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  • Letters

    Protecting trees on site; radiant-heat claims revisited; unnecessary design regulations; pedal power; more

  • Defining Lighting Design

    In honor of the fifth annual A|L Light and Architecture Design Awards, 10 industry professionals gathered on Oct. 23, 2008, at Parsons the New School for Design for a roundtable discussion.

  • Soundings - Swimming Pools on the Beach

    Swimming Pools on the Beach

  • Company Buzz: Oct. 22, 2008

    The Lighting Practice has four new hires, Cree and Zumtobel join forces on downlights in Europe, LED Source adds to its sales staff, Crestron beefs up training for designers while branching out in Russia and Las Vegas, Acuity and Renaissance work together on LED development, and Phillips Lumileds...

  • DOE Publishes Report From Solid-State Lighting Market Introduction Workshop In Portland, Ore.

  • Q&A: Best Corner Framing

    Q: What's the best way to frame outside corners?

  • Q&A: Building With Logs

    Q: A design we're bidding on has several peeled cedar logs that function as both architectural and structural elements. Are there any rules of thumb for determining their strength so that they can be safely used without redundant grade-stamp framing - and so they meet the approval of a building...

  • Letters

    Interior-design law; stabilizing steel against buckling; respect for legal immigrants

  • Delightful Design

    TAOS, N.M. - In this northern New Mexico town of cobalt evening skies, sunbaked pueblos, and skiers’ delights, developer Stephen Crozier has built a community that arguably could have been built by Frank Lloyd Wright in the 1950s.

  • Designing for Energy Efficiency

    Energy conservation is finding its way into industry and commerce across America. As more and more businesses and buildings “go green,” companies are looking for ways to reduce energy consumption and the waste produced by daily operations.