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JANUARY   2012

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January 3, 2012   YAHOO News
Associated Press : More construction spending shows growth accelerating

http://beta.finance.yahoo.com/news/factories-builders-boost-economy-end-172142243.html

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December 19, 2011    FORBES
By John Giuffo :  
Surprising Secrets Of Famous Buildings

http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngiuffo/2011/12/19/surprising-secrets-of-famous-buildings/  

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November 17, 2011    CNBC REALTY CHECK
By Diana Olick :   Home Builders See Signs of Hope

http://www.cnbc.com/id/45321962

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November 2, 2011    Construction Advisor Today WPL Publishing Company; Inc
By George H. DuBose :   When green becomes code: Do buildings get better or do lawyers get richer?

http://www.magnetmail.net/actions/email_web_version.cfm?recipient_id=232667780&message_id=1599900&user_id=WPL_&group_id=427471&jobid=7785145

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October 11, 2011    The New York Times Art & Design
By Michael Kimmelman  :  New York's Public Architecture Gets a Face-Lift

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/11/arts/design/new-yorks-public-architecture-gets-a-facelift.html?_r=2&hp

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October 4, 2011   The Wall Street Journal  
By Theresa Poletti  :   Apple's new campus: insular by design

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/apples-campus-is-insular-for-a-reason-2011-10-04?dist=beforebell  

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October 3, 2011    The Denver Post
AP Martin Crutsinger  :  Construction spending up but pace is still weak  

http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_19029278  

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September 27, 2011   The Los Angeles Times 
By Rodger Vincent :  
Paramount Pictures plans $700-million upgrade to Hollywood lot
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-paramount-20110921,0,5124336.story

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September 12, 2011   The Wall Street Journal  
By Michael Totty :   How to Build a Greener City

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904009304576535113877346554.html?mod=WSJ_hp_MIDDLETopStories

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September 7, 2011   AECOM e-magazine
Video :  The re-building of the World Trade Center (WTC) complex in New York City

http://one.aecom.com/issue02/#!/project-focus

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September 7, 2011   CNN News
Video  :  Building the World Trade Center - twice!

http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2011/09/05/n_911_wtc_mennella.cnnmoney/

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August 24, 2011   The Washington Post
Slide Show :  The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/scenes-before-a-memorials-debut/2011/08/21/gIQAXIqcVJ_gallery.html#photo=1

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August 24, 2011   YAHOO Breakout
By Matt Nesto : Next Stimulus Must Be for the Housing Market

http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/breakout/next-stimulus-must-housing-market-hays-195340140.html

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August 17, 2011    The Boston Globe
By Casey Ross  :  47-story tower to be Boston's largest residential building
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2011/08/17/developer_offers_new_details_on_copley_tower/?p1=News_links

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August 16, 2011    REUTERS 
Washington DC :  Housing starts continue to bounce along the bottom.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/16/us-usa-economy-idUSTRE77A2BR20110816

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August 15, 2011    The Las Vegas Review-Journal 
By Howard Stutz  :  MGM Resorts to demolish defective Harmon hotel tower at CityCenter in Vegas
http://www.lvrj.com/business/mgm-resorts-seeks-clark-county-approval-to-implode-harmon-tower-127762883.html

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August 4, 2011    The Chicago Tribune
By Mary Podmolik  :   Homebuilders pick their spots in search for buyers

http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-biz-0804-home-construction-20110804,0,6647815.story  

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July 23, 2011    The Los Angeles Times 
By Lisa Boone :  
Oxnard beach home is renovated from 'tear-down' to rustic charmer
http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-hollywood-beach-20110723,0,7811540.story

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July 21, 2011   The Wall Street Journal Market Watch  
By Steven St. John  :   Time to Buy: Housing Recovery Is Under Way

http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/time-to-buy-housing-recovery-underway-2011-07-21/52EDA9A3-4F24-4600-A369-B32AF30C37D0?link=mw_story_kiosk#!52EDA9A3-4F24-4600-A369-B32AF30C37D0

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April 20, 2011    YAHOO News
Associated Press : New-home construction rises to six-month high

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Newhome-construction-apf-1475755996.html?x=0

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April 9, 2011    The New York Times U.S.
By William Yardley  :  Seattle Ponders the Wisdom of Replacing a Roadway
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/us/10tunnel.html?_r=2&hp

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March 30, 2011    FOX BUSINESS
By Elizabeth MacDonald :   First Green Cars, Now Green Buildings
http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2011/03/30/green-carsnow-green-buildings/

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March 25, 2011    The Detroit News 
By Tom Greenwood :   Decaying Central Depot to get spruce-up
http://www.detnews.com/article/20110325/METRO01/103250394/Decaying-Central-Depot-to-get-spruce-up

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March 25, 2011    The Los Angeles Times 
By Sam Farmer :   Gensler selected by AEG to design proposed $1 billion football stadium

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-0325-nfl-stadium-20110325,0,4619561.story

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March 1, 2011     MSN REAL ESTATE
By John Roach of SwitchYard Media  :   From blighted to bling: 10 revitalized neighborhoods

http://realestate.msn.com/slideshow.aspx?cp-documentid=27746032&ocid=msnre_moneyhp

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February 17, 2011   The Wall Street Journal
By Steven St. John  :   Homes That Help You Take Aging in Stride

http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/homes-that-help-you-take-aging-in-stride-2011-02-17/D2C03AD5-9310-47A2-871B-6B9969D2AD0B?link=kiosk#!D2C03AD5-9310-47A2-871B-6B9969D2AD0B

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February 16, 2011    The Chicago Tribune CITYSCAPES
By Blair Kamin  :   City poised to ease lakefront trail bottleneck with 'Navy Pier Flyover'

http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/theskyline/2011/02/city-poised-to-ease-lakefront-trail-bottleneck-with-navy-pier-flyover-.html

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February 1, 2011    The Denver Post
By Jeffery Leib  :   Santiago Calatrava - DIA South Terminal Development Project

http://photos.denverpost.com/mediacenter/2010/07/dia-south-terminal-development-project/  

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January 13, 2011   The Wall Street Journal
By Steven St. John  :   The Castle on Skid Row

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703909904576051950137854170.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_read

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December 4, 2010    Construction Advisor Today   WPL Publishing Company; Inc
By Bruce Jervis :   Early Completion Incentive Bonuses
 

http://constructionadvisortoday.com/2010/12/early-completion-incentive-bonuses.html

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December 3, 2010    New York City Real Estate Publishing
Optimal Spaces :   Office vacancies decreased in all three markets in Manhattan

http://www.optimalspaces.com/cms/december-2010-nyc-office-retail-industrial-space-rental-market-report

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October 12, 2010    The New York Times  Environment
By Matthew L. Wald  :  Offshore Wind Power Line Wins Praise, and Backing
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/12/science/earth/12wind.html?_r=2&hp

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October 12, 2010    The Los Angeles Times
By Tiffany Hsu :  
Visions taking shape for proposed CleanTech Corridor in downtown L.A.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-clean-tech-corridor-20101012,0,2542200.story

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September 10, 2010    The New York Times Interactive
By David W. Dunlap  :  How the new World Trade Center complex is taking shape
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/09/10/nyregion/2010-wtc.html?hp

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September 9, 2010    The New York Times Opinion
Enter the discussion  :  Redefining What 'Home' Means
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/09/07/redefining-home-in-a-depressed-market

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August 27, 2010   WWLTV New Orleans Louisiana
Special Edition :   Katrina 5 Years Later

http://www.wwltv.com/katrina-anniversary

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August 25, 2010   The New York Times City Room
By Charles Bagli :  New Skyscraper to Rival Empire State Building
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/new-skyscraper-to-rival-empire-state-building/?hp

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August 20, 2010   The Los Angeles Times
By W. Hamilton & A. Lazo :   Professional investors flipping foreclosed homes
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-homes-investors-20100820,0,7168785.story?page=1

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July 24, 2010     MSN TRAVEL
slide show 15 images :   Man-Made Marvels

http://www.bing.com/travel/content/search?q=Man-Made+Marvels%3a+Henderson+Waves&cid=msnsp1150887&form=TRVCON&gt1=41000  

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July 5, 2010   The Post and Courier Charleston SC
By Robert Behre :   Restoring Morris Island Lighthouse
http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/jul/05/shoring-up-the-light/

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June 28, 2010   The Houston Chronicle
By Jennifer Patrick :   Eco Green Resort Coming to New Caney
http://blogs.chron.com/houstonshiring/2010/06/earthquest_adventures_an_eco_g_1.html  

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June 16, 2010     MSN REAL ESTATE
By Stephane Fitch Forbes :   Presidential homes hit by housing crash
http://realestate.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=24534729&GT1=35006

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May 6, 2010   The Washington Post
By Fredrick Kunkle :  launching portable housing for aging relatives
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/05/AR2010050503074.html?hpid=artslot

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May 2, 2010   The Capital Hometown Annapolis
By Erin Cox :  Crownsville Hospital property remains in limbo
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2010/05/02-55/Crownsville-Hospital-property-remains-in-limbo.html

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April 24, 2010   The New York Times N.Y. / Region
PANORAMIC VIEW :  The New World Trade Center
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/04/23/nyregion/20100423-groundzero-panos.html?hp

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April 19 , 2010   MarketWatch  from The Wall Street Journal 
Amy Hoak's Home Economics : Sensible remodels for a flat housing market
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sensible-remodels-for-a-flat-housing-market-2010-04-19

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April 19, 2010   The Baltimore Sun
By Timothy Wheeler :  Baltimore details progress in move toward sustainability

http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/green/bs-gr-city-sustainability-report-20100419,0,3325191.story

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April 15, 2010   The Detroit News
By Leonard N. Fleming:  Detroit Mayor asks leaders to reinvest in city

http://www.detnews.com/article/20100415/METRO01/4150464/1409/Bing-asks-leaders-to-reinvest-in-city

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April 6, 2010   The Houston Chronicle
By Tom Fowler   :   New Deal-era murals will soon be restored
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6947013.html

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April 5, 2010   The Los Angeles Times
Times Staff   :   Mexicali quake stronger than Haiti's, but far less destructive. Why?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/04/mexicali-quake-stronger-than-haiti-but-far-less-destructive-why.html  

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January 14, 2010   The ENGINEER
By Siobhan Wagner   :   Haiti needs seismic-resistant buildings

http://www.theengineer.co.uk/news/haiti-needs-seismic-resistant-buildings/1000572.article

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April 1, 2010   The Washington Post
By John Kelly :  Friends of the Obelisk's want to move the Washington Monument 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/31/AR2010033103647.html?hpid=artslot   

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March 19, 2010   The Dallas Moring News
By Christy Hoppe :  Solar panels on public projects stoke payback debate

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/032010dntexsolarpanels.4085bf3.html

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March 1, 2010   The Washington Post
By Post Staffi :  Chilean earthquake toll limited by good planning 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/28/AR2010022800062.html?hpid=topnews

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February 8, 2010    The Seattle Times Local News
By Emily Heffter :  Seattle wants taller buildings
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011011910_vulcan08m.html

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January 4, 2010    BBC  NEWS
British Broadcasting Corp. : Dubai to open world's tallest building
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8439618.stm

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December 21, 2009    FOX  NEWS
Associated Press : First Jesus-Era House Found in Nazareth, Israel
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2009/12/21/jesus-era-house-nazareth-israel/  

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December 21, 2009    The Los Angeles Times
By Ashley Powers   :   Vegas bets it all on new CityCenter complex
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-city-center21-2009dec21,0,5236080.story

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November 2, 2009    MLive.com  Michigan Live
By Julia Bauer  :   Grand Rapids furniture company builds massive table for Kuwaiti government.
http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2009/10/grand_rapids_furniture_company.html  

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September 29, 2009   BusinessWeek  BLOOMBERG
By Jennifer Fishbein :  Molding New Structures from Concrete.
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/11/1113_concrete/index_01.htm

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September 20, 2009   The Washington Post
By Alexa Yabolinski :  Reconnecting a house to the nature surrounding it. 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/11/AR2009091102321.html?hpid=topnews

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September 19, 2009   The Los Angeles Times
Slide Show   :   A Malibu retreat that is modern, fresh and fire resistant.
http://www.latimes.com/features/la-hm-buckner-sept09-pictures,0,3332349.photogallery

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September 7, 2009   myFOX  New York  
Video News Report : Resurgence of Lower Manhattan 8 Years After 9/11.
http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/sept_11/090907_resurgence_lower_manhattan

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July 27, 2009   MSN.com  Travel 
SLIDE SHOW : The World's Most Amazing Buildings.
http://guides.travel.msn.com/Guides/MSNTravelSlideShow.aspx?cp-documentid=1081089&icid=msn1081089&gt1=40000

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July 14, 2009   MSNBC.com  from around the world 
SLIDE SHOW : UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31544796/ns/travel-picture_stories/displaymode/1247/?beginSlide=1&beginChapter=1&beginTab=1

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June 24, 2009   The New York Times US
By Susan Saulny :  Sears Tower to Be Revamped to Produce Most of Its Own Power.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/us/25sears.html?_r=1

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April 9, 2009   CNN.com Video
WBBH’S Grant Boxleitner : 'Solar' city plans unveiled.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2009/04/09/boxleitner.fl.solar.city.wbbh

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March 11, 2009   REUTERS  
By Tim Gaynor & Steve Gorman : Fast-growing Western U.S. cities face water crisis.
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE52A1WY20090311

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December 4, 2008   The Wall Street Journal 
By Daniel Michaels  :  Working With NASA, Italian Technicians Build a 'Cupola' for the Space Station.  
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122834739373977467.html

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December 2, 2008    The Los Angeles Times BUSSINESS
By Maria Dickerson   :   Edison's rooftop solar project powers up.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-sunroof2-2008dec02,0,3036433.story

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November 20, 2008    Forbes   Housing
By Maurna DesmondMass Production Vs. McMansions.
http://www.forbes.com/home/2008/11/20/manufactured-housing-buffett-markets-equity-cx_md_1119markets23.html
 

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November 5, 2008    The New York Times Then / Now
By David Dunlap :  History Finally Finds the State Office Building on 125th Street.  
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/06/nyregion/06thennow.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion&oref=slogin  

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September 30, 2008    The Chicago Tribune  ”Stroll the White City
the Columbian Exposition of 1893 :  Old Chicago: Rare photos unearthed.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/photostore/chi-080926-white-city-photogallery,0,2594292.photogallery

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September 24, 2008    The Chicago Tribune
By CARYN ROUSSEAU  :  Trumps top off Chicago tower.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-trumptower,0,2721567.story  

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September 21, 2008    The New York Times 
Panoramic Video :  Goodbye Yankee Stadium.  
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/09/21/sports/baseball/20080921_YANKEES_PANO2.html

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August 30, 2008    The Washington Post
origins and evolution of the Nation's Capital :  INTERACTIVE: D.C.'s Landscape Then and Now.   
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/artsandliving/magazine/features/2008/dc-1791-to-today/?hpid=artslot  

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July 29, 2008    The Los Angeles Times Earthquake 101 
LA QUAKE  :   Graphic: How to quake-proof your home.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-020708-quakesafety-fl,0,7709248.flash  

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July 12, 2008     The Wall Street Journal  
By Shai Oster  :  Olympian Architecture.  
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121582231049147809.html?mod=hpp_us_inside_today

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July 7, 2008    The Wall Street Journal  
By
Ana Campoy : Cities Explore Whether It's Smart to Be Dense.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121538754733231043.html?mod=hpp_us_inside_today

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July 1, 2008    The Los Angeles Times Magazine    
By Valli Herman   :   The new eco-friendly Hotel Palomar is luxuriously green.
http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-tr-hotel6-2008jul06

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July 1, 2008    The Wall Street Journal  
Early American History : tour of Revolutionary War sites in Lower Manhattan
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121486977257617705.html?mod=hpp_us_inside_today  

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June 25, 2008    BBC News 
World News  :  Dubai plans 'moving' skyscraper.   
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7472722.stm

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June 17, 2008    The Wall Street Journal 
By Jonathan Karp :  Demographic Changes, High Gasoline Prices May Hasten Demand for Urban Living.   
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121366811790479767.html?mod=RealEstateMain_2  

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June 12, 2008    The New York Times  - SLIDE SHOW    
By Fred Conrad  :  Lens | Geometries.  
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/06/10/nyregion/20080611_LENS_SLIDESHOW_index.html  

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April 24, 2008    The New York Times  - City Room    
By Timothy Williams  :  How to Redevelop a Castle in the Bronx.  
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/24/how-to-redevelop-a-castle-in-the-bronx/

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February 1, 2008    Louisiana  WWLTV.NEWS - Katrina Recovery
By Stephen McNair  Nearly 200 years old, Napoleon House's architecture stands test of time.
http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/wwl011608tpnapoleon.2bc9ab3b.html

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February 1, 2008     The New York Sun  - Real Estate
By Michael Stoler :   Curved Buildings: Softening the Edges of the City.    
http://www.nysun.com/article/70555  

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January 30, 2008    The Philadelphia Inquirer  SLIDESHOW
Multimedia :    Philadelphia Then and Now.
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/multimedia/8023212.html

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January 4, 2008    The New York Times      
By Kathryn Matthews   Where Others Saw a Big Old Barn, They Saw a Home.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/04/travel/escapes/04away.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

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December 18, 2007    The New York Times Regional      
By Sewell Chan    Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass.
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/18/dumbo-is-now-protected-as-a-historic-district/  

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June 13, 2007    BusinessWeek Architecture 
By James Murdock  : World Monuments Fund Unveils 2008 "Watch List".   
http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/jun2007/id20070613_725217.htm?chan=innovation_architecture_great+spaces

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April 16, 2007    BusinessWeek Companies 
By James Olan Hutcheson The End of a 1,400-Year-Old Japanese temple builder - Kongo Gumi.    
http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/apr2007/sb20070416_589621.htm?chan=rss_topStories_ssi_5

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March 28, 2007    The Seattle Times Hualapai Indian Tribe  
By ROSS D. FRANKLIN / AP
:  Photography - The Grand Canyon Skywalk.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/photogalleries/traveloutdoors2003633312/1.html

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March 5, 2007   BBC News Technology  
By Jonathan Fildes :  The 'new age' of super materials.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6412057.stm

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February 15, 2007    CNN Money.com
By Alexandria LangOffice spaces of the future.
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0702/gallery.office_space.fortune/index.html

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January 07, 2007    The Washington Post
Courtesy of the National Air and Space Museum :  Earth From Space.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/galleries/070102/earthfromspace/index.html  

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January 02, 2007    BusinessWeek Architecture 
By Helen Walters  Libraries for the Internet Age.    

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/01/0102_wow_libraries/index_01.htm  

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June 22, 2006    BusinessWeek American Institute of Architects Awards  
Architectural Record Best Buildings of the Year.    

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/06/aia_arch/index_01.htm?campaign_id=netscape_realestate

 

 

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