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ECONOMY-RELATED NEWS
U.S. construction spending continues to fall
Mar 01, 10 | 3:21 pm
Spending on U.S. construction projects fell at a seasonally adjusted rate of 0.6% in January, the third consecutive month of declines, the Commerce Department estimated Monday. MarketWatch Read...
Inc. office goes virtual
Feb 03, 10 | 9:06 am
For the month of February, the Inc. magazine editorial staff is going to run an experiment on the virtual workplace with all editors working from home.

It will be interesting to see how traditional media can adapt to new media approach. Read...
Employment Future: The Decade Ahead In Jobs
Jan 19, 10 | 1:32 pm
NPR graphs 2008 employment levels with those projected for 2018. Go Read...
Klobuchar Energy Efficiency Summit
Jan 14, 10 | 10:46 am
Senator Klobuchar hosted a day long symposium on emerging trends in energy efficiency that included Energy Assistant Secretary Cathy Zoi. Weatherization and energy efficient gadgets were common threads that all panelist touched on. There seem to be millions of pending jobs for folks with caulk guns and batts of insulation Read...
Waiting either for the Tax Man or the Grim Reaper
Dec 29, 09 | 9:07 pm
Trying to cheat one or the other. Read...
Shaking the Foundation: Chicago's architecture community devastated by recession
Dec 07, 09 | 12:16 pm
The layoffs started in the summer of 2008 when the financial markets began wavering, and they have continued ever since. According to the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Chicago has about 5,000 architects, 3,000 of whom are AIA members. There are no official numbers on unemployment, but informal estimates range anywhere from 20 to 60 percent.
- Chicago Mag, via the Discussions Read...
Pontiac - a hard sell
Nov 20, 09 | 9:14 am
As we reported earlier this week, the Pontiac Silverdome was recently purchased by a Canadian buyer for only $583K. According to an article in Crain's today, however, "An Oakland County judge has ordered an injunction to stop the sale of the Pontiac Silverdome after a complaint was filed by attorney H. Wallace Parker, who planned to develop the building as a horse-themed development." Read...
Inside Job
Oct 28, 09 | 9:22 am
In New York and Chicago, most civic work is done by local firms. In LA, it's 50-50 public-private. In San Francisco, upwards of 70 percent of city-run projects are designed by the Bureau of Architecture, a city agency within the Department of Public Works. In these particularly tough times, local firms are clamoring for any work they can get, and architects on both sides of the issue are coming to blows. Read...
Positive Economic News Continues for Landscape Architecture Firms
Oct 21, 09 | 11:33 am
For the first time in 18 months, the majority of landscape architecture firm leaders reported normal or above levels of work compared to the previous quarter, according to the latest American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Business Quarterly survey. Read...
Financing needed for Architecture
Oct 16, 09 | 3:39 pm
Mickey Jacob, Managing Principal of Urban Studio Architects in Tampa, FL, represented his firm and the AIA by testifying for the House Committee on Small Business about the AIA’s Rebuild and Renew Plan. Read...

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