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Smart Buildings
Why does an American city of 400,000 feel more compact than a European city of 2.4 million?
I have recently returned from a visit to Paris. I was lucky enough to find an inexpensive hotel one…
Museums
Manhattan's New Museum debuts first museum-led incubator space
This post is part of Gensler's series on Academic Incubators.
In November, the New Museum opened…
Green
Training center for electricians in L.A. focuses on net zero technologies
Construction has begun Los Angeles County on what is being called the nation’s largest Net Zero…
Industrial Facilities
Google to convert an Alabama coal-burning plant to a data center running on clean energy
The coal-producing industry has taken its lumps of late, a victim of natural gas fracking and…
Industrial Facilities
5 trends that will shape the future of scientific labs
In recent years, the scientific community and affiliated professions have toyed with the idea of…
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Green
6 steps toward better water management [AIA course]
When it comes to water conservation, Building Teams tend to concentrate on water-efficient plumbing…
Codes and Standards
Maryland’s Prince George County turns to P3s to build green infrastructure
Maryland's Prince George's County must comply with a federal "pollution diet" to clean up the…
Codes and Standards
Philadelphia considers more incentives for green building
Two members of the Philadelphia City Council have introduced a bill that would provide height and…
Codes and Standards
LEED building at Duke University may be retrofitted to prevent bird deaths
Large windows at the LEED-certified Fitzpatrick Center at Duke University have been blamed for…
Codes and Standards
Balcony collapse in Berkeley, Calif., prompts an examination of codes
Dry rot and too much weight appear to be the causes of a fatal accident at an eight-year-old…
Architects
Architecture Billings Index back to positive territory for May 2015
Led by growing demand for new schools, hospitals, cultural facilities, and municipal buildings, the…
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Emerging technology reinvents construction principals
Trust but verify. It’s a time-honored treaty enforcement principle. It also works well as a basic…
BIM and Information Technology
A steel bridge in Amsterdam will be 3D printed
Dutch construction company Heijmans will be completing a steel bridge in the center of Amsterdam…
Architects
If film directors designed homes, what would they look like?
Illustrator and graphic designer Federico Babina imagined what architecture would look like if it…
High-rise Construction
The world's best new skyscrapers for 2015
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat selected the winners of the Best Tall Building…
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Metal Roof Retrofits: the potential, the problems, the payoff, part 1
A few weeks back I wrote a blog post suggesting roofing contractors diversify their construction…
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Texas eye surgery center captures attention in commercial neighborhood
The client was open-minded and enthusiastic about the design for the Eye Surgery Center of North…
Museums
Moreau Kusunoki's 'art in the city' scheme wins Guggenheim Helsinki design competition
It’s been a little more than a year since the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation launched an open,…
Architects
NCARB adopts alternative for certification of foreign architects
At the 2015 Annual Business Meeting of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (…
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Bright green coating helps Geometrica domes withstand harsh Andean climate
Mines are often sited at high altitudes, in some of the harshest environments possible. Mining…
