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Meet the 40 Under 40, Class of 2016
What do a juggling unicyclist, a Celtic rock musician, a Yoda impressionist, and a certified hand-…
Seismically serene
Protecting buildings against earthquakes is not a new concept. Techniques such as the use of shear…
New terrain
An asymmetrical "geode" is the signature feature of new 250,000-sq.-ft. building on the University…
Green AlleysReduce Stormwater Runoff
Chicago has about 1,900 miles of public alleys—more than any other city in the world. The…
Gateway to Knowledge
Records of the public library in Southfield, Mich., go back 160 years, and they tell an…
Clearing a vertical path to safety
No one will ever know exactly how many people died immediately from the impact of the plane…
Hardcore Training Pays Off Big Time
When it comes to employee training and development, few AEC firms can say they rank with the…
Time to get hip to HIPAA
Remember the early days of the Clinton administration, when 'ol Bill anointed his wife…
Weathering The Storm
Two-thousand five will go down in the record books as one of the costliest hurricane seasons…
Smack Dab in the Middle
Everyone in the room must have had a hearty chuckle when Erik Kocher first presented his idea…
114,291 LEED APs: Turner Tops Perkins+Will
Project: Colburn School of the Performing Arts Conservatory of Music,…
Defying gravity
Faced with a difficult roof drainage challenge, the design team for the Boston Convention and…
Color Concrete Using Your PC
Concrete always draws to the mind block upon block of boring, drab, grey conformity. Massive,…
New Setting Suits Sun
In 1997, as the dot-com boom continued its madcap ride toward the heavens, computer giant Sun…
City Slicker
At a time when many developers are fleeing the stagnant office market for more profitable…
Transsolar Climate Engineering: Moderating The Design Process
          Photo: Manitoba Hydro Place, Winnipeg; Tom Arban, courtesy Kuwubara Payne Mckenna…
Concrete Jungle
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At first glance, the new 10-story apartment complex in Paris known as the Flower Tower looks like…
2003 Building Team Awards
The six expert judges and five editors evaluating this year's Building Team Project of the Year…
Metropolitan Capital Bank is a historic hit
The mandate from the newly formed Metropolitan Capital Bank to OWP/P, Chicago, looked fairly…
