Regional cooperation is THE issue

Regional cooperation is THE issue It was true last year ... cooperation of Chesterfield County and Henrico County in order to build a modern mass transportation system ... to plan a sensible baseball stadium for the imaginary minor league team that will someday call [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 18:54:59

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Shipping Containers: Dream Homes in Juarez, MexicoCNN 9.24.2008

When it comes to hot trends in the green building world, nothing is much hotter right now than shipping containers ... stands for "Por Fin, Nuestra Casa," -- "Finally, our own home") and plan to build a community ... . Shipping container homes are sleek, modern, and often a little bloated when it comes to square [more...]

Date: 2008-09-24 18:30:00

For the Love of Lazarus

Foss Village is where people go to die. But the non-profit nursing home, in operation since the 1920s, is ready to start a new life. Foss has plans to demolish its aging one- and two-story buildings and sprawling parking lot in Bitter Lake, and replace them with a modern nine-building campus and underground parking that fills [more...]

Date: 2008-06-09 23:40:05

Upstate Amish seek to buck smoke detectors, building codes

Here’s an interesting development way up north in Morristown, N.Y. (no, not Morristown, N.J., but Morristown, N.Y ... prosecutions against Amish families for building (or moving) homes without certified architectural plans, battery-powered smoke detectors and other “modern” requirements. According to an AP story [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 15:59:08

Simple plans desk

Simple plans desk By mellovox After making a children's desk i figured i had better make a full size version. created on: 01/07/09 ... This a a simple plan review desk, meant to embody the architectural form of a modern building. created on: 01/07/09 Constructed out of Stainless Steel and Makore, with a urethane finish. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 16:28:58

Modern Day Parable of the Subcontractors

A man decided to build a house. The builder drew up plans to his exact specifications, ... of the subcontractors a set of plans and asked them to carry out their tasks according to his plans. When the builder checked on the progress, he found that his house was behind schedule and was not being built [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 05:00:00

Studio Peizhu and The Cai Guoqlang Courtyard House

... even crumbling buildings into modern livable spaces. Although of course they have many previous ... succinctly what the plan at the start of the project was: “This residence for an artist calls [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 10:00:33

Art Institute's new Modern Wing strives to resolve conflicts between art and vistas

For a fleeting moment Thursday, a hint of tension crept into the voice of James Rondeau, the Art Institute of Chicago’s contemporary art curator. An out-of-town journalist had asked ... , the museum plans to build pairs of free-floating walls along the windows in two of the Modern Wing’ [more...]

Date: 2008-11-15 16:29:16

Retirment Day

Well, my good friends, Couch #2 is on it's way out to pasture ... . The cushions are vast and plentiful, perfect for fort building. It's shape is modern and clean looking ... couch holds so many memories and is so comfy I can't stand to part with it completely. The plan [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 18:23:00

Go Home Already: Buildings and Grounds

2008_0916_gha.jpg Seems like we all ought to be asking tougher questions about the plans of new Smithsonian head G. Wayne Clough. ... Modern Art Notes Redskin Chris Cooley has apologized for posting a photo of his penis on his blog ... up the block a woman was attacked, and the guy who rushed out of the house to help the woman, also beat [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 23:13:33

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