Since the first application of base isolators some 23 years ago on a legal services center in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., the technology has become a popular seismic design approach throughout the West Coast. The...
The International Rescue Committee is a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing relief to victims of violence and oppression around the world. When the 75-year-old nonprofit group outgrew its headquarters...
On the central grounds of the University of Virginia, at the heart of Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village, renovation and reuse have been ongoing since the statesman laid the foundation for the first of 10...
When the Wynn Resort replaced the Stardust Casino Hotel on the Strip in April 2005, longtime Las Vegas observers asked, “Where's the theme?” Magnate Steve Wynn replied that his resort didn't need a theme—he was...
The 1994 Northridge Earthquake was the precipitating event that led to the completion last year of a new cathedral for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. St. Vibiana's Cathedral, a 127-year-old...
About 200 miles southeast of Calgary along Interstate 15, the Port of Entry facility in Sweet Grass, Mont., and Coutts, Alta., is one of the busiest border crossing stations in North America, processing 1.3 million...
When California Gov. Gray Davis signed Senate Bill 732 last October, it marked the nation's first major state-level effort to legislate against toxic mold. In effect since January, the law aims to reduce health risk...
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