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Adaptive Reuse

Detroit’s Michigan Central Station, centerpiece of innovation hub, opens

The recently opened Michigan Central Station in Detroit is the centerpiece of a 30-acre technology and cultural hub that will include development of urban transportation solutions. The six-year adaptive reuse project of the 640,000 sf historic station, created by the same architect as New York’s Grand Central Station, is the latest sign of a reinvigorating Detroit.


Education Facilities

Studio Gang designs agricultural education center for the New York City Housing Authority

Earlier this month, the City of New York broke ground on the new $18.2 million Marlboro Agricultural Education Center (MAEC) at the New York City Housing Authority’s Marlboro Houses in Brooklyn. In line with the mission of its nonprofit operator, The Campaign Against Hunger, MAEC aims to strengthen food autonomy and security in underserved neighborhoods. MAEC will provide Marlboro Houses with diverse, community-oriented programs.


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Events Facilities | Jul 19, 2016

Houston architect offers novel idea for Astrodome renovation

Current plans for the Astrodome’s renovation turn the site into an indoor park and events space, but a Houston architect is questioning if that is the best use of the space

Events Facilities | May 9, 2016

Santiago Calatrava designs 'falcon in flight' pavilion for UAE at Dubai Expo

The 161,000-sf structure will be a centerpiece for the event, which is expected to draw more than 25 million visitors.

Events Facilities | Mar 15, 2016

Bjarke Ingels, Foster+Partners, and Grimshaw all winners in Expo 2020 pavilion design competition

BIG designed the Opportunity Pavilion, Foster+Partners submitted the winning Mobility Pavilion, and Grimshaw created the Sustainability Pavilion.

Events Facilities | Mar 7, 2016

Experts pessimistic on Chicago’s $650 million McCormick Place expansion

Developers and city officials envision $250 million of annual growth, but the figure assumes that a new arena will lure conventions and draw full houses for basketball games.

Architects | Jan 15, 2016

Best in Architecture: 18 projects named AIA Institute Honor Award winners

Morphosis' Perot Museum and Studio Gang's WMS Boathouse are among the projects to win AIA's highest honor for architecture.

Jan 14, 2016

How to succeed with EIFS: exterior insulation and finish systems

This AIA CES Discovery course discusses the six elements of an EIFS wall assembly; common EIFS failures and how to prevent them; and EIFS and sustainability.

Events Facilities | Oct 2, 2015

Louisville convention center to undergo $180 million renovation, expansion

The facility, which reopens in the summer of 2018, has already booked events it wouldn’t have gotten as a smaller venue.

Giants 400 | Sep 17, 2015

CONVENTION CENTER SECTOR GIANTS: Gensler, AECOM, Turner top rankings of nation's largest convention/events sector AEC firms

BD+C's rankings of the nation's largest convention/events sector design and construction firms, as reported in the 2015 Giants 300 Report.

Office Buildings | Jul 31, 2015

Design unveiled for Apple HQ visitor center

A glass-walled single-story building alongside the main office building in Cupertino, Calif., will be used as a visitor center.

Events Facilities | Skanska | Jun 19, 2015

4 ways convention centers are revamping for the 21st century

Today's convention centers require more flexible spaces, the ability to blend virtual and in-person events, and meaningful sustainability, writes Skanska's Tom Tingle.

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