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Codes and Standards

LEED should be updated to combat climate change

Although LEED has advanced sustainability in the built environment, it hasn’t kept up with the…
Healthcare Facilities

French 'Alzheimer’s Village' designed to resemble a medieval bastide

A purpose-built “Alzheimer’s Village” in the French commune of Dax will give residents the ability…
Architects

Michael Green Architecture joins Katerra

Katerra and Michael Green Architecture Inc. (MGA) recently announced a partnership today that…
Codes and Standards

Sports stadiums and arenas showcase sustainability features

The newly opened $1.6 billion Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta earned LEED Platinum certification…
Retail Centers

The shopping mall value chain - fixing its weakest links

US shopping mall owners are starting to report their Q1 results, and they paint a complicated…
Mixed-Use

Seattle’s new mixed-use complex merges new construction with a repurposed 1921 funeral home

Located along the Lake Washington Ship Canal in Seattle, Fremont Crossing provides the city with a…
Codes and Standards

L.A. must transition to cleaner energy, boost transit to reach sustainability goals

In order to reach its ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goals, Los Angeles must transition to 100…
Adaptive Reuse

Pop-up retail market on Chicago’s Randolph Street will be made of repurposed shipping containers

In not too long, a vacant site at 725 W. Randolph St. in Chicago will be home to a 58-story mixed-…
Codes and Standards

Washington D.C.’s flattened skyline can be a virtue

While some complain that Washington D.C.’s building height limit has resulted in lookalike, boxy…
Market Data

Nonresidential construction remains unchanged in April

Nonresidential construction spending remained unchanged in April on a monthly basis, according to…
Architects

Changing the way we think about water and design

At the recent Living Future Conference and the Colorado State University Water Symposium, I was…
Cultural Facilities

Topping Off: Pikes Peak is getting a new Summit Complex

More than 600,000 people annually scale the 14,115 feet to reach the summit of Pikes Peak in…
Libraries

New library offers a one-stop shop for what society is craving: hands-on learning

The $33.1 million, 35,000-sf Elkridge (Md.) branch library, which opened March 10, replaced a…
High-rise Construction

CTBUH names 2018 Best Tall Building Worldwide, among nine other award winners

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) recently announced the winners of the 16th…
Museums

The new Orange County Museum of Art will be Orange County’s largest center for arts and culture

The new Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) is set to break ground in 2019 on its new 52,000-sf…
Airports

Denver's airport city

For the regular air traveler, this is a familiar sight: a vast patchwork of colored landscape,…
Office Buildings

EarthCam Headquarters features a 25-foot-tall video portal entrance

EarthCam went a little meta recently. The company that provides time lapse videos of buildings…
Codes and Standards

Silicon Valley cities considering taxes aimed at large employers

After Seattle’s recent enactment of an employee head count tax to combat an acute housing shortage…
Multifamily Housing

Concentrated redevelopment: Apartment complex takes mixed use to the next level

Mixed use. You know how it works: Stack a couple of hundred apartments two or three stories high,…
Codes and Standards

OSHA proposes new crane operator safety rule

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed a rule that would provide…