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This is a the new addition to the Google Tools that you can use in your work. More and more people use Google Earth for site work, bringing “geographic data to life”, and now with the latest version released it will make it easier to find and access the data. With three new productivity-enhancing layers, the Google Earth Pro 5.2 will include demographic and parcel data in addition to daily traffic counts.  Information regarding 2010 and projected 2015 income, age, education will be available at the state, county, tract, and block group level.  Everything from use codes, and zoning data to even the sales history and average number of cars that have passed through an intersection will be link from each parcel selection.  Hope you are exited to work with this new release as we are.

Believe it or not, this seems like a dream come true for Mac users, and most of you guys using a Mac will be glad to see this software running on your system.

The following video is provided by ItaliaMac , and reveals some details about the User Interface and mouse (touchpad) gestures. Enjoy, and if you have something to say about this, we’ll be glad to listen to you.

Some of you artists out there might be interested in this sort of work shop that Apomechanes will soon open. If you like to work with new concepts, mechanisms and algorithmic processes then this is for you.

Apomechanes is an intensive 3-week computational design studio held each summer in Athens, Greece.

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SANAA Pritzker 2010 Winners

As most of you know, the Pritzker Architectural Prize is awarded annually to a living architect whose built work demonstrates a combination of talent, vision and commitment and represents a consistent and significant contribution to humanity and the built environment.

Kazuyou Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, partners in the Japanese architectural firm SANAA, have been named the 2010 Laureates of the Pritzker Architectural Prize. It is the second time in the Pritker’s 31-year history that the prize has gone to a pair and the second time its gone to a woman. The formal ceremony will take place on 17 May at Ellis Island in New York. At that time the architects will be awarded a $100,000 grant and bronze medallions.

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Guest Post From Dan Grife

Carbon Footprint Issue

The world is in a constant state of flux and the environment is no different. Lately, it seems as though flash flooding, earthquakes, and hurricanes are occurring all too often.

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