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Architecture Firms Brace for Another Year of Flat or Falling Billings
From Architect Mag: U.S. architecture firms closed out October with another month of contracting billings—despite a modest improvement in the American Institute of Architects’ latest Architecture Billings Index (ABI). The reading, released this week, underscores the unevenness that has defined the profession’s economic outlook throughout 2025. The ABI score rose to 47.6 in October, up […]
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Annual Alton Tree-Lighting Ceremony to Bring Community Together
Moving the STL Conversation FORWARD: A Bigger, Bolder Forum in 2026
by Tom Finan, Executive Director, Construction Forum This coming year, the Forum will bring you in-person programming with real, measurable impact. For more than a decade, our mission has been to convene the stakeholders of the St. Louis Region’s built environment for meaningful conversations that lead to focused action and positive systems change. One of […]
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Trump accuses Democratic lawmakers of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death’
John Lennon doc ‘Borrowed Time’ to get US premiere and release
Four HOK Projects Win 2025 American Architecture Awards
For the third consecutive year, HOK has earned multiple American Architecture Awards, which are organized by The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design in collaboration with The European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and Metropolitan Arts Press. The awards program is among the highest professional accolades in architecture and design. HOK’s […]
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Your Next House Might Be Made of Amazon Boxes
From Architect Mag: Waste reduction is a common theme in environmental building guidelines, and circular economy thinking encourages architects and contractors to minimize construction and demolition waste (CDW). However, cast-off building materials are obviously not the only source of rubbish that can be converted into new uses. Post-industrial and post-consumer waste remain advantageous sources of […]
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New York City’s Scaffolding Gets a Long Overdue Makeover
From New York Times: The bulky, green sidewalk scaffolding that wraps around many buildings in New York City is as familiar a sight as rush-hour traffic — and just as reviled. The wood-and-steel structures guard against falling construction debris, but squeeze people into dark, cattle-herding chutes and make it hard to see stores. They often […]
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Two Charged With Possession Of Stolen Vehicles
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Illinois American Water gives settlement credits to customers
How the Trump Administration Abandoned Plans for a Major Cut in Disability Benefits for Older Workers
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