GRANT BLANKENSHIP/THE TELEGRAPHMike Ratterree explains some of his concerns about the site for the new Bibb County Animal Welfare center during a public meeting with project architects Thursday in the Bibb County Commission boardroom. Ratterree admitted that he wasnt happy to soon be living next to the shelter and only asked that shelter animals and workers be as neighborly as people at the prison already close by. I dont hear nothing out of that prison, he said.

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The architects designing the new Bibb County Animal Welfare center heard from 15 members of the community Thursday as to what their priorities are for the new shelter.

Gene Dunwody Sr. of Dunwody/Beeland Architects Inc. conducted the meeting, which was called to both hear ideas from the community and to answer questions. Terry Tevis, of Tevis Architects in Kansas, is serving as the lead architect on the project because of his experience in working on animal shelters, Dunwody said.

Tevis told those in attendance that the project is in the earliest stages. The architects are still working through the budget process and havent yet figured out how big the new facility will be. Tevis said the team would be studying animal population statistics and future projects to decide how many dogs and cats the new shelter would accommodate, but added that the new shelter would be built to include the possibility of expansion, if necessary.

Tevis said some of the features of the new shelter would include separate areas for dogs and cats, trails on the property for area residents and the shelters animals, and meeting space for outreach and education programs run by Bibb County Animal Welfare.

The shelter will be built from $3 million as part of the 2012 special purpose local option sales tax. Bibb County commissioners acquired the property at 4280 Fulton Mill Road from the Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority for no cost.

Mike Ratterree, a resident of the neighborhood where the shelter would be built, said he and his neighbors arent too happy that the shelter would be built there, but are willing to accept it so long as theres no noise from the shelter and it doesnt cause traffic issues.

Bibb County Animal Welfare Director Sarah Tenon said she agreed with most of the public comments. She said that ideally, the new shelter would have space for between 125 and 150 animals, but almost anything would be an improvement over the current shelter.

We need to get the new facility and get out of that dump, she said. We need something thats conducive to healthy animals and that can bring the community together. We need to focus on the animals and the staff.

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Winchester architects' practice is flying high

6:00pm Wednesday 6th February 2013 in News By Andrew Napier

A WINCHESTER architects' practice is in the unusual position of having four housing schemes on the go in the city.

T2 Architects are watching as their designs are realised in four major projects: The Laundry in Gordon Road, Hyde (14 homes); the former ambulance station on Queens Road (14 homes); 34-36 Chilbolton Avenue (11 homes) and the former Dreweatt Neate offices in Staple Gardens (10 flats and offices).

The first three are with Durley-based builders Drew Smith. The fourth is with Bournemouth-based Juno Development. In total the four will provide 49 new homes.

Director Jeremy Tyrrell previously worked at local firm Architecture plb before setting up T2 in 2007. Whilst at Architecture plb he designed Belgarum Place in Staple Gardens.

Mr Tyrrell said: We like to work in the Winchester area but we have a wider geographical spread as well. But it is unusual to have four projects under construction at the same time.

He is keen to design in a modern style. The Laundry scheme has brick, slate tiles, porches and bay windows, all characteristics of Hyde and representative, but done in a contemporary manner. Something I struggle with is people's designs trying to make things look 100 years old.

We are really pleased to be able to design housing in Winchester that is of its time and not trying to ape a former time period. We are proud to be designing Elizabeth II housing not mock-Victorian or mock-Georgian.

Based in Nuns Road, Hyde, Mr Tyrrell, 35, employs two staff, Andrew Thompson and David Scott. Expansion could be on the cards: That would be the next step if the business continues to grow. But these are unpredictable times in the construction industry.

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In one corner sat a house built with 300 used aluminum cat-food cans, each stuffed with insulation. Another was made from discarded foam panels, wood and other found materials. It looked like Swiss cheese but accommodated as many as three cats.

These were some of the entrants in the Architects for Animals: Giving Shelter contest, held in Manhattan. Leslie Farrell, who works for Francis Cauffman Architects, founded the contest three years ago to raise awareness and funds for the half million or so cats that live outdoors in New York Citys five boroughs.

No animal should have to live on the streets, Farrell said. They need food, shelter, medical care.

The contest offers no prize. Farrell said the winner gets bragging rights and gratitude. Im thankful for the architects who give up their time to do this, she said.

Zimmerman Workshop built its entry out of a cooler wrapped in sheet moss held together with chicken wire. It was designed toblend in with thegarden environment where it will be placed. M Moser Associates Cat Coop is a series of elevated pods of birch plywood, insulated with compressed foam and carpet.

A video camera will air a live feed of the eventual feline inhabitants, for researchers and general-public voyeurs.

All of the projects will find a place somewhere in New York Citys gardens, parks or backyards.

Working with caretakers for feral-cat colonies -- yes, there are such people -- the architects came up with designs for practicality, aesthetics and not least of all cat-friendliness.

I grew up with animals and really value them, Farrell said. She became more aware of urban feral cats after moving to an upper Manhattan neighborhood. She discovered the nonprofit Mayors Alliance for NYCs Animals, a rescue group that can help and advise people on living with feral cats humanely.

No one seems to know how many feral cats roam the parks and gardens in New York City. The Mayors Alliance says the number of community cats, a population that includes feral as well as domesticated abandoned felines, is somewhere between 500,000 and 1 million.

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Hart Wright Architects, a San Francisco and Bay Area based modern architecture office, revised their website to make it more user friendly and putting an emphasis on images and design.

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Principal architect Eliza Hart said, "We don't want to compromise our clean look by crowding a lot of text on our website, it would not reflect well on our sense of design. Even still, the optimization improved this firms search results."

In other areas this environmentally responsible architecture firm added more information. There are now social media links allowing visitors to easily connect to Hart Wright Architects in the cyberworld. Hart Wright Architects added a new page of testimonials and revised the images and organization of some of their supporting web pages.

Hart Wright Architects' Principal Eliza Hart is a licensed architect in San Francisco. She received a Master of Architecture and an MA in Urban Planning at UCLA. Since then, she has worked in various small residential firms. She has worked on a variety of residential and commercial projects, including remodels as well as new construction; with extensive experience spanning the full range from schematic design to construction documents to construction administration She founded Hart Wright Architects in 2006, a firm that emphasizes quality, environmental sustainability and a team approach to solving problems and getting the job done well.

Hart Wright Architects is a green architecture, urban and landscape design firm based in San Francisco serving clients in Palto Alto, Atherton, Napa, Mill Valley and most of the Bay area. Through all phases of design and construction, HWA is committed to excellence in architectural design solutions, active problem solving, and the highest standards of client service. They recently became certified DBE for being a woman owned architecture business.

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After a collapsing construction market significantly hampered revenue, a recovery in nonresidential and residential building construction will support growth. For these reasons, industry research firm IBISWorld has updated a report on the Architects industry in its growing industry report collection.

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Nevertheless, the construction market has recently shown signs of recovery. As a result, Architects industry revenue is expected to increase 4.7% in 2013, with demand from nonresidential construction anticipated to rise 6.0%. In addition, profit margins are expected to increase in 2013, up from a postrecession low in 2010. However, profit margins remain below the level achieved in 2008. To maintain margins, many large firms have taken cost-cutting measures, such as laying off workers. Consequently, the number of industry employees has fallen at an average 2.3% per year during the past five years. This industry is characterized by many small-scale consultants, often individual proprietors and partners, that operate in narrow geographic markets, adds Sherman. The fragmented nature of this industry is also evident when comparing the size of enterprises that have employees. The industry's low level of concentration means that no firm holds a dominant position in the market. In 2013, IBISWorld expects the number of enterprises in the industry to expand as the broader economy shows signs of a sustained recovery. During the next five years, industry concentration is not expected to increase. While more clients are expected to use larger firms that can provide a wide array of services, the number of operators is expected to counteract growth in large companies as the construction market improves.

During the next five years, industry operators will continue to benefit from improvements in the downstream construction markets. The volume of construction projects will increase as access to credit becomes more readily available for clients. Demand from nonresidential and residential construction is forecast to rise; similarly, industry revenue is forecast to increase in the five years to 2018. Industry operators will look to offer more value-added and environmentally friendly services as the level of competition grows from one-stop, full-service building and engineering firms. For more information, visit IBISWorlds Architects in the US industry report page.

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31 January 2013 Last updated at 21:03 ET By Razia Iqbal BBC News

Some in the West get the impression that the Middle East offers women little in the way of equal opportunities but, in the United Arab Emirates, female architects are helping design and build their own cities.

In the past decade, the Dubai skyline has been utterly transformed, with steel and glass towers emerging out of the desert at a striking rate.

And the biggest of them all - the Burj Khalifa - puts Dubai on the world map, as the city with the tallest building in the world, its tip piercing the clouds and forcing the eye ever upwards.

It is this huge building boom which partly explains why a surprisingly disproportionate number of women are choosing to study architecture. Pallavi Dean is a startling figure on a building site - eight and a half months pregnant, wearing a shiny, pink, hard hat.

When I joined her on the site, she and I were the only women there, and I looked on in admiration as she negotiated with engineers and designers, plans in her hand and handing out instructions. Educated in the United Arab Emirates, Pallavi is in no doubt that there is a connection between the building boom and the rising number of young women studying architecture.

"The ratio is 80% women and 20% men, yet that figure is the other way around in the workforce. I've always wondered why."

In addition to working and raising a family, Pallavi Dean lectures at the American University at Sharjah, where she hopes she presents the young women with a solid role model of combining the profession with family.

The university is only 15 years old. Before the huge marble and stone campus sprang up - with its vast courtyards and a nod to Arab aesthetic in the arched windows and geometric mosaics - it was largely sand dunes.

Sitting talking to three women and two men in their final year of their five-year course, I was struck by their innate confidence. All three women - Fatima al-Zaabi, Fatma Abdulla Hussain, and Ruba al-Araji - have a determination and energy to succeed.

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