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• Wright's Taliesin showcases 'organic' architecture (Asbury Park Press)
5 Sep 2008 at 3:50am
The design concepts, revolutionary in Wright's time, are now widely taught in architecture schools and common among builders concerned about the environment.
• Wright's Taliesin showcases 'organic' architecture (AP via Yahoo! News)
4 Sep 2008 at 6:13am
Thousands come each year to the Wisconsin River valley where Frank Lloyd Wright built his home and tested his ideas about building in harmony with nature.
• The LEED creed (Long Island Business News)
4 Sep 2008 at 12:44pm
Juli Kaufmann never did answer the question: Can a building be LEED certified without being green? The question arises because Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design is the most popular of the green-building rating systems, attracting both enthusiastic adherents and furrow-browed doubters.
• State of the City (Santa Fe New Mexican)
3 Sep 2008 at 11:21pm
Good evening residents, neighbors, elected officials, city employees and guests. Welcome to my annual State of the City Address and to our new Community Convention Center.
• Architect's Choice Award winner: Stunning Belcaro Park contemporary (Rocky Mo...
2 Sep 2008 at 1:07pm
When it came time for Glenn Monigle to create his own environment, a glorious 10,500-square-foot estate tucked into an urban forest just moments from downtown, he left nothing to chance. He painstakingly chose the architect, closely collaborated on the design and selected each finish with his trademark precision.
• Housing downturn brings self-storage boom (Las Vegas Business Press)
3 Sep 2008 at 4:00pm
Southern Nevada's self-storage market stayed robust during the first half of 2008, reports Marcus & Millichap, thanks partly to a softened residential market creating more transitional housing needs.
• Building green housing for Wisconsin's tribes (The Capital Times)
3 Sep 2008 at 3:34am
Imagine a house where an extended family could live comfortably -- grandmother, parents, children and maybe an uncle or aunt. And try making that house "green" -- one that would not harm the environment or waste energy. Wisconsin's First Nations are taking the lead in developing such houses for their members -- with a lot of help from the University-Wisconsin Madison and a local architect. The ...
• Real Estate Briefs: Aug. 31, 2008 (Naples Daily News)
2 Sep 2008 at 12:38pm
• Home Calendar (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
29 Aug 2008 at 4:18pm
A look at the week's home calendar events.
• Celebrating Chatham firm's homes (Cape Cod Times)
30 Aug 2008 at 11:15pm
Homes designed and constructed by Chatham-based Polhemus Savery DaSilva Architects Builders are familiar to anyone who's driven around Chatham, but the firm's summer-oriented work is getting a wider audience through a new book, a house tour and an art...
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