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		<title>Renamed Burj Dubai Opens as Burj Khalifa</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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On January 4, 2010 the tallest structure in the world was opened with fireworks and fanfare. One of the biggest surprises was the last-minute announcement that the name of the tower was changed to Burj Khalifa in honor of the Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates. What was [...]]]></description>
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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>Giant Eco-Egg Skyscraper: A Conceptual Luxury Hotel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>staff</dc:creator>
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	Source: Inhabitat
by Haily Zaki


From the unseen, unsung files of design competitions past comes the Envision Green Hotel proposed by Miami-based Michael Rosenthal Associates for Hospitality Design’s Radical Innovation design competition. Part wind tower, part urban eco-resort, and all egg, this “lobular” structure is touted as one of the most recognizable landmarks for the city in which it would ultimately be…laid. Inhabitat leaves it [...]]]></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>IIDA Fit to Fashion Couture 09</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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On February 12, 2009 the great hall of the Phoenix Art Museum was transformed into a mecca for couture design. Using the stunning new art piece, Mohl Ip from James Turrell as the ultimate backdrop for the runway, 38 couture outfits were presented on the runway. The couture was designed by teams representing Phoenix architectural and [...]]]></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&#8217;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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