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- Atmospheric 1950s home renovated as a school facilitates self-guided education Thu, 23 Jun 16, 3:00amThe building sits in a residential neighborhood with strict building regulations that forced the architects to stick to acceptable geometry and materials...
- L.A. Mayor proposes bold earthquake retrofits for thousands of buildings Wed, 17 Dec 14, 12:00amLos Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti just unveiled an unprecedented plan to retrofit LA to deal with what some scientists say could be the next "Big One" - a massive earthquake that could open California's San Andreas Fault...
- U.S. House Approves Congressional Action to Protect Bangladeshi Garment Workers Mon, 24 Jun 13, 1:53amThe U.S. House of Representatives recently approved a defense authorization bill that will protect Bangladeshi garment workers from the same kind of tragedy that killed over one thousand workers outside of the capital Dakka....
- California Adopts the First Statewide Green Building Code Wed, 20 Jan 10, 7:40amA round of applause for California! In an effort to trim statewide emissions by 1/3 by 2020, the state of California recently adopted CALGREEN, the first mandatory state-wide green building code in the country...