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Like its competitors, BMW knows that cool sells. And there is no doubt that BMW Welt — the German motor company's new sales, exhibition, and event center in Munich — is cool.
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When New Urbanism was starting to develop in the 1980's, much of the Charlotte, North Carolina, area was not yet conceived; uptown was dying, and building mixed-use areas was "illegal." The suburban model of growth reigned supreme. But times change.
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More Building and Construction Architects in Glass Houses — New York Times, 2008.0508An Architectural Melting Pot — Newsday, 2008.0507 In England, at Home in a Railroad Station — New York Times, 2008.0507 Home Builders Slow to Embrace Green Development, Report Says — Baltimore Business Journal, 2008.0506 May 6, 2008, 7:53AM Vulcan Materials Cuts 2008 Guidance, Citing Housing Slump — Houston Chronicle, 2008.0506 Homebuilders: Waiting for the Thaw — MSNBC, 2008.0506 Canadian Building Permits Fall to Lowest in 13 Months — Bloomberg, 2008.0506 Tempus: Brick Building — The Times (London), 2008.0506 D.R. Horton Posts $1.3 Bln Loss; Cuts Dividend — Guardian Unlimited, 2008.0506 the New Look of the Bund — Shanghaiist, 2008.0505 Still Unfinished, Cooper Union's New Academic Building Has a Critic — Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008.0505 Brownfields: Prime Time for Growth — Crain's Detroit Business, 2008.0505 Leaning Towers — Sustainable Industries, 2008.0505 Patricia Lancaster, FAIA, Resigns as New York City Building Commissioner — AIArchitect, 2008.0502 Home-Building Industry Woes See Weyerhaeuser Lose $148M in Q1 — Puget Sound Business Journal, 2008.0502 U.K. New Home Building at Seven Year Low — Press Association, 2008.0501 Incubators Seen to Change Babies' Heartbeats — Nature, 2008.0501 Whitney's Downtown Sanctuary — New York Times, 2008.0501 Creative Planning Needed to Mesh Affordable Housing with Open Space — APP.com, 2008.0430 New Zealand Home-Building Approvals Decline 9.1% — Bloomberg, 2008.0430 Gehry-Designed Lewis Library at University Nearing Completion — Central New Jersey, 2008.0429 U.S. Foreclosure Filings Double in First Quarter, Led by Nevada — Bloomberg, 2008.0429 Countrywide Posts $893 Mln Loss as Bad Loans Soar — Guardian Unlimited, 2008.0429 Rising Material Costs Push Up Prices in the Housing Sector — The Hindu, 2008.0429 Interest Rates Slow Tasmanian Housing Market — ABC News (Australia), 2008.0429 Affordable Housing — Las Vegas Review Journal, 2008.0428 Forget the Teardown, the "Unbuild" Is Eco-Friendly but More Costly — Wall Street Journal, 2008.0428 California Works to Contain Blaze Near Los Angeles — Bloomberg, 2008.0428 RPT-UK's Nationwide Ups Minimum Deposit for Home Loans — Reuters, 2008.0428 Unsafe at Any Height? — New York Times, 2008.0424
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