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Market Data
Construction employment rises from October 2017 to October 2018 in 44 states and D.C.
Forty-four states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between October 2017 and…
Reconstruction Awards
Wiseburn High School: New kind of P3
The adaptive reuse of a 330,000-sf, four-story Northrup Grumman engineering office building in El…
Codes and Standards
OSHA publishes updates to crane operator certification requirements
OSHA published the long-delayed updates to its crane operator certification requirements in the Nov…
Multifamily Housing
Designs unveiled for new residential tower in Honolulu
Studio Gang has designed a 41-story residential high rise called Ko’ula that would be a central…
Biophilic Design
Biophilic design: What is it? Why it matters? And how do we use it?
Have you ever surrendered to nature’s tranquility in search of relief or relaxation? How do you…
Codes and Standards
Guide offers understanding of elements that create successful multi-floor communal spaces
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has released a guide highlighting case…
Reconstruction Awards
Kehoe Iron Works: Industrial strength makeover
The kehoe iron works occupies a 6.3-acre site on the Savannah River, in the Savannah National…
Reconstruction Awards
Weiser Hall, University of Michigan: Campus upgrade
The renovation of Weiser Hall, a Mid-century academic building at the University of Michigan,…
Reconstruction Awards
Mass MoCA Building 6: The Robert W. Wilson Building
The Arnold Print works, a textile-dyeing mill in North Adams, Mass., dates to the 1860s. In 1942,…
Energy
2018 Energy Efficiency Indicator survey: More than half of global organizations plan to increase energy efficiency spending in next 12 months
Today, Johnson Controls, a global leader in creating smart cities, unveiled the findings from its…
Codes and Standards
2018 International Green Construction Code released
The 2018 International Green Construction Code (2018 IgCC) has been released.
The 2018 IgCC is a…
Virtual Reality
Google files patent for VR shoes that let you walk limitlessly in a small space
Virtual reality is all about immersion. It’s purpose, as its name would suggest, is to create a…
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Mind Your Beeswax
Started as a hobby in a small family kitchen in 1996, personal care products company Raining Rose…
Reconstruction Awards
Charles L. Tutt Library, Colorado College: Net-zero in the Rockies
The expansion of colorado college’s Tutt Library doubled its size to 94,000 sf, making it likely to…
Codes and Standards
New versions of DOE’s EnergyPlus engine and the OpenStudio software development kit released
The U.S. Department of Energy and the national labs have released updated versions of their open-…
Market Data
Architecture firm billings continue to slow, but remain positive in October
Architecture firm billings growth softened in October but remained positive for the thirteenth…
Green
USGBC launches LEED Zero, to address net zero carbon operations and resources in LEED green building projects
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) recently launched LEED Zero, a new program that will…
Reconstruction Awards
National Arts Centre: O, Canada
The national arts centre is the jewel in Canada’s cultural crown. Designed by Fred Lebensold (1917-…
Codes and Standards
Obsolete safety standards may have been used in cleanup of former naval shipyard
The cleanup of the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, a large site slated for a major…
Multifamily Housing
BIG’s ‘wooden hillside’ residential building in Stockholm officially opens
The idea behind Bjarke Ingels Group’s 79&Park in Stockholm was to create an inhabitable…
