A group of Canterbury architects are fighting to save the Lyttelton Tunnel's control building, which was severely damaged in the February earthquake.

It served as the gateway from the port to Canterbury for 50 years, and is one of the few historic buildings remaining in the city.

The famous landmark was designed by Peter Beaven, who was said to be inspired by Canterburys founding settlers who arrived on the first four ships.

Canterbury Institute of Architects (CIA) chair David Hill is one of those who admires its design.

It's a fantastic piece of architecture, he says.

It's one of the few contemporary buildings to have a Historic Places Trust category one listing, but suffered serious structural damage in the February quake.

CIA president David Sheppard is calling for more time.

Take another look at it before the bulldozers demolish what has definitely become a landmark building in the Christchurch scene, he says.

Locals struggle to share their architectural enthusiasm.

It's not the prettiest building in my opinion, says resident Brian Rick.

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DALLAS, Jan. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Huitt-Zollars is pleased to announce that, as of December 31, 2012, the firm of Morris Architects has become an operating entity of Huitt-Zollars, Inc. "This transaction will significantly diversify our building design capabilities," said Bob Zollars, founder and CEO of Huitt-Zollars. "We are committed in the coming years to providing a truly integrated, balanced offering that delivers quality architectural and engineering services to both new and existing clients."

Morris, which will continue to provide services under its current name and leadership, is entering its 75th year of continuous practice as an architectural, interior design, landscape architecture, and planning firm. Morris' current headquarters is located in Houston, where they are ranked in the top ten largest architectural firms by The Houston Business Journal "Book of Lists." Other office locations are in Orlando, Florida and Los Angeles, California. Morris' primary markets include Commercial Development, Corporate Offices, Higher Education, Health Care, Entertainment, and Hospitality. Morris is well known for its dedication to design excellence, with numerous national and local design awards from organizations including the Boston Society of Architects, the American Institute of Architects Houston Chapter, the American Society of Landscape Architects, and the Texas Society of Architects. Among their largest current commissions is the design of the new 1,000 room Marriott Marquis convention center hotel in Houston.

"Our current clients will find our commitment to service unchanged, and we are excited about the opportunities this presents for extending our market sector expertise and design skills to new cities, new clients, and new markets," said Chris Hudson, former CEO of Morris, now Senior Vice President and co-leader of Huitt-Zollars' Buildings practice group.

Consistently ranked by Engineering News-Record in the top 200 largest design firms nationwide, Huitt-Zollars is a full-service design firm, headquartered in Dallas, Texas with 16 additional offices located throughout the United States.

About Huitt-Zollars, Inc.

Huitt-Zollars, Inc. is a multi-discipline firm with extensive expertise in planning, design, program management, and construction management.For additional information about Huitt-Zollars, Inc. you can reference http://www.huitt-zollars.com.

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Architects live at Riot Room- Kansas City,MO 2013

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Tall Building Design and Construction (for architects and engineers)
This is my basic design for skyscrapers. It #39;s the type of building I #39;d feel comfortable living and working in. And ... it #39;s cheap ... relatively speaking.

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New York (CBSNewYork) This is no dog house.

According to the Mayors Alliance for New York Citys Animals, there are as many as a million homeless animals living on the streets of New York, most of them cats. For the third year, Architects for Animals held its annual Giving Shelter fundraiser on Thursday, January 10th at Manhattans Steelcage Showroom to help those community cats brave the elements and survive the freezing temperatures.

The event benefited the Mayors Alliance NYC Feral Cat Initiative, a not for profit organization committed to solving New York Citys feral cat overpopulation crisis through the humane, non-lethal method of Trap-Neuter-Return, or TNR for short.

Top city architectural design firms built creative outdoor winter shelters, participated in a friendly competition and then donated the cat houses to volunteers who care for these animals. These caregivers ensure the cats are spayed or neutered, vaccinated, left-eartipped to identify them as having been spayed or neutered, and provide daily with food and water, and medical care when needed.

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This years participating architectural teams included H3 Hardy Collaborative Architecture, Francis Cauffman Architects, M. Moser Associates, Callison Barteluce, Stonehill & Taylor Architects along with a team of students from City College, Zimmerman Workshop, Kathryn Walton of The American Street Cat (TASC) and Pilot Projects Design Collective.

(Photo: Tamar/I Have Cat for NYC Feral Cat Inititative)

Learn more about the Architects for Animals project at http://www.architectsforanimals.com. Find out how you can support the care of community cats in the boroughs, at NYC Feral Cat Initiative at http://www.nycferalcat.org.

(Note: All For Animals is a production of New Day Media and is placed on CBSNewYork.com as a courtesy.)

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Balangan Vistas Resort Hotel in Bali by SpaceLineDesign Architects (view fullscreen in HD)
Beautiful new concept for luxury resort hotel in Bali- 54 suites all facing ocean with 6 large penthouse suites overlooking 25 hotel villas each with private deck and pool. Designed by Jeff Page of SpaceLineDesign.com Architects in Dubai, 2013. We specialize in this type of marketing concept studies for all kinds of interesting projects from single family villas up to multi building mixed use development projects throughout the middle east region and beyond.

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All For Animals #34: Architects For Animals
All For Animals host Susan Richard checks out the 3rd Annual Architects For Animals "Giving Shelter" fundraiser to benefit NYC Feral Cat Initiative. Top New York architects build creative yet functional outdoor cat shelters as part of a friendly competition after which the shelters are donated and placed around the five boroughs to help community cats brave the harsh winter weather. Learn more at http://www.architectsforanimals.com and http://www.nycferalcat.org. All For Animals lis a New York based video program and website that offers resources to pet parents and encourages the adoption of shelter animals. We also highlight the animal rescue community in the tri-state area to let animals lovers know how you can lend a helping hand. Get much more at http://www.allforanimals.tv. Susan Richard is a longtime radio personality in the NYC area and can be heard middays anchoring the news on 1010WINS. Learn more about Susan at http://www.susanrichard.com and check out her other YouTube channel: mssusanrichard.

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BEDFORD - The New Hampshire chapter of the American Institute of Architects named three winners of its Intern/Young Architect Design Competition after asking competitors to address a real-life scenario, a building located in the village of West Swanzey named Whitcomb Hall.

The historic building, which has a prominent location in the village, has been vacant since 1988. At a recent Plan NH Charrette, the planning team recommended that the Whitcomb Hall building should become a premier, for-profit event facility that serves the southwest region of the state. The facility should be capable of hosting events from 10 to 250 people, with a plan that allows for flexible use and multiple configurations of the space.

First place was awarded to Adam Lemire of LineSync Architecture in Wilmington, Vt., for his practical details and multi-purpose design that enhanced the user experience while preserving the overall character of Whitcomb Hall.

Second place was awarded to Jennifer Hegarty, associate AIA member, of Litchfield, and an employee at Watershed Studio Architecture in White River Junction, Vt. "This proposed solution represented the most functional use of space with a large portion of the addition to the west adding much needed square footage to the main hall on the ground floor," the AIA said in a news release.

Third place was awarded to Adam Holmes AIA, PDT Architects of Portland, Maine. The jurors liked the use of the plan and addition as it opened itself up to the west lawn. They especially liked the execution of the new lobby to the north of the building, which incorporated large expanses of glass to connecting to the new and old additions. For more information and more images of winning projects, visit aianh.org/content/intern-ya-design-competition.

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in Cranston, building by future architects
1.11.13: Richard Lonardo teaches a three-year architectural design program at the Cranston Area Career Technical Center in which students begin with technical drawing and progress into computer aided design and architectural rendering. Seniors are now creating models for a house renovation and will present their ideas to a client as if they were architects. The students have also been invited to participate in a collaboration with Roger Williams University architectural school, associating with college students. Providence Journal video / Andrew Dickerman

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Architects - We #39;re All Alone guitar cover
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