and Zoo Competition Won by Henning Larsen and Van Der Berg Group — World Architecture News, 2012.0417

Woods Bagot Designs New Airport City in China — Architecture & Design, 2012.0416

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Pianola Roll Call Strikes a Chord — The Age, 2012.0504

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North Vancouver Home Renovated and Updated — Vancouver Sun, 2012.0430

A Ballpark That May Be Louder Than the Fans — New York Times, 2012.0428

Architect Finds Challenge in Designing His Own Getaway with a Rooftop Pool — Washington Post, 2012.0427

Ottawa's Tall Buildings 'Underachieve,' Planning Summit Hears — Ottawa Citizen, 2012.0427

Give Me Space! 24 Compact Innovations for More Elbow Room — WebUrbanist, 2012.0427

Abramovich Partner Zhukova Shows Koolhaas Gallery Plans — Bloomberg, 2012.0427

Architecture Isn’T Dead. . . Yet — Toronto Star, 2012.0427

A Toronto Condo Aims at a Maturing Client — Globe and Mail, 2012.0426

Metro Douses Expectations on Union Station Project — Chicago Tribune, 2012.0426

Townhouse Makes a Splash, Top to Bottom — Wall Street Journal, 2012.0425

Higher Learning: Roosevelt's New Tower Adds Sizzle to Chicago's Skyline, but Can It Build a Campus in the Sky? — Chicago Tribune, 2012.0425

Hoki Museum by Nikken Sekkei — ArchitectureWeek, 2012.0425

AIA Selects the 2012 COTE Top Ten Green Projects — ArchDaily, 2012.0424

Herzog & de Meuron Completes First Phase of Tate Modern Extension — Building Design (registration required), 2012.0424

Under the Moonlight House by Giovanni D'Ambrosio Architecture — Contemporist, 2012.0424

Sales of New U.S. Homes Probably Climbed in March — Bloomberg, 2012.0423

Shigeru Ban's Architecture — Stuff, 2012.0420

Zero-Energy House by Evergreen Homes — Mother Nature Network, 2012.0419

University of Chicago Opens Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts — Time Out Chicago, 2012.0419

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