Archinect - News 2024-12-22T05:36:17-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/77165422/editor-s-picks-324 Editor's Picks #324 Nam Henderson 2013-07-16T18:48:00-04:00 >2013-07-16T18:48:39-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/gc/gcvrt3emf60l310j.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p> <strong>News</strong><br> The LA Times reported that <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/76646781/big-trouble-for-little-chinatown-house" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a Rancho Cucamonga structure described as one of the last surviving examples of Chinese worker housing in the region has been selected by the National Trust for Historic Preservation for its 2013 list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places</a>.<br><br> Archinector <a href="http://archinect.com/chris" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Christopher Sison</a>&nbsp;wrote "<em>No, the Chinatown House is not a restaurant at Victoria Gardens Shopping Center. Yes, Chinese immigrants made it to Rancho Cucamonga long before Ice Cube and cousin Day-Day ever did. Unbeknownst to most local residents, Rancho Cucamonga once housed a significant Chinese immigrant population that was vital to developing the agricultural economy of the Cucamonga Valley...Advocates hope that attention from the National Trust designation will gather supporters and hopefully attract grant money for the rehabilitation of the building. The Chinatown House Preservation Coalition and other local advocates hope to save the structure and turn it into an educational space that ...</em></p> https://archinect.com/news/article/53708368/sefaira-concept-collaborative-sofware-for-sustainable-design Sefaira Concept - collaborative sofware for sustainable design Archinect 2012-07-17T17:57:00-04:00 >2012-07-17T17:57:47-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/vp/vpnoedvwa0ygww5c.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Sefaira Concept enables architects and project teams to create better performing buildings with a powerful web-based sustainability analysis platform. It performs whole-building analysis of energy, water, carbon, and renewable energy potential, while an intuitive interface allows for fast, iterative exploration of design options. Concept allows you to combine creativity and analytic insight to design buildings that are both elegant and highly sustainable.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>