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Google seals $13 billion Motorola buy
CNNIt will cover 2.8 million square feet and have its own power plant inside its massive, gleaming circular design. It will be covered in solar panels and house up to 13,000 people on a daily basis -- not to mention 6,000 trees. It's been compared to a...Tags: Steve Jobs, Companies and Corporations, Arts and Culture, Google Inc., Economy, Business and Finance
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Architects planning to build tower 65 stories straight down
A team of Mexican architects have designed a 65-story glass and steel pyramid to sit in the middle of Mexico City's most historic plaza. But, if it ever gets built, you won't see it anywhere on the skyline. That's because it would be the world's first...Tags: Mexico, Archaeology, Mexico City, Lobbying, Arts and Culture
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The Rice ZeRow House
KIAHEvery two years, U.S. Department of Energy sponsors the Solar Decathlon. Twenty teams from across the globe are selected to design and build houses completely powered by the sun. This year, a group of students from Rice University will be competing as the...Tags: Texas, Technology, U.S. Department of Energy, Arts and Culture, Science and Technology
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Green Housing for 99k
KIAHMany people assume that green building comes with a hefty price tag attached to it, but one house in Houston's Fifth Ward is looking to change that, it's called the 99k House. Winner of a local design competition sponsored by the Rice Design Alliance and...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Arts and Culture, Building Material
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Architects Become Artists for a Day in Galveston
KIAHOn Saturday June 5, the Houston Chapter of the American Institute of Architects will host the 24th Annual AIA Houston SandCastle Competition on Galveston's East Beach. Around 60 teams of architects, designers, engineers and AIA members will descend on the...Tags: Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Arts and Culture, Family
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Michael Heizer's calling is set in stone
In early 1969, a young artist working in the Nevada desert had an idea for an epic sculpture. Michael Heizer had found a 120-ton boulder in the mountains and wanted to set it above a trench dug in a dry lake bed. Visitors would be able to walk into the...
Tags: Jackson Pollock, Entertainment, Sculpture, Artists, Empire State Building
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Voice of the People, May. 25
Tear down Wrigley If I've learned one thing in life it is that a good thing does not last forever. The Cubs management and the city want to spend $300 million to renovate Wrigley Field. That amount is anywhere from half to a third the price of a brand...Tags: Wrigleyville, Wrigley Field, Government Health Care, Chicago Skyline, Regional Authority
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2012 restaurant design award finalists announced
L.A. at HomeSome familiar names popped up in the list of finalists for the annual Restaurant Design Awards, announced Wednesday by the Los Angeles chapter of the American Institute of Architects.... -
Lehigh Township to consider master plan for municipal complex
Lehigh Township plans to contact an architectural firm that supervisors met with last year and consider pursuing a master concept plan for the municipal complex. The Board of Supervisors originally met with a representative from Kimmel Bogrette...Tags: Arts and Culture, Prices
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No easy answers from reserve study
The best tool to predict a community association's capital projects is a reserve study. But it's a guide, not an absolute. Some repairs and replacements can be delayed without causing noticeable harm or inconvenience. The trick is in figuring out which...Tags: Arts and Culture, Science and Technology, Shingles
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Price Tag Is Concern In Enfield School Consolidation
The Hartford CourantWith a proposed cost of $103 million for the consolidation of the town's two high schools, one of the biggest concerns for Mayor Scott Kaupin is convincing residents that the renovation and expansion is worth the expense. "I feel that there is a good...Tags: Students, Science, Teaching and Learning, Heavy Engineering, Arts and Culture
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Our Laguna: Last chance for free Sunset Serenade
Some folks may have noticed that ubiquitous me was not at events last weekend that I was expected to attend. I had a date Friday with a handsome doctor, Steven Chang, which I slept through as he performed minor surgery on my neck — at 7:30 a.m., no...
Tags: Washington, DC, Muffin Spencer-Devlin, Arts, Local Elections, Arts and Culture
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