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			<title>8 Things You Should Know About Designing a Roof</title>
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			<title>New data shows low construction prices may soon be coming to an end</title>
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			<title>Piano's 'Flying Carpet'</title>
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							<description>Italian architect Renzo Piano refers to his $294 million, 264,000-sf Modern Wing of the Art...</description>
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			<title>Rotunda roof features designed with SIPs</title>
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							<description>ACH Foam Technologies' R-Control Structural Insulated Panels were specified to frame unique...</description>
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			<title>WaterSmart Innovations Conference attracts 1000+ to Las Vegas</title>
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			<title>Dr. Jim Gill on combatting Western Australia's brutal drought</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Morphosis builds 'floating' house for Brad Pitt's Make It Right New Orleans foundation</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
							<description>Morphosis Architects, under the direction of renowned architect and UCLA professor Thom Mayne,...</description>
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			<title>PCA partners with MIT on concrete research center</title>
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							<description>MIT today announced the creation of the Concrete Sustainability Hub, a research center...</description>
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			<title>TRACO wins Crystal Achievement Award for most innovative manufacturing plant</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
							<description>Building owners, designers, and contractors are becoming increasingly aware of the effect of the...</description>
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			<title>Call for entries: Building enclosure design awards</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
							<description>The Boston Society of Architects and the Boston chapter of the Building Enclosure Council...</description>
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			<title>Lafarge's investment in Coeymans, N.Y., cement facility draws support from Governor Paterson, other elected officials</title>
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			<title>SimplexGrinnell earns certified status in Microsoft Partner Program for 9th year in a row</title>
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			<title>ASHRAE issues correction on changes to addendum r to ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2007 on ventilation for IAQ</title>
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			<title>ClimateGrouch: I've got water on the brain</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
							<description>from ClimateGrouch: Along about this time of year, folks in the design and construction field ask us BD+C editorial staff members, &quot;So, what’s your White Paper going to be on this time?&quot; For...</description>
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			<title>Special Recognition: Kingswood School Bloomfield Hills, Mich.</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
							<description>Kingswood School is perhaps the best example of Eliel Saarinen's work in North America. Designed...</description>
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			<title>Platinum Award: The Handmade Building</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
							<description>When Milwaukee's City Hall was completed in 1896, it was, at 394 feet in height, the...</description>
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			<title>Building Systems commissioning and retro-commissioning training program: Chicago, September 23, 2009</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>29 Great Solutions for the AEC Industry</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
							<description>AEC firms are hotbeds of invention and innovation to meet client needs in today's highly...</description>
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			<title>AIA Course: Historic Masonry — Restoration and Renovation</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
							<description>Historic restoration and preservation efforts are accelerating throughout the U.S., thanks in...</description>
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			<title>'Flexible' building designed to physically respond to the environment</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
							<description>The ecoFLEX project, designed by a team from Shepley Bulfinch, has won a prestigious 2009...</description>
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			<title>Portland Cement Association offers blast resistant design guide for reinforced concrete structures</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
							<description>Developed for designers and engineers, &quot;Blast Resistant Design Guide for Reinforced Concrete...</description>
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			<title>Healthcare Design + Construction: Trends, Innovations, Opportunities</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>ACHA-AAH hospital designers: Cut costs, use BIM and IPD</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
							<description>At the AIA Summer Leadership Summit in Chicago last Saturday (July 25), I warned 170 of the nation’s top healthcare designers that they will be under severe pressure from the federal...</description>
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			<title>Hospital projects not immune to the economic plague</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
							<description>You know things are bad when even healthcare construction is hurting. Some AEC firms are projecting that healthcare work, the jewel in the nonresidential construction crown, could be off by as...</description>
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			<title>CTBUH conference on future of tall buildings set for October 22-23, 2009 in Chicago</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>New ASHRAE Publication Provides Energy Efficiency Guidance for Hotels</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Response to &quot;New global green rating coming to U.S.&quot;</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
							<description>From ClimateGrouch, some thoughts and responses: To JRG PE: USGBC has credibility, but wouldn’t it be exciting to see some real competition? Green Globes has been trying, and is gaining...</description>
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			<title>World's tallest all-wood residential structure opens in London</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
							<description>At nine stories, the Stadthaus apartment complex in East London is the world’s tallest...</description>
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			<title>Glass Wall Systems Open Up Closed Spaces</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
							<description>Sectioning off large open spaces without making everything feel closed off was the challenge...</description>
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			<title>AIA Course: Enclosure strategies for better buildings</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
							<description>Sustainability and energy efficiency depend not only on the overall design but also on the...</description>
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			<title>Translucent architectural fabric covers Wimbledon's legendary Centre Court</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
							<description>The new retractable roof over the Centre Court at Wimbledon is made of Gore Tenara Architectural...</description>
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			<title>7 Tips for Specifying and Designing with Insulated Metal Wall Panels</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
							<description>Insulated metal panels, or IMPs, have been a popular exterior wall cladding choice for more than...</description>
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