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• Morning Roundup: December 10, 2012

  Herzog & de Meuron wants to cure Miami of its vices, The Atlantic think that construction productivity is to blame for failing construction jobs, and Elke Kramer borrows a page from Louis Kahn, plus architecture news from Las Vegas, Kazakhstan, and beyond.

• Short Documentary on Herzog and de Meuron Parking Lot

  Herzog & de Meuron's 1111 Lincoln Road is the subject of a new three-minute documentary in the running for the Focus Forward film contest. It will also be the subject of a lot of attention in Miami this weekend.

• Architecture Lovers Remember Oscar Niemeyer

  Vanity Fair architecture critic Paul Goldberger joins scores of fans on Twitter saying goodbye to Oscar Niemeyer.

• Morning Roundup: December 7, 2012

  The AIA names its 2013 Gold Medal winner and Architecture Firm Award, writers everywhere join Brazil in mourning the death of Oscar Niemeyer, plus architecture news from New York, Toronto, and beyond.

• Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects Wins 2013 AIA Architecture Firm Award

  Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects won the AIA's highest honor for an architecture firm, a prize commending their often spiritual, always textural works, which include the recently relocated Barnes Foundation museum in Philadelphia.

• Legendary Architect Oscar Niemeyer Dies at 104

  The legendary Brazilian architect, known worldwide for his designs in the new and old capitals of Brazil—Cathedral of Brasília, Honestino Guimarães National Museum, Palácio da Alvorada—died at age 104, just days shy of his 105th birthday.

• Students Occupy Cooper Union

  Students at Cooper Union, the tuition-free university for art, architecture, and engineering, have occupied an administration building to protest the university administration's decision to consider charging tuition.

• Bloomberg Businessweek to Host Design Conference

  Bloomberg Businessweek's first-annual design conference, which will feature architects, designers, tech executives, and more, is coming to the deYoung Museum in San Francisco in 2013.

• Morning Roundup: November 29, 2012

  John King says that the Golden State Warriors should think carefully about their priorities for a new arena by Snøhetta and AECOM, Amphibianarc proposes a twisted dark fantasy, plus architecture news from New Orleans, Austin, Miami, and beyond.

• Morning Roundup: November 28, 2012

  A theater critic reviews a new Studio Gang design, tiny houses arrive in the nation's capital, and a landscape architect speaks out on an architectural rumble in Dallas, plus architecture news from Ohio, Kentucky, and beyond.