Sliced Porosity Block by Steven Holl Architects

The ‘Sliced Porosity Block’ will be located just south of the intersection of the First Ring Road and Ren Min Nan Road. Its sun sliced geometry results from minimum daylight exposures to the surrounding urban fabric prescribed by code. Porous and inviting from every side, five vertical entrances cut through a layer of micro-urban shopping before leading to the elevated public ‘Three Valley’ plaza. A great urban terrace on the... 

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Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture

The Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture is a comprehensive portrayal of the finest built architecture from around the world completed since the year 2000. Divided into six world regions, the Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture provides an important overview of global and local trends in architecture for a wide range of users. users.

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Parkway Properties Announces Sale of Columbia, South Carolina Asset

Parkway Properties, Inc. announced the closing of the fee simple sale of the Capitol Center office property, located in Columbia, South Carolina. Capitol Center is a 460,000 square foot property that was 97.5% occupied as of September 1, 2008. The gross sales price was $47.5 million and represents a capitalization rate of approximately 9.5% on twelve months projected cash net operating income from the date of closing. Parkway received net cash proceeds... 

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Steel City … here we come

Scott Box wouldn’t mind if Murfreesboro acquired the nickname Steel City. That would mean the power tool and machinery manufacturing company he helped form and headquartered in Murfreesboro less than two years ago had made its mark in the competitive tool market. Steel City Tool Works, founded in 2005, is a privately held company with an investment group led by Box and Mark Strahler, both long-time executives in the machinery industry, who grew... 

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