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Architects

Every building starts with a concept and a design. Architects are involved at every stage of the process, even after a design has been finalized, helping other building team members through the snares and missteps in the construction process. Building Design+Construction delivers news, trends, and research to the nation's largest architectural design firms. 

Jun 23, 2011

Chicago-based firm to design third-tallest building in China

Adrian Smith+Gordon Gill Architecture won a competition to design the $773 million Wuhan Greenland…
Jun 22, 2011

Mobile architecture addresses social issues, technology evolution

Mobile architecture addresses more than just the rapid technological changes in today’s society.…
Jun 22, 2011

Falling Architecture Billings Index indicates low design demands

Last month, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) reportedly slowed to 47.2, continuing on a…
Jun 20, 2011

Tallest office building in France now open

The tallest office building in France—Tour FIRST—has opened in Paris, adding a new landmark to the…
Rob Cassidy | Jun 9, 2011

‘Net-zero’: It's now the New Normal for green buildings

Man up*, America’s Building Teams! The gauntlet has been thrown at your feet. The fighting words…
Jun 7, 2011

Hinthorne Mott Architects joins design firm Perkins+Will

Executives at Seattle-based Hinthorne Mott Architects announced a new union with the design firm…
May 25, 2011

Low Impact Development: Managing Stormwater Runoff

Earn 1.0 AIA/CES HSW/SD learning units by studying this article and successfully passing the online exam.

May 25, 2011

Register today for BD+C’s June 8th webinar on restoration and reconstruction projects

Based on new and award-winning building projects, this webinar presents our “expert faculty” to examine the key issues affecting project owners, designers and contractors in case studies ranging from gut renovations and adaptive reuses to restorations and retrofits.

May 25, 2011

Hotel offers water beds on a grand scale

A semi-submerged resort hotel is the newest project from Giancarlo Zema, a Rome-based architect known for his organic maritime designs. The hotel spans one kilometer and has both land and sea portions.

May 25, 2011

Smithsonian building $45 million green lab

Thanks to a $45 million federal appropriation to the Smithsonian Institution, the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, Md., has broken ground on what is expected to be one of the most energy-efficient laboratories in the country. The 69,000-sf lab is targeting LEED Gold and is expected to use 37% less energy and emit 37% less carbon dioxide than a similar building.

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