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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 :
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?
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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
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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*****************************************************
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
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
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July 23, 2011
The Los Angeles Times*****************************************************
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
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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
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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
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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>1=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?
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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
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>1=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 Desmond
: Mass 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
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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
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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*****************************************************
April 16, 2007
BusinessWeek Companies*****************************************************
March 28, 2007
The Seattle Times Hualapai Indian Tribe*****************************************************
March 5, 2007
BBC News Technology*****************************************************
February 15, 2007
CNN Money.com*****************************************************
January 07, 2007
The Washington Post*****************************************************
January 02, 2007
BusinessWeek Architecturehttp://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
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/06/aia_arch/index_01.htm?campaign_id=netscape_realestate
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