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aiarchitect | volume 14 the news of america’s community of architects november 9, 2007
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Going Green: Construction and Operations
Michael A. Kawecki, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, chair of the USGBC North Texas Chapter, writes about some easily incorporated sustainability strategies that have little first-cost impact.
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R. Nicholas Loope, FAIA
former president and principal of Taliesin Architects, is the founder of a transdisciplinary graduate real estate development program (MRED) at Arizona State University College of Design.
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How Far Can We See?
Take a look at the upcoming Skyscraper Museum exhibit that explores early-20th-century futurist visions of New York City and two things come to mind: they went a little overboard on scale, but most of the conceptual vision is spot on. With change as rapid as it is now, could we accurately look ahead a century now?
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