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ArchitectureChicago PLUS 2013-02-14 23:38:00
click images for larger view Today, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Landmarks Illinois moved for a voluntary dismissal of their complaint in Cook County Circuit Court, signaling the end of their legal challenge against the City of Chicago and the Commission on Chicago Landmarks. At the end, even the members of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks were coming to the realize …


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ArchitectureChicago PLUS 2013-02-13 16:27:00
This picks up from my first Finishing the Riverwalk post last week to continue westward with City of Chicago's new plan to complete the Chicago Riverwalk along the north bank of the river from State Street to Lake Street, which has remained unfinished since the reconstruction of West Wacker Drive over a decade ago.CDOT Chicago Riverwalk proposal - The Cove (click …


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ArchitectureChicago PLUS 2013-02-15 17:01:00
It's almost here: National Engineers Week, February 17-23, the annual event that bring engineers into the spotlight often hogged by their architect partners, reminding us that no matter how beautiful a building might be, it's a whole better when an engineer is on board to make sure it doesn't fall down.This Sunday, February 17, the Chicago Architecture Foundation kicks it all …


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BLDG BLOG 2013-02-10 17:22:00
[Image: Recording a landscape; photo courtesy of Jan Magne Gjerde, via Past Horizons Archaeology]. Last winter, Past Horizons Archaeology ran some remarkable photos from a site in NW Russia, close to the border with Norway, where more than a thousands petroglyphs have been discovered carved into the horizontal surface of the local bedrock. Most of the site had been buried under …


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Climate Progress 2013-02-10 17:25:52
Obama has now framed climate action and inaction in moral terms, as a betrayal of future generations. So it seemed like a good time to run this (slightly) updated repost, which explains why our inaction is indeed sich a betrayal. That — and it’s my own daughter’s six birthday. Fundamentally, homo “sapiens” sapiens has constructed the grandest of Ponzi schemes, whereby …


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ArchitectureChicago PLUS 2013-02-10 17:57:00
News: ripped from the headlines! (of items in my inbox). . . Graham Foundation - Grants to Organizations Application Deadline is February 25th.  Last year, the Graham ladled out $400,000 to over 40 projects by organizations, and they're at it again.  The first step is submitting an Inquiry Form.  Details here. Society of Architectural Historians Mellon Author Awards - The Andrew …


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BLDG BLOG 2013-02-10 19:57:00
With my eyes on all things fault-related these days, as we're now in the third week of the San Andreas Fault National Park studio up at Columbia, I was interested in a brief moment from poet Simon Armitage's new memoir, Walking Home. [Image: Hadrian's Wall (not the wall described below) on the Whin Sill, via Wikipedia]. While hiking with a friend …


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Christopher Hume 2013-02-10 11:36:43
Police were called in after tempers flared at Pearson’s Park N’ Fly Sunday morning, where customers complained of waiting several hours to get their vehicles.“There was a whole bunch of people waiting and people were starting to get aggravated so we stood by and kept the peace,” said Const. Erin Cooper.Cooper said a complainant called around 7:30 a.m. to say there …


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Climate Progress 2013-02-10 15:00:11
According to the latest research from Bloomberg New Energy Finance, electricity from wind power can now be supplied more cheaply in Australia than power from either coal or natural gas — and solar and other forms of renewable energy aren’t far behind. Older coal-fired power plants from the 70s and 80s still compete at lower prices than renewables — but only …


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Contemporist 2013-02-10 11:13:41
Washington-based Calico Studio have designed the Nautilus Studio. Description from Calico Studio Most artists if pressed could work in the most awkward of spaces, adapting to their means. Our artist wanted a space that would call her to create. The studio is tucked in between existing trees in close proximity to the main house providing a visual connection to her family that can …


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Plataforma Arquitectura (in Spanish) 2013-02-10 12:00:45
© Juan SolanoArquitectos: Seinfeld Arquitectos Ubicación: San Isidro, Lima, Perú Arquitecto A Cargo: Cynthia Seinfeld Colaborador: Martín Zavaleta Constructor: Unitas Terreno: 517 m2 Área: 540.0 m2 Año Proyecto: 2008 Fotografías: Juan Solano El proyecto es el resultado de un estudio minucioso de la relación entre los  espacios públicos y privado en el recorrido de ingreso suceden diversos momentos. Es en …


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Climate Progress 2013-02-10 14:06:53
By Rebecca Lefton and Julius Fischer Easy to read, reliable and current data can be hard to come by. The new Sustainable Energy in America 2013 Factbook produced by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), and commissioned by the Business Council on Sustainable Energy (BCSE), provides detailed information on topics ranging from US energy consumption, to the boom in natural gas and …


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Lloyd's Blog 2013-02-10 19:59:00
Boy is this a great website! There must be 10,000 images. As soon as I get my laptop hooked into the house TV screen (soon), I'm gonna view these like a movie. Just ran across it while searching out a photographer. What a find! "?welcome to my raggle-taggle blog of randomness, where you can rummage through a suitcase of "borrowed" miscellany. oh …


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Plataforma Arquitectura (in Spanish) 2013-02-10 14:00:26
Cortesía de De Fournier & AssociadosProyecto Premiado Premio ASBEA 2012, Mención en Categoría Edificios InstitucionalesLas Grúas de Palermo, elementos significativos en el paisaje de la ciudad hace 30 años, tienen la posibilidad de volverse el marco inicial de la revitalización del puerto con la implantación de un centro cultural y de ocio con el aprovechamiento de sus estructuras, además de la …


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