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RESTORATION-AND-REHABILITATION

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A Man's 6-Pack Can Serve as His Castle
Source: The New York Times

A house built with 39,000 beer cans by a retired Southern Pacific Railroad employee will be open to the public after a seven-year restoration project totaling $400,000.

Stylish Blight
Source: The New York Times

A look inside a ramshackle repair shop turned architecture firm dream office in Atlanta.

Picture, Picture on the Wall ...
Source: The New York Times

Some homeowners are hiring well-known photographers to immortalize their homes, often after buying an architecturally important house or undertaking a large renovation.

Where Lincoln Sought Refuge in His Dark Hours
Source: The New York Times

The Lincoln Cottage's power is the power of association, its contact with a historical presence; we literally walk in a great figure's footsteps.

The Preservation Predicament
Source: The New York Times

Ecologists fear that global warming will make protected landscapes inhospitable to prized species.

Private Cash Sets Agenda for Urban Infrastructure
Source: The New York Times

Private spending, supported by a growing number of very wealthy families, is gaining ground on public investment.

Private Cash Sets Agenda for Urban Infrastructure
Source: The New York Times

Private spending, supported by a growing number of very wealthy families, is gaining ground on public investment.

Hungry Caterpillar in the Florida Keys
Source: The New York Times

A children's book author and his designer reimagine a simple house.

Effort to Save Everglades Falters as Funds Dwindle
Source: The New York Times

Seven years into an $8 billion effort to rescue the Florida Everglades, federal financing has slowed to a trickle.

Where Concept of a 'Pet Rock' Has Reached Its Apex
Source: The New York Times

The primordial rocks in Hyderabad, India, have become the focus of one of India's many emerging citizens movements.

Designing a Starter Town House With a Twist
Source: The New York Times

An architectural firm reimagines a Bedford-Stuyvesant building that was originally a store with living quarters on the second floor.

Corps Proposal for Gulf Draws Criticism From Scientists
Source: The New York Times

Many coastal scientists say the ambitious federal plans to repair the Gulf Coast would only perpetuate a costly and wrongheaded approach to storm management.

Restoring Kahn's Gallery, and Reclaiming a Corner of Architectural History, at Yale
Source: The New York Times

Overseen by Polshek Partnership Architects, the restoration of the Yale University Art Gallery puts Louis I. Kahn back on the pedestal he so richly deserves.

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