As energy prices continue to rise, more and more housing consumers in the U.S. are looking for ways to save money on home energy costs. VOA's Jeff Swicord reports on an environmentally friendly, green building movement in the United States.

If we can vote for a reality show to save celebrities then why can't we give our valuable votes to save the eternal symbol of love, "Taj Mahal" as the race for the Seven Wonders of the World draws closer with the on-line voting to choose world-class monuments closing next month.

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- GigaSpaces Enhances Scalability and Performance of "g platform" Clustered Environment

The exhibition A Better World - Another Power will present work by Santiago Cirugeda from Seville, the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) from New York City, the Foundation for Achieving Seamless Territory (FAST) from Amsterdam, and Jeanne van Heeswijk and Dennis Kaspori from Rotterdam.

The NAI exhibition An Icon of Modernism - Van Doesburg's Aubette presents a picture of one of the few realized projects by the many-sided artist Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931).

For twelve days in 2006 a group of architects, designers and planners from around the world spent 12 days amongst the disused and derelict dockyards, jail buildings and tunnels of Sydney Harbour's Cockatoo Island.

David Macaulay: The Art of Drawing Architecture, a new exhibition opening June 23, 2007 at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC. For more than 30 years, since the publication of his first book Cathedral in 1973, David Macaulay's drawings have unearthed "the way things work."

Free, guided walking tours of Toronto's history and architecture Discover Toronto's unique architecture and rich history through ROMwalk, a series of free, guided walking tours of the city. From May to September each year, tour leaders from the Royal Ontario Museum's Department of Museum Volunteers will lead the public through some of Toronto's most distinctive landmarks and neighbourhoods. Last year ROMwalk took over 2,800 guests on free walks.

Over the past seven years, Sydney researchers led by Paul Pholeros and Col James have visited more than 4600 Indigenous Australian households across urban and regional Australia looking for ways to improve people's living conditions.

On Saturday, April 21, 2007, landscape architect Ken Smith will present his lecture No Bushes in the Annenberg Theater at 6 p.m. The lecture is being held by the Architecture and Design Council of the Palm Springs Art Museum. Tickets are $5 for ADC members and $10 for nonmembers.

At sunset on Saturday, June 2, 2007, the Royal Ontario Museum will hold its official Architectural Opening & Building Dedication - a free public event to celebrate the construction completion of the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal.