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• 2010 ASLA Award call for entries

  
  World Landscape Architect — Authority: 140
  The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has announced the 2010 Awards call for entries. Awards will be presented at the presentation ceremony during the ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO in Washington, D.C., September 10-13, 2010. For more information, visit 2010 ASLA Awards – Call for Entries Entry ...
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• Urban Forest

  
  colectiva — Authority: 533
  This kick as building by MAD Architects goes by the name of Urban Forest , as it has green areas spread throughout it. While these are just a few renders, there’s no doubt in our minds that Chongqing’s skyline will look a lot better when the construction of this building is complete! ...
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• MAD Architects’ Urban Forest Skyscraper For China

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 734
  Inspired by mountainous Chinese landscapes and the traditional villages built their hillsides, MAD Architects has unveiled plans to create a towering vertical Urban Forest. Designed for Chongqing, China, the projects consists of a stacked vertical forest set in the heart of the city, designed to bring more nature ...
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• Urban Forest uplifts both environment and economy

  
  The Design blog — Authority: 648
  Introducing natural surroundings to urban topography, the MAD Architects have popped up a high-rise building, the Urban Forest, which seems to uplift both the environment as well as economy of the area. Situated in Chongqing, China, the commercial structure features curved, abstracted shaped floors connected by a core ...
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• Canada fast-tracks recognition of immigrant degrees

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  By Gurmukh SinghToronto, Dec 1 (IANS) Canada, where a majority of new immigrants cannot find work in their chosen fields because of non-acceptance of their degrees, Monday announced to fast-track recognition of foreign credentials.With the shortage of skilled professions in many professions looms, Immigration Minister ...
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• Truman pool’s future up for debate

  
  Courier Times Now — Authority: 542
  The Bristol Township school board will decide in 2010 if it wants to pump hundreds of thousands of dollars into repairing the swimming pool at Harry S Truman High School. The 50-year old pool is used by physical education classes and classes and summer camps for students with special needs. Truman does not have a ...
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• Can Heritage Buildings Be Called Green?

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 699
  The keefer before its very jazzy renovation We spend a lot of time saying that Heritage buildings are green, but Vancouver architect Gair Williamson , who has worked on a lot of them, says only "sort of" in an interview with a construction industry newspaper. "A building constructed in 1904 is not going to perform ...
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• MAD Architects Call Their Project an "Urban Forest"

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 699
  We have shown vertical farms before, why not vertical urban forests? That is what MAD architects call their new project in Congqing, China. This is not their first swirly tower; they have one under construction just outside of Toronto, nicknamed the Marilyn Monroe building because of its curves.They tell Designboom ...
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• House H by Sou Fujimoto Architects

  
  Home decor, Furniture Design, Interior design magazine | Tevami.com — Authority: 442
  When it comes to space in Tokyo, there isn’t a whole lot of it left and it comes at a premium price. Sou Fujimoto Architects designed this House H in Tokyo to try and make the most out of a limited amount of space. Japanese minimalism has been applied with open spaces that appear larger than they really are. ...
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• Modern Remodel Of The Post War Split Level House Into A Five Level House

  
  DigsDigs — Authority: 477
  This modern remodel is a remodel of post war split-level house into a comfortable living place which provides space for all everyday tasks like listing to music, catching up on e-mail, cooking, doing laundry and hanging out with family and friends. The stair was open up, the roof was raised and the fifth level was ...
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• Empty Building Sites to Become Pop-up Parks

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 699
  Image from bd In the downtown areas of many cities you can see empty lots where building projects have been halted due to the recession. Why not do something useful there instead of letting the garbage collect? Heres an idea: put a park or allotment or market on the empty sites of all those aborted developments. ...
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• Sandile Memela Cuts Loose on the Black Stars of SA Lit

  
  BOOK SA - News — Authority: 480
  Controversial Department of Arts and Culture mandarin Sandile Memela has produced a scathing attack on South Africa’s black writers, accusing the likes of Zakes Mda, Moeletsi Mbeki, William Gumede, Jacob Dlamini and others of pandering to white interests and holding back South Africa’s development into a truly ...
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• Eco Architecture: Sadar Vuya Architects to develop green-roofed sports park in Slovenia

  
  Ecofriend — Authority: 477
  Eco Factor: Sustainable sports park to have a green roof. Sadar Vuya Architects have commenced construction on a unique sports park in Slovenia that will integrate a football stadium, multipurpose sports hall and a shopping center under one expansive green roof. The football stadium will be underground with only ...
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• Derecktor/Azure 52m Awareness Green Yacht Concept

  
  OceanShaker.com — Authority: 132
  The new 52 meter green yacht concept Awareness now has the yacht industry focusing on environmental. This particular yacht is exclusive to the market of the United States and is being constructed by the Derecktor shipyard and the group Azure Naval Architects BV of the Netherlands actually released the concept of this ...
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• TRUTH SQUAD - 9/11 Commissioner Bob Kerrey finally confesses 9-11 Commission could not do it’s job

  
  wacLA.org — Authority: 130
  PART 1 > In Part 1, Jeremy asks Kerrey about the fact that Al Qaeda couldn’t have brought down the buildings on Ground Zero with high tech explosives. So who is the real threat? Kerrey’s response? “I was there that morning, I saw two planes fly into them.” Katy Kurtzman hands Bob Kerrey the ...
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• Glass House Renovation by BLDGS Architects

  
  Home decor, Furniture Design, Interior design magazine | Tevami.com — Authority: 442
  You won’t catch these people throwing any stones, because they have found themselves a glass house. Atlanta based BLDGS Architects renovated this house from it’s original 1910 design and gave it a modern update that features an astounding amount of glass walls. If you are interested in seeing more you can visit ...
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• 78 Shenton Way’s addition adds new depth to existing structure

  
  FIVEFOOTWAY.COM — Authority: 128
  An entry for the WorldArchitectureNews.com Award for the Commercial Sector, this project by Forum Architects involved adding a new office tower extension to an existing high rise office tower at 78 Shenton Way. The existing building comprises a 34-storey tower sitting on a large 3-storey podium linked to a ...
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• Contemporary Japanese House by Archivi Architects & Associates

  
  Home decor, Furniture Design, Interior design magazine | Tevami.com — Authority: 442
  This private home in Wakaura bay, Japan was designed by Archivi Architects & Associates from Osaka. The intention was to build the house around two courtyards which they managed to do extremely well. There is also an impressive mix between wood and plant life which makes the area really come to life. To see ...
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• Hanover House | Kraus Schoenberg Architects

  
  + MOOD — Authority: 518
  Hanover House, image courtesy of Kraus Schoenberg Architects Hanover House, sketches courtesy of Kraus Schoenberg Architects Hanover House by Kraus Schoenberg Architects is the refurbishment and extension project on the rooftop of a Victorian warehouse building located in Bradford, United Kingdom. The ...
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• Elizabeth Diller and Jürgen Mayer H., next week at Columbia

  
  ArchDaily — Authority: 663
  Two events will take place next week at Columbia University. On Monday, ‘Pointless’,  a lecture by Elizabeth Diller. Then on Wednesday, ‘Re:Activators’,  a lecture by Jürgen Mayer H. Both events will take place at 6:30 PM in Avery Hall, Wood Auditorium, Columbia University . Elizabeth Diller is a founding ...
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