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Events Facilities
Abstract meets geometrical in new Rome-Eur Convention Center
A new 55,000-sm building in the EUR district in Rome combines abstract design with that of a…
Building Team
HOK joins Well Living Lab Alliance sponsored by Delos and Mayo Clinic
The Well Living Lab, a DelosTM and Mayo Clinic collaboration, recently announced that HOK is the…
Reconstruction & Renovation
$500 million investment will modernize Chicago’s Willis Tower *Updated*
When the Willis Tower (still called the Sears Tower by some of the more intransigent Chicagoans)…
Market Data
Nonresidential spending falters slightly to end 2016
Nonresidential construction spending slipped 0.7 percent in the final month of 2016, but increased…
Codes and Standards
Massachusetts, Colorado, Illinois lead annual Top 10 States for LEED Green Building list
Massachusetts, Colorado, and Illinois lead the list of the Top 10 States for LEED, an annual…
Virtual Reality
Tour ancient buildings and cities as they were when new with Lithodomos VR
Millions of people flock to ancient sites every year to feel the wonderment that comes with laying…
Designers
Netflix design documentary series to feature Bjarke Ingels
A new eight-episode documentary series coming to Netflix hopes to provide a look inside the minds…
High-rise Construction
Rippled tower from CORE will be first of 10-tower master plan in Mississauga, Ont.
M City is a $1.5 billion 10-tower master-planned community being developed for Mississauga, Ont.,…
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From devastation to hope in Haiti
In the wake of a massive earthquake in 2010 and Hurricane Matthew in 2016, the small country of…
Market Data
AIA foresees nonres building spending increasing, but at a slower pace than in 2016
Despite what it describes as a “chaotic” year saddled with labor shortages and interest-rate creep…
Transportation & Parking Facilities
Public transportation of the future: Four new sustainable technologies
On my way in to work this morning, I walked through a tree lined street, admired my wintry…
High-rise Construction
Chicago’s West Loop to receive 500-foot apartment tower
Just over one week ago, a Chicago apartment tower project that was revealed in 2011 and approved by…
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Color Me Trendy—How Color Highlights Importance in the Built World
Photo by Steve Hinds, Steve Hinds Inc.
Color has long been a way of expressing details and…
Codes and Standards
Planning for world’s first floating city underway
The French Polynesian islands are among the most vulnerable areas in the world to flooding due to…
AEC Tech
Building Design+Construction launches Accelerate Live! AEC innovation conference
How should AEC firms—and their clients—prepare for the coming AI revolution? Will machine learning…
Codes and Standards
Denser development could reduce emissions more than building energy retrofits
If development in cities became denser, that would do more to reduce emissions from buildings than…
Building Technology
Machine learning could help buildings notify occupants about critical systems failures before they happen
Artificial intelligence doesn’t always get the best wrap. From fictional takes on the technology…
Cultural Facilities
Former windmill factory proposed as new ‘vibrant culture house’
An old windmill factory in Viborg, Denmark is at the center of EFFEKT’s winning Streetmekka Viborg…
Hotel Facilities
New renderings of the 1966 Century Plaza Hotel’s redevelopment
Originally constructed in 1966, the Century Plaza Hotel is in the process of undergoing a…
Codes and Standards
Calif. legislator proposes statewide solar mandate for new buildings
A California state senator has introduced a bill that would require the installation of solar power…
