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Museums

The Tampa Museum of Art will soon undergo a $110 million expansion

In Tampa, Fla., the Tampa Museum of Art will soon undergo a 77,904-sf Centennial Expansion project. The museum plans to reach its $110 million fundraising goal by late 2024 or early 2025 and then break ground. Designed by Weiss/Manfredi, and with construction manager The Beck Group, the expansion will redefine the museum’s surrounding site.



Reconstruction & Renovation

Movement to protect historic buildings raises sharp criticism

While the movement to preserve historic buildings has widespread support, it also has some sharp critics with well-funded opposition groups springing up in recent years. Some opponents are linked to the Stand Together Foundation, founded and bankrolled by the Koch family’s conservative philanthropic organization, according to a column in Governing magazine.

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Designers

Healthcare Facilities | Gensler | Jun 29, 2017

Uniting healthcare and community

Out of the many insights that night, everyone agreed that the healthcare industry is ripe for disruption and that communities contribute immensely to our health and wellness.

Architects | Jun 19, 2017

Preparing to negotiate: Get your head in the game

Logical and well-planned steps to effective negotiation.

Jun 13, 2017

Accelerate Live! talk: Is the road to the future the path of least resistance? Sasha Reed, Bluebeam (sponsored)

Bluebeam’s Sasha Reed discusses why AEC leaders should give their teams permission to responsibly break things and create ecosystems of people, process, and technology.
Jun 13, 2017

Accelerate Live! talk: Incubating innovation through R&D and product development, Jonatan Schumacher, Thornton Tomasetti

Thornton Tomasetti’s Jonatan Schumacher presents the firm’s business model for developing, incubating, and delivering cutting-edge tools and solutions for the firm, and the greater AEC market.
Jun 13, 2017

Accelerate Live! talk: The future of computational design, Ben Juckes, Yazdani Studio of CannonDesign

Yazdani’s Ben Juckes discusses the firm’s tech-centric culture, where scripting has become an every-project occurrence and each designer regularly works with computational tools as part of their basic toolset.
Architects | Jun 7, 2017

Build your very own version of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim Museum with this new LEGO set

744 LEGO bricks are used to recreate the famous Wright design, including the 1992 addition.

Multifamily Housing | Jun 7, 2017

Multifamily visionary: The life and work of architect David Baker

For 35 years, architect David Baker has been a spirited voice for affordable housing, in San Francisco and beyond.

Jun 2, 2017

Accelerate Live! talk: How maker culture is transforming Sasaki’s design practice

Sasaki’s Pablo Savid-Buteler and Brad Prestbo talk about how the firm’s maker initiatives are changing the way Sasaki goes to market, and how they are helping the firm win new business.
Higher Education | Hanbury | May 31, 2017

Space utilization in higher education: more than sf per student

There’s more to space utilization than how often a room is occupied. What happens inside an occupied room is just as important.

May 30, 2017

Accelerate Live! talk: The ROI of innovation culture, Russ Sykes, SmithGroupJJR

Russ Sykes discusses SmithGroupJJR’s ongoing journey to create a firm culture that ignites innovation and propels change across all levels of the organization.
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