Paul Robbrecht and Hilde Daem have been active as architects in the Belgian city of Ghent since 1975. Their work moves between the local traditions of Flemish building and cosmopolitanism acquired, in the main, as a result of their collaborations with international artists on exhibition and museum spaces. Their 35 years experience is enough to produce a mature body of exceptional work attentive to context and local technique, yet one aimed beyond the borders of their country. Their buildings address different typologies, from cultural buildings, spaces for art and public spaces to conversions of old offices, in which painstaking construction with traditional materials and schemes that are simple in layout and of great spatial richness inscribe their work within a certain central European tradition of the ordinary. This number of 2G presents 18 projects by Robbrecht en Daem, 15 of them built, which extend from public spaces for various Belgian cities (Antwerp, Ghent and Knokke) and urban amenities of major importance like Bruges Concert Hall to small projects inserted in the landscape, like a cabin in the woods, a pair of observation towers and a dovecote. The works are preceded by two critical essays by British architect William Mann - currently also Director of the Whitechapel Art Gallery in London - and by Iwona Blazwick, and are rounded off by thoughts from Paul Robbercht himself about the relationship between architecture and painting
Small business size standards are of congressional interest because the definition used determines eligibility for Small Business Administration (SBA) loans and consultative support assistance as well as federal contracting preferences and federal tax preferences. Although there is bipartisan agreement that the nation's small businesses play a key role in the American economy, there are differences of opinion concerning how to define them. The Small Business Act of 1953 authorised the Small Business Administration and made it responsible for establishing size standards for determining eligibility for federal small business assistance. This book provides an historical examination of the SBA's size standards, small business access to capital and job creation, tighter credit standings and small business employment, 7(a) Loan Guaranty Program, SBA Microloan program, and health care reform and small business.
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