Herzog & de Meuron's building plans for Tour Triangle were approved by Paris city councilors. Read more here: http://bit.ly/1ClYJcU
After five years of putting construction on hold, local councilors voted to have the 590-foot pyramidal structure built in southern Paris.
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Columnist Aaron Betsky reviews the Latin American architecture exhibition at MoMA The Museum of Modern Art - http://bit.ly/BetskyLatinArch
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This month, Dutch architecture firm Mecanoo and D.C.'s Martinez + Johnson Architecture will present their proposed changes to Washington, D.C.'s central library.
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Launched on Kickstarter late last month, a forthcoming book will take readers inside the former Domino Sugar Refinery in Brooklyn, N.Y., with recent and archival photos, as well as essays on the legacy of the historic facility: http://bit.ly/1HKBMAv
"Sweet Ruin: The Brooklyn Domino Sugar Refinery" will feature photos of the waterfront industrial site, now being rebuilt as a mixed-use campus, in Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Songpa Micro-Housing in Seoul by SSD.
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The dome of Berlin's Reichstag building is closed, New York City's Studio Museum released a design for an expansion, and an Australian skyscraper is inspired by Beyoncé.
Read more of today's headlines here: http://bit.ly/1S5mRCD
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172M2 House by JMY Architects, a concept design for renovating the National Air and Space Museum, and more links for Monday.
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Director James Cameron wants to build a better solar panel, and more of this week's tech and materials news from around the Web: http://bit.ly/1NCDc0E
The film director is taking a nature-inspired approach to photovoltaics.
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Check out BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group's new building, 1200 Intrepid, that broke ground earlier this week. Find out more about the project at: http://bit.ly/1FVOM0M
You've seen green walls, but AMPS by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP and the Center for Architecture Science and Ecology-Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute actually generates fresh, forest-like air, good microbes and all: http://bit.ly/1H0wm2J
According to today's Bureau of Labor Statistics report, the U.S. economy added 223,000 jobs in June.
Here's what you need to know about the economy and the development of industries relating to the built environment: http://bit.ly/1HyiY7D
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"Recent Chinese architecture ... offers exemplary models of material realization, notable not only for their high construction quality but also for their innovative, often low-tech material strategies," writes ARCHITECT columnist Blaine Brownell, AIA, in part two of his analysis of contemporary design in China.
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