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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.

BD+C Staff | Apr 12, 2013

Batson-Cook completes Hampton Inn near National Infantry Museum, Fort Benning

  West Point, Georgia – Batson-Cook recently completed the Hampton Inn on a site adjacent to the…
Apr 11, 2013

AIA selects recipients of its 2013 Small Project Awards

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected the ten recipients of the 2013 Small Project Awards. The AIA Small Project Awards Program, now in its tenth year, was established to recognize small-project practitioners for the high quality of their work and to promote excellence in small-project design.

Sasha Reed | Apr 11, 2013

Futuristic tech wish lists… what are you waiting for?

It seems you can’t browse an industry website today without hearing about some new app, software,…
David Barista | Apr 11, 2013

Final call for submissions: Giants 300 survey

We are currently accepting surveys for our annual Giants 300 report. The findings will be published…
Apr 11, 2013

American Folk Art Museum, opened in 2001, to be demolished

Just 12 years old, the museum designed by Tod Williams and Billie Tsien will be taken down to make way for MoMA expansion.

Apr 10, 2013

First look: University at Buffalo's downtown medical school by HOK

The University at Buffalo (UB) has unveiled HOK's dramatic design for its new School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences building on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.

Julie S. Higginbotham | Apr 10, 2013

LA opens new high school

  The Los Angeles Unified School District South Region High School No. 9 (LAUSD No. 9) in South…
BD+C Staff | Apr 10, 2013

Food store benefits from green wall technology

  GSky Plant Systems, Inc., a leading provider of vertical Green Walls in North America and now the…
BD+C Staff | Apr 10, 2013

Cladding and wall system creates fast result for military justice facility

  Several innovations in sustainable, lean construction techniques have been gaining broad adoption…
Julie S. Higginbotham | Apr 10, 2013

UMass Med School adds half million sf of life sciences space

  Suffolk Construction recently completed construction of the $400 million Albert Sherman Center, a…
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