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Using human body heat to help heat a building is the latest in Green Technology.  The Stockholm Central Station built in 1871 is the largest train station where 250,000 pass through each day.  Instead of ventilating the generated body heat, it will be collected so it can warm water which will be piped into a new adjacent green office facility.

Just read the High Line Condo article in Architectural Record.  These luxury condos, being built at 11th Avenue in NYC, have special elevators so you can park you car in your condo!  You can view a flash movie of the ensuite sky garage for a demo.

Six Concepts were developed by the Urban Design Studio at Alfred State College in Partnership with the Rochester Regional Community Design Center to create plans for the revitalization of the historic Susan B. Anthony District in downtown Rochester. This group of students from Alfred included SEI Design Group’s Justin Cross!  Under the direction of Professors Bill Dean and David Carli, they have assembled a variety of design solutions that will be on display at RRCDC. There is an opening reception at RRCDC in the Hungerford Building at 1115 East Main Street Door #4 on the evening of Friday, December 7 from 6 – 8:30 pm. This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

Barbara Nadel’s article in Buildings interviewing Canadian security expert Margaret Purdy, describes how building owners can play a significant role in security and emergency preparedness. Barbara Nadel, FAIA is Editor in Chief of Soloso, AIA’s eKnowledge website.

AIA announced contract revisions to A201 and new Owner Architect Agreements.  International Law Office discusses the changes in this article.

east coast Architecture review posted Charlie Rose interviewing architects.  If you do a search on YouTube you will note many Charlie Rose videos on architecture.

This is a great 3-D presentation on Falling Water, a 1935 residence designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. His masterpiece, Falling Water, is a fantastic integration with nature since an active waterfall flows beneath it.  Enjoy!

Check out this cool blog, Architecture My Ninja Please.  Be sure to scroll down to see many interesting images, movies and write-ups including Frank Gehry’s new project in Utah and the spaceport.

This month’s portfolio at Architectural Record has some interesting projects including the Bloch Building at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.  The video below shows the lobby.

Open Architecture Network (beta version) was started by Architecture for Humanity this past week.  In four days over 1500 people registered on the site.  The mission is "to generate design opportunities that will improve living standards for all".  The new site is a result of a TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) prize.