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    The birth of America's skyscrapers (audio slideshow)

    2009-02-23T11:58:00Z

    This fantastic short audio slideshow from the BBC looks at the early 20th century skyscrapers - in particular New York's Woolworth building and Chicago's Monadnock building - transformed the skylines of the world's cities.The show is narrated by David Reynolds Professor of International History at the University of CambridgeClick here ...

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    Playing architecture: BMW cars and Harvard architecture school

    2009-02-23T09:35:00Z

    The Globe looks at a RMJM funded project at Harvard where by students would be asked to design homes in suburbia using the same concepts and materials that BMW is experimenting with in its revolutionary "cloth car," which has an exterior made of flexible fabric ...

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    Gehry's modelling software and cost control

    2009-02-11T11:22:00Z

    Interesting article here in the New York Times on Frank Gehry's modelling software, which he claims allows fabricators to produce a facade with various textures at a price that does not exceed what a developer would pay to build a conventional boxy building of similar dimensions http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/11/business/11gehry.html?_r=1

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    Architects unhappy at US stimulus bill

    2009-02-11T09:18:00Z

    Across the pond, architects are weighing in against the Senate's version of the stimulus bill as it no longer contains funds earmarked for school construction. http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/theskyline/2009/02/whos-mad-about-the-senates-version-of-the-stimulus-bill-architects-.html - Chicago Tribune http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/090210stimuluspasses.asp - Architecture Review The American Institute of Architects is ...

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    Actors hired to make architecture firm look busy

    2009-02-06T09:25:00Z

     Think things are bad in your office? This gem from the States might make you feel better. Apparently, one architect has taken to hiring actors to pretend to be staff whenever a client visits to make the office appear busier.  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lauren-digiulio/a-real-life-extra-100-to_b_162211.html - The Huffington Post

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    D.C.’s new Capitol Visitor Center leaves critics unimpressed

    2009-02-03T13:10:00Z

    LA Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne is distinctly unimpressed by Washington's new Capitol visitors' centre, saying: "when it comes to the aesthetic and financial perils of government-sponsored architecture, you could hardly invent a more perfect cautionary tale than the one embodied by this grandiose complex sunk into the east side ...

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    Eco-bridge for Chicago

    2009-01-30T10:44:00Z

    Chicago's Burnham centennial has already lined up a number of big name architects - including Zaha Hadid and Ben van Berkel - to design pavilions, but a couple of local architects are hoping that there will be a more permanent legacy to the city.Two local architects are planning an eco ...

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    US architects weigh in on Obama's stimulus plan

    2009-01-29T10:35:00Z

    The AIA (America's equivalent of RIBA) have weighed in on the new US economic stimulus plan.If the plan passes, then government buildings, and energy efficient design is likely to be a major beneficiary. Good news right? But as always there is a catch: Which architecture firms will actually get the ...