'Ugly' U.S. Mission Building To Get Roomier Replacement
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The headquarters of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations  doesn't generate much respect among the world's diplomatic set, whose members have derided the gray 12-story structure as an architectural eyesore that is unfit to house the world's lone superpower.
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The Boston Minuteman Council of the Boy Scouts of America has filed a defective construction lawsuit over its two-year-old Milton headquarters, a project Scouting officials say has been plagued with delays, poor workmanship, and nearly $3.5 million in cost overruns.
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The company's quarter was fairly ugly.
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There's yet more ugly news from this classic retailer.
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The museum's decision to abandon its current redesign suggests how a much-heralded public architecture project can be derailed by economics, politics and personalities.
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The seedy commercial strip with the liquor store and carryout deli was once anchored by a pharmacy. A Baptist congregation worships in the neighborhood's former Safeway. The Spic N Span market on the corner closed years ago, and the bakery that perfumed the air with the aroma of fresh bread is now a trash transfer station....
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The proposal reflects a growing belief that the use of the detention facility is tainting the image of the U.S.
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The New Museum's "Status Project" is a show that, in its final form, may be viewed as the Homeland Security Department's worst nightmare.
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U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and other staffers will have to shift their offices to the lawn in front of the organization's hulking headquarters while workers renovate and clean up the 55-year-old landmark building, the director of the project said Monday.
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A U.S. architectural firm posted drawings of the new U.S. Embassy being built in Baghdad on its Web site, prompting complaints from U.S. officials on Friday that their release could endanger U.S. personnel.
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Microsoft wants to get its next operating system in shipping shape by taking away one of the legs of the three-legged stool upon which the system would be built.
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The Bush administration readies system under a new name to make it more palatable to passengers and travel industry officials who complained that the earlier plan was overly intrusive, officials say.
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Hot on the heels of a successful series in which crumbling architectural gems were restored for the nation, Channel Four has launched a contest to find the country's ugliest building -- and then tear it down.
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NASA is relying on an overhaul of the space shuttle&#39;s towering external fuel tank to eliminate dangerous debris that triggered the fatal breakup of Columbia nearly two years ago, space agency officials said Monday.
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Two new East Coast stores will boast a revamped design when they open Sept. 23. But details so far are scant.
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The Bush administration is set to announce an overhaul of the nation's emergency response blueprint Tuesday, streamlining a chain of command that failed after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, sources familiar with the plan said yesterday.
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By Rattle, Barbara  Two vacant downtown Salt Lake City buildings are about to be transformed into condominiums - one of them commercial, the other residential.  Partners Brad Andrus, Boris London and Brent Andrus plan to convert the Sterling Building, 35 W.