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Blaze sweeps Beijing luxury hotel

AN unfinished luxury hotel next door to China Central Television’s landmark headquarters in downtown Beijing went up in flames yesterday after it was showered with sparks from fireworks set off during the Lantern Festival celebration. More than 30 people, including seven firefighters, were injured, China News Service reported. Incoming search terms:hotel on firebefore after and [...]

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CSUCI library earns a 2008 design award

The John Spoor Broome Library at CSU Channel Islands has won a design award from California Construction. The library was given the Award of Merit in the Outstanding Architectural Design category in the magazines Best of 2008 awards program. An independent jury of industry experts in design and construction judged more than 140 nominated projects [...]

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UA Museum of the North wins architecture award

FAIRBANKS — The University of Alaska Museum of the North has won its third architecture award. It was named one of 66 winners of the 2008 American Architecture Awards by the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and Metropolitan Arts Press Ltd. Incoming search [...]

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