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Concept to Completion: A Tale of Tenacity in Small Community Architecture

SW Oregon Architect

The City of Myrtle Point initially retained my firm, Robertson/Sherwood/Architects, in November of 2002 for the purpose of designing a new building to replace its aging and undersized public library. We updated the project’s cost estimate in 2006 and once more in 2008. Alas, budget constraints loomed large. Fast forward to 2020.

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High-Speed heritage auction spotlights Paul Newman’s racing legacy

The Spaces

’ Lot 199: 1998 Volvo V90 ‘Volvette’, estimate $20,000-$25,000. The first was his acting, the second was his charitable foundation, and the third was his racing legacy. Lot 199: 1998 Volvo V90 ‘Volvette’, estimate $20,000-$25,000. Estimate $3,000-$5,000. I used to love driving it.

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Competitions: Tender for Schematic Design and Foundation Pit Design of CGN New Research Center Pre-qualification Announcement

Bustler

Tender Condition The Tender for Schematic Design and Foundation Pit Design of CGN New Research Center (Tender No.: The tender content is the schematic design and the foundation pit design of CGN New Research Center covering a site area of 71752.4?, The foundation pit construction document design is allowed to be sub-contracted.

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Competitions: Tender for Schematic Design and Foundation Pit Design of CGN New Research Center Pre-qualification Announcement

Bustler

Tender Condition The Tender for Schematic Design and Foundation Pit Design of CGN New Research Center (Tender No.: The tender content is the schematic design and the foundation pit design of CGN New Research Center covering a site area of 71752.4?, The foundation pit construction document design is allowed to be sub-contracted.

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

Architizer

Tellingly, the idea to cofound the studio came while Bordas and her partner were working together at the Louis Vuitton Foundation, an experience where the paradoxical proximity and distance between the world of design and engineering was attenuated. Right: Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia; images via Yale School of Architecture and ANTIQUES.

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Green Means Go: 6 of the World’s Highest Rated LEED Certified Buildings

Architizer

The Frick Environmental Centre was designed as a joint venture between the City of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy after the park it now sits in place of was destroyed by a fire in 2002. Today it produces more energy than it uses and has net-zero impact on the environment. Want to earn global recognition for your projects?

Building 103
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Who owns Baltimore's vacant houses and how to fix them up?

Community Architect Daily

Their programs to eliminate vacant houses had colorful names: Mayor Martin O'Malley inaugurated his Project 5000 (or P5k) in 2002 and in 2010 Stephany Rawlings Blake created Vacants to Value (V2V). Back then the number of vacant houses was estimated to be 12,500. It took seven months to clear the next 33."