No Walk On the Beach
By Nadine Post
A building team triumphs over the challenging sculptural shapes inside Frank Gehry’s first Florida job—a $160-million Miami performing arts center that opens in January.

Cover photo: Rui Dias-Aidos (Redav)

Forecast: A Weak Recovery Checks Inflation
By Tim Grogan with Bruce Buckley
No more federal stimulus money, no highway bill, a weak economic recovery, a stalled housing market, a nonresidential building market yet to bottom out, gridlock in government, continued high unemployment—it could add up to no inflation in 2011

• Confidence Index: Heads of Major Firms Believe Market Is Nearing Stability


• Equipment: Why Few Are Debating the New Federal Fuel Economy Rules


• Lumber: Chinese Demand Props Up Prices


• International: Recession Relinquishes Grip On Global Construction Costs


• Asia: Overseas, Inflation Creeps Back


• Complete Report