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PREFAB CLAY-TILE AND CONCRETE-BLOCK FRAMING SYSTEMS Focusing on structural engineering issues involved in the repair, restoration, or adaptive reuse of older buildings for which drawings no longer exist, this article is the fourth in a series about antiquated structural systems that can be adapted or reanalyzed for safe reuse. —Editor
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For decades, the lower level of the Redpath Library Building at McGill University languished as a drab, dimly lit, compartmentalized box within which books and students were stowed. That changed when the Montreal school revamped some of that standard institutional library space into the Cyberthèque — an open, stylish, technology-centered learning space that has become one of the university's most popular study areas.
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Two houses in east Australia exhibit powerful simplicity in form, space, and circulation, while each effectively addresses the specifics of its contrasting site, seaside or subdivision. Designed by two different Brisbane firms, each lead by young principals, both of these houses show environmentally conscious responses to the subtropical climate of the southeastern Queensland area, with warm, humid summers and mild winters.
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ONE-WAY AND TWO-WAY CLAY-TILE AND UNIT-MASONRY JOIST SYSTEMS Focusing on structural engineering issues involved in the repair, restoration, or adaptive reuse of older buildings for which drawings no longer exist, this article is the third in a series on antiquated structural systems that can be adapted or reanalyzed for safe reuse. —Editor
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More Building and Construction Piano’S Paycheck — Times of Malta, 2009.1008Architectural Design of New Barnes Museum Gets Initial Approval — WHYY, 2009.1007 Water-Saturated Excavation a Big Challenge in Construction of Toronto College — Journal of Commerce, 2009.1007 Police Investigate Collapse — Prague Post, 2009.1007 Who’S to Blame for Faulty Foster Tower? — Architectural Record, 2009.1006 Meet the New YV-Tech — Yakima Herald, 2009.1006 Russian Governor OK's Petersburg Skyscraper — Associated Press, 2009.1006 P.R. Efforts Low-Key Even as Opening of CityCenter Nears — Las Vegas Sun, 2009.1005 Nyc Should Have Even Smaller Apartments — City Limits, 2009.1005 Last Call for an Elegant Rail Station — New York Times, 2009.1003 Company Says It Can Fix Drywall — Big Builder Online, 2009.1001 August Pending Home Sales Rise to 2 1/2 Year High — Associated Press, 2009.1001 Prefab Clay-Tile and Concrete-Block Framing Systems — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0930 New Delhi Journal Indian Maze Complicates Building of a Global Stage — New York Times, 2009.0930 New Zealand August Home-Building Approvals Rise 1.7% — Bloomberg, 2009.0929 Private Sector: Housing Recovery Vital to Ending the Recession — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2009.0929 Debris Fall at Calgary Fatal Work Accident Site 'Inexcusable' — Calgary Herald, 2009.0928 KB Home Posts Smaller 3Q Loss as Sales Increase — Associated Press, 2009.0926 Sir Stuart Lipton: Developer's View — Property Week, 2009.0925 Borrowers Rush in as Mortgage Rates Slip Below 5% — Los Angeles Times, 2009.0925 Goods Orders, New-Home Sales in U.S. Probably Rose Last Month — Bloomberg, 2009.0925 What the Housing 'Rebound' Means for You — CNN, 2009.0925 Table of Data on Existing US Home Sales — Wall Street Journal, 2009.0924 Canada’S Housing Starts Rise in August — Daily Commercial News and Construction Record, 2009.0924 Economists React: Home Resales Drop ‘Unpleasant Surprise’ — Wall Street Journal, 2009.0924 Sales of Existing U.S. Homes Probably Climbed as Prices Fell — Bloomberg, 2009.0924 A Place Fit for the Boss — New York Times, 2009.0924 Alison Brooks Wins Northampton University Redevelopment Project — BD, 2009.0924 Alison Brooks Wins Northampton University Redevelopment Project — BD, 2009.0924
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