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APRIL  2008

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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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April 16, 2008    MSNBC Business – Going Green    
By Bryn Nelson : Green roofs popping up in big cities.    
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24056306/

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April 10, 2008    Architectural Record   Polshek’s Newest    
By Barbara Saffir : the world's largest museum dedicated to journalism, opens its doors tomorrow in Washington, D.C.

http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/080410polshek.asp

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March 31, 2008    The Washington Post  new MLB stadium 
By Philip Kennicott :  This Diamond Isn't a Gem.   
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/30/AR2008033002216.html?hpid=artslot&sid=ST2008033002035  

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March 25, 2008    The Los Angeles Times  Local    
By Cara Mia DiMassa   :   Built not to last -- yet still standing.  
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-structure25mar25,0,3926533.story  

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March 25, 2008    The Baltimore Sun – Real Estate
By Jamie Smith :   A ray of light for housing? 
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/realestate/bal-te.bz.homesales25mar25,0,1246676.story

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March 24, 2008     Bloomberg    
By Courtney Schlisserman :  Existing Home Sales in U.S. rose in February.  
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a1qSmdzaJ1gc&refer=home

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March 21, 2008    The New York Times  - Crane Collapse    
By Times staff  :   Inspector Is Charged With Filing False Report.  
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/nyregion/21crane.html?ref=nyregion

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March 19, 2008     BusinessWeek  Architecture   
By Adam Aston  :  From a relic to a certified energy-efficient marvel.
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/mar2008/db20080319_978885.htm?chan=innovation_architecture_top+stories

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March 18, 2008    The Los Angeles Times  Local    
By Cara Mia DiMassa   :   $2-billion plan - Grand Avenue plan gets funding.  
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-grand18mar18,0,3499838.story

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March 17, 2008    The New York Sun  - Crane Collapse
By Benjamin Sarlin : Developers, architects, and engineers have to raise safety standards.    
http://www.nysun.com/article/72999

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March 17, 2008    The New York Times  Regional    
By Manny Fernandez  :   Crane Collapses on Manhattan's East Side, Killing 7.  
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/nyregion/index.html

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March 12, 2008    The Baltimore Sun - Antietam National Battlefield    
By Mathew Brown  :   Fight for 'hallowed ground'.  
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-te.battlefield13mar13,0,4962543.story  

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March 10, 2008     The Wall Street Journal 
By Jim Carlton :    Home Builders Go 'Green' To Seek New to seek new selling point.   
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120467757370611883.html?mod=hpp_us_inside_today  

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February 20, 2008    The San Diego Union Tribune 
By Jeanette Steele :
   Developer finalists seeking input on Civic Center plan.    
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080220-9999-1m20civic.html

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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 Chicago Tribune
By Stephen Franklin :  Trump International Hotel & Tower plans on opening Wednesday.  
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-wed_trumpjan30,0,4824514.story

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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 18, 2008    PBS Solar Energy 
PBS   NOVA: Saved by the Sun.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/solar/?campaign=pbshomefeatures_2_novabrsavedbythesun_2007-10-23

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January 17, 2008    The Seattle Times
By Tah Vinh :  Timberline Lodge, marvel of WPA.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/outdoors/2004128448_nwwtimberline172.html

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January 15, 2008    Minneapolis – ST. Paul   Star Tribune  
By Star Tribune Staff :  Bridge collapse: A half-inch closer to why.
http://www.startribune.com/local/13796646.html

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January 8, 2008    The Houston Chronicle  
By Nancy Sarnoff :  If you have any faith in future at all it's a really good time to be a home buyer.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/biz/5434440.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 29, 2007    PBS   Airs Dec 30th, 8:00 EST    
PBS The Seedy Side of Plants. 
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/plants/index.html?campaign=pbshomefeatures_1_naturebrtheseedysideofplants_2007-12-30  

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December 19, 2007    The Wall Street Journal - interactive map
By Andrew Batson :  Harnessing China's Rivers.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119802214926737977.html?mod=hpp_us_inside_today  

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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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November 24, 2007    The Houston Chronicle  International Space Station
By Mark Carreau :  Astronauts re-route cooling lines in spacewalk.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5325871.html

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November 23, 2007    The Washington Post 
By Criag Whitlock :  Church Tower Lists Toward Tipping Point, If Not a Title.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/22/AR2007112201521.html?hpid=artslot

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November 20, 2007    The New York Times Architecture Review  
By Niccolai Ouroussoff :  Pride and Nostalgia Mix in The Times's New Home .
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/20/arts/design/20time.html

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November 20, 2007    CNBC Economy 
By Reuters Housing Outlook Still Gloomy Despite Higher Starts.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/21897507

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November 18, 2007    AOL Travel
Slide Show Top 10 Art Museums.
http://information.travel.aol.com/galleries/art-museums?ncid=AOLCOMMtravdynl

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November 7, 2007    The Seattle Times - largest proposed tax package in state history
By Andrew Garber :  Huge roads-transit plan gets trounced.
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=elexroadsandtransit07m&date=20071107&query=Roads+%26+Transit+Proposition+1+

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October 22, 2007    CNN California Wildfires 
CNN Quick alert, mass evacuation may have saved lives.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/23/evac.security/index.html

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October 17, 2007    Louisiana  2the advocate - Katrina Recovery
Advocate staff  Two-year forecast: La. to top pre-storm jobs in 2008.
http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/10607782.html

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October 17, 2007    The Austin American Statesman     
By Sarah Coppola :  Developers strike deal for a $250 million Marriott hotel complex.
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/10/18/1018lasmanitas.html

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October 16, 2007    The New York Times     
By Patrick McGeehan :  Man's Vision to Carve Prime Real Estate From Hudson River Proves a Tough Sell.   
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/16/nyregion/16battery.html?pagewanted=1&ref=nyregion

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October 15, 2007    The Los Angeles Times  'Dispact from Greece'
By Tracy Wilkinson :  Taking the long view of architecture in Athens?

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-fg-acropolis15oct15,0,6739072.story?coll=la-home-center

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October 8, 2007    Louisiana  WWLTV.NEWS - Katrina Recovery
By Maya Rodriguez  Fighting blight: New Orleans residents take matters into their own hands.
http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/wwl100607khblight.1450e9335.html

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September 18, 2007    CNN Money.com 
VIDEO Nevada solar power plant creates electricity to power 15,000 homes.
http://money.cnn.com/video/#/video/news/2007/09/18/bg.solar.one.mxf.cnnmoney

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September 13, 2007    Louisiana  WWLTV.NEWS - Katrina Recovery
By Stacia Willson  Dispute continues over building on wetlands.
http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/wwl091207jbwetlands.ca91448c.html

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September 11, 2007    The New York Times 9/11 Ground Zero    
By Cara Buckley :  Relatives allowed on active construction site where their loved ones perished.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/12/nyregion/11service.html?hp

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September 9, 2007    The Washington Post 
News Video :  See New Trade Center Designs.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2007/09/06/VI2007090602481.html

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September 3, 2007    The Philadelphia Inquirer  SLIDESHOW
By Stacy Burling :  Luxury hotel - or hospital?
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/20070903_Luxury_hotel_-_or_hospital_.html

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August 24, 2007    The New York Times    Deutsche Bank building    
By David Dunlap :  New Search Begins for Contractor for a Difficult Job.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/24/nyregion/24company.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

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August 14, 2007    This Old House Magazine 
By Elizabeth Kolleeny :  New Federal Aid for Historic Preservation.
http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/article/0,,20051575,00.html

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July 14, 2007    South Mississippi Sun Herald - Katrina Recovery
By J.R. Welsh : Breathing new life into old courthouse.

http://www.sunherald.com/278/story/97895.html

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July 14, 2007    The New York Times Architecture Review   
By Nicolai Ouroussoff
:  The new addition to the Akron Museum of Art.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/14/arts/design/14coop.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

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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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June 3, 2007    The Houston Chronicle   
By Mike Snyder :  Mississippi communities hope to avoid sprawl in rebuild.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4857397.html

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May 18, 2007    The San Diego Union Tribune
By Jennifer Vigil :  Stop-work order issued on to-tall building.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20070518-9999-1n18sunroad.html

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May 14, 2007    The Dallas Moring News  HOMECENTER
By Kate Goodloe :  Home elevator sales going up.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/classifieds/news/homecenter/realestate/stories/051407class_homeelevators.6aa8a421.html

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May 15, 2007    The Los Angeles Times  'Pardon Our Dust'
Kathy Price-Robinson  Contractor markups: How much is too much?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/pardonourdust/
 

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April 26, 2007    Louisiana  WBRZ.NEWS 2  - Katrina Recovery
By Emily Kern  : AIA selects Central as one of five U.S. cities to receive planning assistance.
http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/7196916.html

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April 26, 2007    The The New York Sun  - Real Estate
By Michael Stoler :  Foreign Investors, A Global Boom Converges on New York Market.    
http://www.nysun.com/article/53262

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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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April 20, 2007    The Los Angeles Times 
By Valerie Reitman  :    dream castle a " $30-million offense against nature? ".
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-megamansion20apr20,0,1876551.story?coll=la-home-headlines

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April 11, 2007    The Los Angeles Times 
By Roger Vincent  British developers - in Beverly Hills, high end indeed.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-luxury11apr11,0,7299824.story?coll=la-home-headlines

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April 11, 2007    The Washington Post 
By Ariana Cha :  West Rises in China's Back Yard / China's Building Boom.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/gallery/070329/GAL-07Mar29-69621/index.html?hpid=artslot

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April 10, 2007    CNN Money.com 
VIDEOA new building in China is stirring an age-old rivalry between that nation and Japan.

http://www.cnn.com/video/player/player.html?url=/video/world/2007/04/10/vause.china.japan.cnn&source=money

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March 29, 2007    The New York Times Special Section  
Business of Green :  Renewable-energy technology isn’t just for the roof anymore.

http://nytimes.com/business/businessspecial2/

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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 21, 2007    The New York Sun - Architecture
By David Lombino :  Big Developers Covet Piece of Ground Zero.

http://www.nysun.com/article/51009

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March 7, 2007   The Chicago Tribune
VIDEO :  Chicago bids for 2016 Olympics - "Stir the Soul".

http://video.chicagotribune.com/global/video/popup/pop_player.asp?clipid1=1282170&at1=Sport

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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://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/jan2007/id20070102_926921.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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