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Holocaust Museum may lose key Poland artifacts on loan
www.post-gazette.com | 15 hours 8 minutes ago
Coverage of national news from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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www.worldarchitecturenews.com | Feb 16, 2012
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The Speed Art Museum Selects Projectmates Construction Management Software for $50 million
www.prweb.com | Feb 14, 2012
Systemates announced that Speed Art Museum, the largest art museum in Kentucky, will leverage Projectmates construction project management software for its $50 million expansion that includes construction of the new North Building and the adjacent Art Park and Piazza.

vitra design museum - ronan + erwan bouroullec album exhibition
www.designboom.com | Feb 3, 2012
the exhibition celebrates the french designers' practice marking important steps in their working process through an extensive display of drawings, models, plans and photographs pulled from their archive.

Steel hurdles for Aga Khan Museum build – Daily Commercial News
www.dcnonl.com | Feb 3, 2012
Fabricating and erecting 740 tons or so of structural steel required for the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto posed a series of unusual hurdles. Benson Steel is the supplier and erector for the job. Aga Khan Museum specializes in artifacts from Muslim communities.

Toyo Ito - Museum of Architecture, Steel Hut & Silver Hut - Imabari, Japan
www.arcspace.com | Dec 12, 2011
The project consists of two buildings named “Steel Hut” for the exhibition of Ito’s works and “Silver Hut”, a reenactment of his own house for workshop activities and events. “Steel Hut” is situated on the ridge part of a hilly site, “Silver Hut” on the valley part of the land.

For Aspen Museum, Shigeru Ban Takes His Cue from the Snowy Slopes | News | Architectural Record
archrecord.construction.com | Nov 28, 2011
At nearly 8,000 feet above sea level, Aspen, Colorado, is known for its mountain splendor.

GLASS ON WEB - Glass News - Michener museum gets “architectural wonder”
www.glassonweb.com | Oct 13, 2011
October 13th, 2011 - Michener museum gets “architectural wonder” - The new Edgar N. Putman Event Pavilion at the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pa., will have some of the largest self-supporting insulated ...

Royal Alberta Museum design unveiled – Journal of Commerce
www.joconl.com | Sep 28, 2011
The design and construction team for the $260 million Royal Alberta Museum has been unveiled. The team is composed of Ledcor Construction, DIALOG Design and Lundholm Associates Architects.

Structural Foundation for New Miami Art Museum is Now Complete in Downtown Miami's Museum Park |
www.prlog.org | Jul 28, 2011
Structural Foundation for New Miami Art Museum is Now Complete in Downtown Miami's Museum Park. Development milestone paves the way for vertical construction to begin; New Herzog & de Meuron-designed museum will open to the public in 2013. - PR11604322