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Multifamily Housing
BIG designs lush, terraced mixed-use building in Sweden
Renderings of Bjarke Ingels Group’s latest project resemble terraced glass cubes arranged similarly…
BIM and Information Technology
Skanska and University of Washington offer new BIM program
Skanska is partnering with the University of Washington’s Department of Construction Management to…
Contractors
Construction equipment continues to be vulnerable to theft
There probably isn’t a contractor in this country that at some point hasn’t been a victim of…
Building Owners
10 top real estate trends for 2016
The commercial real estate industry is increasingly focused on the needs of small firms where job…
sponsored BIM and Information Technology
Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3 – designed with the AEC industry in mind
Does the Surface Pro 3 really meet the needs of the AEC industry? I caught up with Pete Kyriacou,…
Multifamily Housing
Multifamily completions in buildings with 50 or more units continues to climb
The Census Bureau estimates that 255,600 multifamily housing units were completed in 2014 in…
Museums
Columbus Museum of Art to open new wing at month's end
The Columbus Museum of Art is opening the new Margaret M. Walter Wing on October 25.
The 50,000-sf…
Engineers
Engineering firms KJWW and TTG merge
Two of the nonresidential building industry’s leading engineering firms have joined forces to…
Retail Centers
Minnesota’s massive Mall of America looks to nearly double its size
As if Mall of America isn’t big enough already.
Canada-based Triple Five Group, which owns the 4.8…
Office Buildings
Renderings revealed for Apple's second 'spaceship': a curvy, lush office complex in Sunnyvale
Cupertino-based Apple just signed a deal on a 777,100-sf development by Landbank Investment on…
Airports
Perkins+Will selected to design Istanbul’s 'Airport City'
Perkins+Will has been selected to design a mixed-use development adjacent to the Istanbul New…
High-rise Construction
Zaha Hadid designs cylindrical office building with world’s tallest atrium
Zaha Hadid Architects revealed designs this week for the Leeza Soho project, a 46-story office…
Green
ULI report: Commercial real estate properties cutting emissions, energy use
Leading real estate companies are achieving incrementally significant reductions in their…
Architects
Herzog & de Meuron unveils design for Vancouver Art Gallery expansion
By lifitng the bulk of the building high above ground level, the new Vancouver Art Gallery will…
Multifamily Housing
Utilities should do more to give building owners energy use information
Utilities should do a better job of giving multi-tenant building owners better information about…
Contractors
OSHA’s top 10 workplace safety violations for 2015
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced its preliminary Top 10 most…
Energy Efficiency
New York City launches accelerator program for energy efficiency retrofits
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio recently unveiled a program to assist private landlords to…
Codes and Standards
New ASHRAE guideline for commissioning existing systems and assemblies
A new guideline, ASHRAE Guideline 0.2-2015, Commissioning Process for Existing Building Systems and…
Events Facilities
Louisville convention center to undergo $180 million renovation, expansion
Starting next August, the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville will be closed for…
Higher Education
Juilliard announces new China campus designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro
The Juilliard School is expanding to China. The dance, drama, and music institution announced this…
