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Sears Tower Getting a $350 Million Green Makeover

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The tallest building in the U.S. is about to get a $350 million green makeover as part of a plan to cut electricity use by 80% and save 24 million gallons of water each year. The goal of the project, according to developers, is to ...READ MORE›

Empire State Building's $20 Million Green Makeover

BY Ariel Schwartz
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The Empire State Building is already the world's most famous office building. Now the New York icon is getting a $20 million green makeover (part of a $500 million overhaul), led by backers including Johnson Controls, the Clinton ...READ MORE›

New York's Green Giant

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New York's iconic landmark, The Empire State Building, is undergoing a radical transformation into a sustainable model for urban living.READ MORE›

Apple Store Cube Is More Popular Landmark Than Statue of Liberty: Cornell Report

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A Cornell study says the Cube came in at number 28 worldwide, and number 5 in New York City.READ MORE›

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Out of the Bedroom and Into the Office

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Sleep doesn’t have to be the new sex, and workplace productivity really doesn’t have to suffer because of tired employees. With napping devices like the EnergyPod, employees can now combat the post-lunch slump, and the post-work lull, by taking a comfortable nap... in the office.READ MORE›

Back From Dubai

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I returned recently from a business trip to Dubai where I worked on a communications project with a private equity company. This is a fascinating country – city-state, really – with many contradictions. Since it is so widely ...READ MORE›

MyMaps Dashes Startup Dreams

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Last week, Google launched its latest feature, Google MyMaps. This handy upgrade of its already useful Map feature allows anyone with a Google account to create maps that are personal to him or her. The feature lets its creator add ...READ MORE›

Taipei 101 Skyscraper to Be World's Tallest Green Building

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The Empire State Building may be set to become the world's most famous green office building, but the Taipei 101 building in Taiwan is gunning for the title of "World's Tallest Green Building," with $1.8 million in upgrades that ...READ MORE›

Architecture and Design's New Hot Spots: Hong Kong and Shenzhen

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If some of architecture and design's biggest names seemed conspicuously absent from this month’s Art Basel Miami Beach--that annual, must-attend conclave for the glitzy-arty set--it was because they were halfway around the world in the adjacent Chinese cities of Hong Kong and Shenzhen.READ MORE›

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Today, Burj Khalifa Is the Tallest Structure in the World (Or Is It?)

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The Oz-like Burj Khalifa in Dubai officially opened today, succeeding Taipei 101 as the world's tallest building. There is no disputing its preposterous height: At 169 stories, or 2,717 feet, the $1.5 billion tower on the edge of ...READ MORE›

Handicapping Sunday's Pritzker Prize Announcement

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The most important award in all of architecture will be announced this weekend. We look at who should--and who will--win.READ MORE›

Is OMA's Chinese Masterpiece Pornographic?

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Chinese media is ablaze with rumors that the CCTV annex and headquarters were meant to look like a penis, next to a bent-over woman--and that exposes some truths about Chinese culture.READ MORE›

Shai Agassi Has an EV Vision, Can He Make America a Better Place?

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The CEO of the electric vehicle services company Better Place has already made significant strides in Denmark, Israel, and Japan. He sits down with Fast Company to explain what it will take to make his vision work in the U.S.READ MORE›

Holiday Inn's Hotel Stacks Up Against the Competition...Literally

BY Mary-Louise Price
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Would you live in a house made of cards? Probably not. Would you just stay in a hotel room made of one for a night? Well, now is your chance to at least check out your possible accommodations. Check out Holiday Inn's hotel made entirely of stacked key cards in celebration of their hotel relaunch.READ MORE›

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