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Empty mall to be converted to UCLA Research Park

UCLA recently acquired a former mall that it will convert into the UCLA Research Park that will house the California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy at UCLA and the UCLA Center for Quantum Science and Engineering, as well as programs across other disciplines. The 700,000-sf property, formerly the Westside Pavilion shopping mall, is two miles from the university’s main Westwood campus. Google, which previously leased part of the property, helped enable and support UCLA’s acquisition.

Geothermal Technology

Rochester, Minn., plans extensive geothermal network

The city of Rochester, Minn., home of the famed Mayo Clinic, is going big on geothermal networks. The city is constructing Thermal Energy Networks (TENs) that consist of ambient pipe loops connecting multiple buildings and delivering thermal heating and cooling energy via water-source heat pumps.

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Engineers

Engineering goes hand-in-hand with design, putting a practical lens on the architect’s vision and finding the best way to make it happen. Without a talented engineer, the project will never reach completion, and certainly will not reach the standards of functionality and sustainability that the architect and client are seeking.

Riddell Kurczaba's proposed vertical warehouse encompasses 500,000 sf of warehou
Aug 14, 2013

Warehouses go vertical in NAIOP distribution/fulfillment center design competition

NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, has selected Ware Malcomb, a contemporary full-service architectural design firm headquartered in Irvine, California, and Riddell Kurczaba, a design consulting firm located in Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, as winners of the 2013 Distribution/Fulfillment Center Design of the Future.
Aug 14, 2013

Ware Malcomb Phoenix relocates, promotes Kevin Evernham to Regional Manager

(August 2013) Scottsdale, Arizona – International Design firm Ware Malcomb is proud to announce…
Aug 14, 2013

Green Building Report [2013 Giants 300 Report]

Building Design+Construction's rankings of the nation's largest green design and construction firms. 

Aug 14, 2013

Military Construction Report [2013 Giants 300 Report]

Building Design+Construction's rankings of the nation's largest military sector design and construction firms, as reported in the 2013 Giants 300 Report.

Aug 13, 2013

DPR's Phoenix office, designed by SmithGroupJJR, affirmed as world's largest ILFI-certified net-zero facility

The new Phoenix Regional Office of DPR Construction, designed by SmithGroupJJR, has been officially certified as a Net Zero Energy Building by the International Living Future Institute (ILFI).  It’s the largest building in the world to achieve Net Zero Energy Building Certification through the Institute to date.

Aug 13, 2013

USGBC joins forces with Green Sports Alliance to promote sustainable venues

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has announced a collaboration with the Green Sports Alliance, a prominent nonprofit organization supporting the development and promotion of green building initiatives in professional and collegiate sports.

Michael Squarzini, PE, LEED AP, has been promoted to Managing Principal in the N
Aug 13, 2013

Thornton Tomasetti announces multiple promotions

The Thornton Tomasetti board of directors and managing principals announce the promotions of Michael J. Squarzini, Lance Parker, and Aaron Beebe.

Aug 13, 2013

Michael Thomas joins ESD

Mike Thomas has been named Vice President and Business Development Director at ESD (Environmental Systems Design, Inc.), an international leader in the consulting-engineering design of high performance building systems. 

Drew Ballensky | Aug 12, 2013

Decade-long renovation of Kansas Capitol Building expected to be complete by year end

A $300 million-plus, decade-long renovation of the Kansas Capitol Building in Topeka is expected to be complete by the end of the year. The exterior refurbishing of copper over the four imposing wings and around the dome should be complete by late November.

Jim Young | Aug 12, 2013

New York’s first net-zero school will be a sustainability lab for city school system

An elementary school on Staten Island will be the first net-zero energy school in New York City and the Northeast. The school is designed to use half the energy of a typical New York public school. Construction will be completed in 2015.

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