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Codes and Standards
Proposed facility smart grid standard open for public review
A proposed standard from ASHRAE and the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) to…
University Buildings
Best of Education Design: 9 projects named AIA Education Facility Design Award winners
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on Architecture for Education (CAE) has…
High-rise Construction
Construction begins for Kengo Kuma-designed twisted Rolex tower in Dallas
Going straight up toward the sky seems to be the unfashionable thing to do for skyscrapers these…
Reconstruction & Renovation
Frank Gehry is working on master plan for the L.A. River
For the past year, famed architect Frank Gehry has been assembling a team of architects and…
High-rise Construction
Calatrava's Turning Torso wins CTBUH's 10 Year Award
Malmö, Sweden's Turning Torso is this year's winner of the 10 Year Award from The Council on Tall…
Architects
Architecture firm compensation trending upwards
Though U.S. architecture firms are still recovering from the Great Recession, overall business…
Architects
12 architecture schools join NCARB's 'speedy path to licensure' program
The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) has accepted proposals from over…
Hotel Facilities
Snoozebox launches competition for designers to create pop-up hotels
British company Snoozebox, known for its collapsible hotels that pop up at major events and…
sponsored Building Team
How to improve project planning
Why do project delivery failures happen? It typically comes down to a failure to plan for the…
Building Enclosure Systems
Deriving value from coordinated building enclosure shop drawings
Constructing contemporary building enclosures while avoiding installation problems during…
Architects
HDR expands its Canadian presence through merger with CEI Architecture
HDR, a global architectural firm based in Omaha, Neb., has joined forces with CEI Architecture, a…
Retail Centers
Walgreens’ flagship in Hawaii harkens back to the island’s fishing culture
The drugstore chain Walgreens isn’t exactly known for innovative store design. But the Illinois-…
Multifamily Housing
SOM, Woods Bagot part of mega multifamily development planned for San Francisco's west side
To kick off a decade-long redevelopment project that will add 5,679 new housing units in San…
sponsored Color Innovations Series
Campus Branding With Color
Just as it is an instrumental part of design for the K-12 sector, color plays a significant role…
sponsored Metals
Metal Building Helps Family Business
Sometimes it can be tricky to expand your place of business and stay in business at the same time.…
Giants 400
GOVERNMENT SECTOR GIANTS: Public sector spending even more cautiously on buildings
AEC firms that do government work say their public-sector clients have been going smaller to save…
Giants 400
K-12 SCHOOL SECTOR GIANTS: To succeed, school design must replicate real-world environments
When Intrinsic School, a 60,000-sf public charter school, opened last August, it represented a…
Giants 400
MULTIFAMILY AEC GIANTS: Slowdown prompts developers to ask: Will the luxury rentals boom hold?
ZINC Apartments, in West Cambridge, Mass., which opens in September, could be the poster child for…
High-rise Construction
Tribute tower to cricket world champs will be Sri Lanka’s tallest
According to the Sri Lanka Sunday Times, one of India’s biggest real estate development groups,…
Giants 400
UNIVERSITY SECTOR GIANTS: Collaboration, creativity, technology—hallmarks of today’s campus facilities
The State University of New York at Buffalo’s 628,000-sf, $375 million medical center, which is…
