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Building Team Awards

Missing link: Denver International Airport and Transit Center

This swooping, bird-in-flight, steel-and-glass building is the realization of Denver International…
Lighting

5 steps to significant annual savings: LED lighting of Amway Center’s Arena Bowl & Practice Court

Orlando’s Amway Center was the first NBA team facility to achieve LEED certification, earning LEED…
Building Team Awards

Rising above adversity: National Museum of African American History and Culture

This much-ballyhooed project, which sits on the last available lot within the National Mall in…
Codes and Standards

IAPMO advances toward new 2017 Water Efficiency and Sanitation Standard

The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) recently held a…
Building Team Awards

Justice league: United States courthouse

This cube-like, 10-story, 240-foot-tall tower seems to hover over the ground as if it were a…
Codes and Standards

New Colorado law could stimulate stalled condo market

Despite an influx of young adults to the state, Colorado’s condominium market has been stuck in the…
Multifamily Housing

Jersey Strong: Local suppliers step in to help renovate a homeless shelter in the Garden State

Naomi’s Way, a 12-unit shelter in New Brunswick, N.J., had been providing transitional housing for…
Building Team Awards

Blurring the lines: University of Chicago North Residential Commons

The new North Residential Commons on the University of Chicago campus is more than just a place for…
Building Team Awards

Rebuilding to heal: Sandy Hook Elementary School

December 14, 2012. A 20-year-old gunman named Adam Lanza invaded the Sandy Hook Elementary School…
Higher Education

Building for the future: Five trends in higher education projects

The University of New Mexico in Albuquerque is engaged in construction and renovation projects that…
Resiliency

New disaster-resilient infrastructure building and upgrades hope to keep Haven Plaza up and running

After Hurricane Sandy in 2012, Haven Plaza, an affordable housing complex, lost all electricity.…
Architects

Build your very own version of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim Museum with this new LEGO set

Have you ever dreamed of (or possibly even lied about) designing a new addition to the Guggenheim…
Multifamily Housing

Multifamily visionary: The life and work of architect David Baker

David Baker, FAIA, LEED AP, has forged an illustrious career designing stylish and practical market…
Higher Education

Funding remains a concern, but not always an impediment

Campus construction and renovation projects often come with hefty price tags. A few years ago, Duke…
Building Team Awards

Nerves of steel: 150 North Riverside

The Pencil Building. That’s what passersby already are calling 150 North Riverside, the recently…
Codes and Standards

New York City will require construction superintendents on buildings higher than three stories

New York City recently enacted legislation that will require contractors to hire construction…
Great Solutions

Good vibrations: Portable tuned mass damper provides lightweight, cost-effective way to reduce structural vibrations

The tuned mass damper used in Taiwan’s Taipei 101 tower represents an engineering feat that is so…
Wood

Shigeru Ban-designed residential structure poised to become world’s tallest hybrid timber building

PortLiving, a Vancouver-based developer, recently revealed the design of what will become the world…
sponsored Windows and Doors

Pella provides perfect blend of past and present using historically accurate windows solutions

When multinational energy company Utilicorp United decided to renovate the former New York Life…
K-12 Schools

PK-8 school will be Denver’s first CHPS-certified building

A 13-acre site in Anthem Highlands, a new community of about 2,600 residential units in Broomfield…