- Bartlett Place – Roxbury, Mass.
- Butler Street Y Lofts – Atlanta, Ga.
- Essex Crossing – New York, N.Y.
- Faubourg Lafitte – New Orleans, La.
- Northwest Gardens – Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
- Rebuild Potrero – San Francisco, Calif.
- Sheppard Square HOPE VI Revitalization – Louisville, Ky.
- TNT Eco-Innovation District – Dorchester, Mass.
- Villages at Cabrillo – Long Beach, Calif.
- West Grand and Brush – Oakland, Calif.
- Westview Village – Ventura, Calif.
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$700 million plan to restore the National Mall
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| Nov 2, 2010
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Sustainable, mixed-income housing to revitalize community
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| Nov 1, 2010
Vancouver’s former Olympic Village shoots for Gold
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| Oct 13, 2010
Editorial
The AEC industry shares a widespread obsession with the new. New is fresh. New is youthful. New is cool. But “old” or “slightly used” can be financially profitable and professionally rewarding, too.
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Campus building gives students a taste of the business world
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