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Energy Efficiency
The nation’s largest net zero-plus commercial building retrofit opens in L.A.
The Net Zero Plus Electrical Training Institute in Los Angeles trains about 1,500 electrical…
Transit Facilities
Philippines’ oldest city getting its first public bus system
By March of next year, Cebu, the oldest and second-largest city in the Philippines, should have its…
Movers+Shapers
URBAN EVANGELIST: Bruce Katz sees America humming again, city by city
Bruce Katz’s travel schedule reads like a rock band’s tour book. In late April alone, he was…
Office Buildings
Buildings that invest in wellbeing see healthy returns
The 40-hour work week is actually longer, it turns out. According to Gallup, the average American…
Healthcare Facilities
Top 10 health technology hazards include some influenced by space design
ECRI Institute’s 2016 Health Technology Hazards list includes items that could be somewhat…
Office Buildings
Form4 designs curved roofs for project at Stanford Research Park
Stanford University’s new Innovation Curve Technology Park will certainly embody its name.…
Sports and Recreational Facilities
Swimming may be returning to Melbourne’s polluted Yarra River… kind of
Rivers are often times the more utilitarian of the different types of bodies of water. Oceans and…
University Buildings
Designing for interdisciplinary communication in university buildings
People talk a lot about being interdisciplinary, but it’s not as easy as you might think. First,…
Urban Planning
Triptyque Architecture designs air-cleansing hanging highway garden in São Paulo
Highways can be a bit of a mixed blessing. Sure, their practical benefits are numerous as they help…
Movers+Shapers
CRUSADER FOR RESILIENCE: Judith Rodin and the Rockefeller Foundation seek sustainable responses to disasters
Last January, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded a total of $1 billion in…
Green
SmithGroupJJR’s Brock Environmental Center converts rain into drinkable water
This week, the Brock Environmental Center in Virginia Beach, Va., earned Living Building Challenge …
sponsored AEC Tech
With all these sharks in the water… (No Predictions Here...Part 2)
In part one of this series, I shared some insights gained from Paul Nunes and Larry Downes’ article…
Metals
12 projects win 2016 North American Copper in Architecture Award
Aperture 538, a new 10-unit multifamily residence recently constructed in Brooklyn, boasts an…
Codes and Standards
Supreme Court ruling could aid developers on properties containing wetlands
A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision gives landowners a new way to challenge some federal…
Movers+Shapers
8 of the AEC industry's biggest Movers+Shapers
From Dan Gilbert’s crusade to get Detroit back on its feet to Judith Rodin’s mission to safeguard…
sponsored Insulation
The ideal high-performance insulation for curved wall designs
Duane Harver, the lead architect behind the innovative King’s Fork High School in the City of…
Movers+Shapers
DETROIT'S CATALYTIC CONVERTER: Dan Gilbert’s Bedrock Real Estate Services is helping the Motor City get its mojo back
Last month, Bedrock Real Estate Services joined three other developers in a joint venture to build…
Sustainability
New program certifies the performance of existing buildings in the U.S.
After more than two decades on the front lines of tracking and recognizing sustainable building…
Green
TD Bank Group's renovated Toronto office is first WELL-Certified project under WELL v1
A TD Bank Group office in downtown Toronto is the first project to be WELL-Certified under WELL v1…
High-rise Construction
Gensler’s Gateway Tower picks up where Calatrava's Chicago Spire left off
Architect Santiago Calatrava had big plans for Chicago. In 2007, construction started on the Spire…
