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		<title>merzproject Merges with Shepley Bulfinch</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
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National architecture firm Shepley Bulfinch of Boston and merzproject of Phoenix announced their merger earlier today. The merger unites Shepley Bulfinch, one of the country’s leading design firms, and merzproject, named a 2009 Design Vanguard firm by Architectural Record. 
Starting with immediate effect, the Phoenix office will be known as merzproject &#8211; a studio of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doesn&#8217;t Quite Fit, Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Centrella</dc:creator>
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Things seem to be progressing nicely at the downtown Phoenix Civic Park. The last of the concrete was poured today, the sod was rolled out for the grassy areas earlier this week and it looked as though the problems with the netting for Janet Echelman&#8217;s centerpiece had been corrected and was well on it&#8217;s way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>David Chipperfield Architects revive Berlin&#8217;s destroyed Neues Museum</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
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After more than ten years of intensive work, the completion of the rebuilt Neues Museum on Berlin&#8217;s Museum Island was celebrated on March 5th in an official ceremony.
Built between 1841 and 1859 by the architect Friedrich August Stüler, extensive bombing during the Second World War left the building in ruins, with entire sections missing completely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finalists Announced for Center for Civil &amp; Human Rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
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The Center for Civil &#38; Human Rights (CCHR) announced its selection of five architectural firms as finalists in the competition to design the new $125 million Center to be located in Downtown Atlanta in January. The list presents a competitive round table of some of the most respected American architects, who have each now presented [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ASID Announces Legislative Policies for 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurel Petriello</dc:creator>
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The address, acknowledging the effect the downturn economy has had on the industry, pledges ASID&#8217;s continuous support to its members.
BY LAUREL PETRIELLO &#8212; via: INTERIOR DESIGN, 3/9/2009
In an effort put concerns to rest that their practices and policies may be harmful to interior designers, Michael Alin, Hon. FASID, executive director of American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), recently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscars Set Design by David Rockwell</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
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From the moment the Oscars started, it was apparent something was different. It went beyond Hugh Jackman replacing the usual comedian as host. The static backdrop of the show had been replaced by a dynamic set designed for the first time by an architect.
David Rockwell is no stranger to set design having designed sets for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MoMA and P.S.1 Announce Young Architects Program Winner</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
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New York&#8217;s Museum of Modern Art and its affiliate P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center announced the selection of MOS as the winner of their tenth annual Young Architects Program. Each year, emerging architects compete to design an urban landscape to be installed in P.S.1&#8242;s courtyard in Long Island City,New York—the backdrop for the center&#8217;s popular Warm Up summer music series. Beating out four other finalists—!ndi Architecture, Bade Stageberg Cox, L.E.FT Architects, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>James Turrell&#8217;s Mohl ip at Phoenix Art Museum</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
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Mohl ip is a transliteration of the Korean term that alludes to the visual purple or pale blue light seen with the eyes closed while in the early stages of meditation.
Mohl ip is the hypnotic new light installation created by world renowned artist James Turrell unveiled at the Phoenix Art Museum.
&#8220;More than three years ago [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red Dot Award: Product Design 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
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Red Dot is once again calling designers and companies from all over the world to register their products for the &#8220;red dot award: product design&#8221; with immediate effect. With around 11,000 entries from over 60 countries, the red dot design award is the world&#8217;s largest design competition. The sought-after trophy, the red dot, is an internationally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Madison Avenue (Doll)House</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 22:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
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The Calvin Klein Collection store on Madison Avenue in New York unveiled a unique collaborative installation as the centerpiece of the store&#8217;s annual holiday window display. The disply was up from December 1st through January 5th.
Initially conceived by Dale Rozmiarek, Senior Vice President, Creative Services, Calvin Klein, Inc., the final structure was designed by architect [...]]]></description>
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