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11/04/09 Resilient Cities Spurred On By San Francisco Planning Group

A San Francisco civic group is seeking support for an ambitious, 50-year plan, called the Resilient City Initiative, that could help minimize loss and speed recovery after the "Big One."
10/28/09 Boosters Try To Stay Upbeat During Slump

A Chicago architect is producing a holistic planning approach to reduce carbon emissions in dense urban cores.
10/21/09 Guangzhou’s Big Improvements Coming

With three projects under construction and three more scheduled to start by the end of the year, officials in Guangzhou, China, are spending nearly $1 billion to prepare the north axis of the city’s center for the 16th Asian Games, which begin on Nov. 12, 2010.
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10/21/09 New Island for Bahrain
10/14/09 Funding Plan Moves Coast Guard HQ From Design-Bid-Build to Design-Build
10/14/09 Brookhaven National Laboratory Gives Green Light to New Light Lab's Contractor
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10/13/09 AIA Study: 2008 Billings Topped $44B, Green Practice and BIM Gaining Ground
10/07/09 Fed’s Report Cites Wind Loads In Football Facility Collapse
09/09/09 Shake-Table Tests Prove 'Rocking' Frame
08/19/09 New Coast Guard Headquarters Is GSA's Largest Stimulus-Funded Project
07/22/09 Shake Test Proves Design Method for Wood Frames
07/15/09 Historic-Size Quake Test Validates 'Performance' Seismic Design
06/17/09 Design for Cairo Mixed-Use Project Has Multinationals in Mind
06/05/09 Ellerbe Becket Replaces Gehry As Architect for Brooklyn Arena
05/27/09 Addition to Walter Reed Military Hospital Reaches Milestone
05/13/09 Sears Tower To Lose Its Name But Add Breathtaking View
05/13/09 Independence Hall’s Leaks Uncover Mystery Iron Rods
05/13/09 Round Three on Building Standard
04/22/09 Landscape Architects Seek ‘Makeover’ of National Mall
04/15/09 Design Team Picked for New National African-American Museum
04/08/09 Discord Over Proposed Connection Design Changes
04/01/09 Engineer Recommends Exterior Fixes for National Art Gallery
12/17/08 Private Foundation Funds Work To Improve Building Quality
11/26/08 Feds Complete WTC Study
11/12/08 Green-Site Rating Coming by 2012
10/15/08 WTC Hub’s Complex Design Overhauled for Constructibility
10/08/08 Convex Design Promotes Sound Diffusion
10/08/08 Is Planned 1-Kilometer Tower A Stretch of the Imagination?
09/24/08 Extra Stairwell for High-Rises Required in 2009 Model Code
09/24/08 Changes Likely to 2002 Fire Report
09/24/08 China Pushes Sustainability As Urbanization Intensifies
09/17/08 Manhattan's New Landmark
06/25/08 Italy To Export 'Turning Towers'
06/18/08 A Pavilion at Spain's Expo Zaragoza Uses Water for Walls
05/28/08 Seattle Weighs Upgrades for Unreinforced-Masonry Buildings
05/21/08 Methodology Coming Soon for Performance-Based Buildings
05/14/08 Massive Earthquake Devastates Central China
05/14/08 Rx for Texas Army Medical Site: A $2-Billion High-Tech Upgrade
05/07/08 Form-Based Codes Help Shape New Urbanism
04/30/08 Chicago's Deadly Fire Dispute Is Settled for $100 Million
04/30/08 Unified Progressive Collapse Resistance Rules Coming From DOD and GSA
04/02/08 2007 Award of Excellence Winner: Clyde N. Baker Jr.
03/26/08 Wind Dampers Lighten Up Twin High-Rises in Manila
03/06/08 ICC Hearings Vote Down Several New NIST Code Proposals
02/27/08 Third Exit Stair To Be Part Of 2009 International Building Code
01/30/08 Architectural Accent Foam Fuels Las Vegas Casino Fire
01/16/08 'Performance' Design Floodgates Open on the West Coast
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