Mamayek joins HDR as Design Principal in Boston

Joe Mamayek, AIA, LEED AP B+C, has joined HDR Architecture’s Boston, Massachusetts office as a Design Principal. Mamayek will lead design efforts on marketing pursuits and all projects coming out of the Boston office, and will work closely with the Executive Committee and business group leaders to expand and promote HDR’s Design Excellence initiatives in the Northeast region.

He is an award-winning designer who has worked on a broad variety of complex, large-scale projects. Most recently, he was Director of Architectural Design at TRO/Jung Brannen where he led design initiatives on projects ranging from museum galleries to complex commercial developments at both a local and international level. He also has a strong background in S+T and healthcare facilities, two of HDR Architecture’s strongest markets. Some of Mamayek’s notable projects include various galleries and pavilions for the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts; the Media One Tower in Dubai, UAE; the Maine General Medical Center in Augusta, Maine; and the Praecis Pharmaceuticals Headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts, which won an AIA Honor Award for Design Excellence.

Mamyek is an active leader in local design affiliations, including the Boston Society of Architects and the ABC (A Better City) Sustainability Task Force. He’s also taught at the Boston Architectural Center as an instructor and thesis advisor. He’s a winner of the prestigious ROTCH Travelling Scholarship, which provided him the opportunity to study abroad for a year, and served on the ROTCH Committee for six years. Joe has a Bachelor of Architecture and a Bachelor of Environmental Design degree from the University of Minnesota. +

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.

| May 25, 2011

World’s tallest building now available in smaller size

Emaar Properties teamed up with LEGO to create a miniature version of the Burj Khalifa as part of the LEGO Architecture series. Currently, the LEGO Burj Khalifa is available only in Dubai, but come June 1, 2011, it will be available worldwide.

| May 25, 2011

Developers push Manhattan office construction

Manhattan developers are planning the city's biggest decade of office construction since the 1980s, betting on rising demand for modern space even with tenants unsigned and the availability of financing more limited. More than 25 million sf of projects are under construction or may be built in the next nine years.