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San Francisco’s infamous Millennium Tower is still sinking… and it may be running out of time

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cm) a year, according to the engineer responsible for fixing the troubled building. At that rate, the building’s elevators and sewage systems would cease to function within a few years according to engineer Ron Hamburger’s report to the city’s municipal Board of Supervisors last week.

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Floating house from Pixar’s ‘Up’ is now available to rent on Airbnb

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Airbnb has added a replica of the floating house from the popular 2009 Pixar film Up and other unique pop culture-inspired stays to its inventory. The house will not exceed the height of 50 ft designated by engineering and crane operators as safe for lifting.”

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Yazdani Studio's Caltech sustainability center is making progress

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When completed, the new complex will serve as the physical hub of the Resnick Sustainability Institute, which has existing at Caltech since 2009. Nearly one year after breaking ground in Pasadena, construction is in full swing for the Resnick Sustainability Center on the Caltech campus. [.]

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4 trends driving the recovering commercial construction sector

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commercial construction industry would ever recover from the darkest days of the recession, particularly in late 2009 and early 2010. Jones Lang LaSalle’s (JLL) 2013 Construction Outlook (PDF) finds that “Extreme Makeover” couldn’t be more appropriate for the commercial construction industry comparing 2009 to present.

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4 trends driving commercial construction, post-recession

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commercial construction industry would ever recover from the darkest days of the recession, particularly in late 2009 and early 2010. Jones Lang LaSalle’s (JLL) 2013 Construction Outlook (PDF) finds that “Extreme Makeover” couldn’t be more appropriate for the commercial construction industry comparing 2009 to present.

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Rem Koolhaas designs Taipei Performing Arts Center to "contribute to the history of the theatre"

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Commissioned by the Taipei City Government in 2009, the 59,000-square-metre cultural landmark has a distinctive form with three auditoriums protruding from a central cuboid volume. The Taipei Performing Arts Center has been in construction for over a decade, with construction starting in 2012 after OMA won the commission in 2009.

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CLB Architects takes "residential" approach for Jackson Hole Airport

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Jackson Hole Airport dates back to the 1930s Around 2009, it received a major update by the Denver office of global studio Gensler , with Jackson-based CLB Architects serving as the local associate architect. In more recent years, CLB has served as the design architect for a series of renovations and additions spanning five phases.