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AIA CONSTRUCTION FORECAST
AIA CONSENSUS CONSTRUCTION FORECASTAfter Strong Growth in 2007, Nonresidential Construction Activity Is Projected to Flatten OutA weakening economy in 2008 is expected to stall the current...
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“only an idiot would have said no”
Jacques Herzog on choosing to build in China: Only an idiot — and not a person who thinks in moral terms would have turned down this opportunity — would have said no. I know that there are architects...
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Rising construction costs
What to do about it, from the Observer: As the economy sours, ever-rising construction costs seem to be an in-vogue subject: Last night, the New York Building Congress released a report on the topic;...
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Be prepared
Architectural billing is still down, although there was a slight uptick in the architectural billing index for June (but this just means the decline slowed, rather than an increase in work).
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Housing Lenders Fear Bigger Wave of Loan Defaults
More bad news on the housing / economy front from the New York Times.
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“What recession?” Green Architects Say
Matt Chaban writes about the one bright spot in the design economy in the Architect’s Newspaper.
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Obama’s audacious public works
In the Boston Globe, Bob Campbell comments on Barack Obama’s proposed public works program: “The audacity of hope for better public works.” In his radio announcement, Obama mentioned roads and bridges,...
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Architect as Secretary of HUD
Shaun Donovan, armed with degrees in architecture and public policy from Harvard’s GSD and Kennedy School, is Obama’s nominee for HUD. In 2004 he foresaw the subprime crisis, which means he is a...
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abusive architecture job posting of the week
The economy is bad, and there are lots of architects out of work, but no need for this level of abuse. “We are looking for interns unafraid to question the basic premises of architecture and to operate...
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