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		<title>2012 AIASJ Design Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kiel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Design Awards
Often your peers are the best judge of quality and professional achievement. This is true for actors, writers, and architects, among others.  The AIA San Joaquin hosts bi-annual Design Awards Program that recognizes the exemplary architectural design by San Joaquin Valley architects and for work built within the San Joaquin Valley.
Local firms and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>fresh: Eve Yi Liu</title>
		<link>http://archop.org/2010/05/eve-yi-liu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 22:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kiel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Through the grape vine, I heard new design talent moved to the Fresno area. Honestly, I can&#8217;t even remember who told me about Eve, and how I got her email. But none the less, in keeping with the FRESH feature, below are Eve Yi Liu&#8217;s words about herself, adventures in architecture, and how she got [...]]]></description>
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		<title>impact: Milton Curry</title>
		<link>http://archop.org/2009/11/impact-milton-curry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kiel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most fresnans are familiar with the brain drain concept. It is a term referring to the most talented individuals draining away from our region because better opportunities and higher quality environments exist for them elsewhere. In the impact series we demonstrate that many of these individuals should not be mourned but celebrated for the impact [...]]]></description>
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		<title>impact: Cornell graduate planning student returns to Fresno for thesis research</title>
		<link>http://archop.org/2009/10/dani-thiesen-bergstrom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kiel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a new feature called impact we demonstrate how intelligent fresnans are influencing change in this city, region, national, and world. 
I met Danielle Thiesen Bergstrom while working on the Vernacular Architecture Forum hosted in Fresno in 2008. At that time Dani was working as a staff planner with the City of Fresno. She had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>fresh: Dan Stark</title>
		<link>http://archop.org/2009/09/fresh-dan-stark/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kiel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the 2nd edition of <a href="http://archop.org/tag/fresh">fresh</a>, let me introduce <strong>Dan Stark</strong>. Thanks goes out to architect <a href="http://www.charestcorp.com/personnel.php" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.charestcorp.com/personnel.php?referer=');">James Tomlin</a> for making the introduction over lunch. We shared stories about traveling in Nicaragua and a shared passion for sustainability. Below are Dan's words regarding, growing up, education, notable experiences, travel, architectural interests, and finally the Fresno move.]]></description>
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		<title>fresh: Enoch Sears</title>
		<link>http://archop.org/2009/08/fresh-enoch-sears/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kiel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a new series we are calling fresh archop will feature an individual in architecture or allied industry who has just relocated to the San Joaquin Valley, or returned after an extended absence. For the first edition we introduce a fascinating individual named Enoch Sears. 
I first met Enoch via email. He&#8217;d responded to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>theory thursday: branded recovery</title>
		<link>http://archop.org/2009/08/branded-recovery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kiel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The time that we are in now is often compared to the Great Depression. Also links are made between the New Deal, WPA and other programs with the Stimulus Package, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and other associated programs.   I&#8217;m not in the position or carry any real expertise to compare and contrast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>fresh: John Dugan</title>
		<link>http://archop.org/2009/08/john-dugan/</link>
		<comments>http://archop.org/2009/08/john-dugan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kiel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following a nation-wide search, Thursday July 30th 2009 City Manager Andy Souza named John Dugan to the post of Planning and Development Director for the City of Fresno. Mr. Dugan will begin work with the City of Fresno on September 1st.
While Mr. Dugan is amid what I can only imagine is a very busy transition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>theory thursday: BLDGBLOG book</title>
		<link>http://archop.org/2009/07/theory-thursday-bldgblog-book/</link>
		<comments>http://archop.org/2009/07/theory-thursday-bldgblog-book/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kiel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I received a copy of BLDGBLOG BOOK by Geoff Manaugh. I was intending to purchase a copy through Amazon, but then the economy caught up with me. Luckily, Mike Osegueda writer with the Fresno Bee and blogger for FresnoBeeHive received a press copy from Chronicle Books. Through twitter mikeoz wrote &#8220;i got it in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>theory thursday: An Authenticity of ‘Rootedness’</title>
		<link>http://archop.org/2009/07/rootedness/</link>
		<comments>http://archop.org/2009/07/rootedness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tkc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Archop Nation, 
I was intrigued by the recent ‘Theory Thursday’ post concerning the concept of authenticity.  Below is my attempt to further the discussion.
The notion of authenticity has in it the idea of a pure, genuine original, a sort of Platonic ideal – ‘this is an authentic 1952 Tops Mickey Mantle Rookie card, [...]]]></description>
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