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Green
7 parking facilities first to earn Green Garage Certification
Parking garages are no longer just nondescript concrete slabs. Earlier this month, the Green…
Cultural Facilities
Louisville group plans to build world's largest disco ball
Louisville is home to many things: from Humana to Louisville Slugger, from Yum! Brands to Omega…
BIM and Information Technology
BIM for O+M: New app streamlines project documentation handover process
Autodesk released a new app, Building Ops, which it describes will “dramatically improve the…
Hotel Facilities
Hotel construction pipeline up 20.9% in June, led by luxury developments
As of June, the total number of rooms under contract in the United States has increased 11.1%…
BIM and Information Technology
Google launches open-source beacon platform: Eddystone
In May, BD+C's blog partner, CASE, covered the rise of indoor positioning technology, and…
High-rise Construction
Pelli Clarke Pelli's Wolf Point tower would be Chicago's fifth-tallest
Renderings of two of the three towers to be erected at downtown Chicago’s Wolf Point have been…
High-rise Construction
Landmark status could delay Hancock Center renovations
While improvement plans are in the works for the plaza of the John Hancock Center, the Chicago…
Office Buildings
BIG’s design for Philadelphia Navy Yard defies gravity
Ground has broken for 1200 Interpid, a 94,000-sf office building designed by BIG at Philadelphia’s…
Education Facilities
Chile selects architects for Subantarctic research center
Chile’s Regional Government has chosen New York-based Ennead Architects and local architects…
Cultural Facilities
Massive exhibition space in Inner Mongolia replicates steppe landscape
To mimic the Central Asian steppe landscape of the Chinese province Inner Mongolia, Kuanlu…
BIM and Information Technology
New city-modeling software quantifies the movement of urban dwellers
Four years ago, Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s City Form Lab launched Urban Network…
Industrial Facilities
Tesla may seek to double size of Gigafactory in Nevada
When work began on the Tesla Gigafactory in January, the Sparks, Nev., facility was proposed to…
sponsored Higher Education
College upgrades and remediates riverfront campus with EPA funding
Goodwin College in Connecticut offers a variety of degrees and certificates that are designed to…
sponsored Higher Education
Charlotte’s Mosaic Village merges jazz and architecture
The Northwest Corridor Revitalization Initiative brings together businesses, residents, city…
BIM and Information Technology
Nation’s first 'drone park' breaks ground in North Dakota
Later this month, construction is scheduled to begin on the country’s first business park…
Cultural Facilities
German architect proposes construction of mountain near Berlin
Inhabitat reports that German architect Jakob Tigges released his design, titled “The Berg,” to…
High-rise Construction
Herzog & de Meuron’s triangle tower stirs controversy in Paris
More than 40 years have passed since the last skyscraper in Paris, the Tour Montparnasse, was built…
High-rise Construction
CTBUH honors top innovations in skyscraper design
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat named the winners and finalists of its annual…
Smart Buildings
Office of Management and Budget asks agencies to consider climate change when budgeting for construction projects
For the first time, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is asking agencies to submit…
Engineers
White paper explores low-flow toilets’ impact on drain lines, clogs
Building conditions must be factored into any specification or application of plumbing systems to…
