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Building Team Awards
Setting the bar for port-of-entry design
Four billion pounds of fresh produce flow through the Mariposa Land Port of Entry, Nogales, Ariz.,…
Building Team Awards
Big D’s billion-dollar baby: New Parkland Hospital Tops the Chart | BD+C
The new Parkland Hospital is big. Check out the numbers: 862 private adult beds and 96 neonatal ICU…
Multifamily Housing
Multifamily development and transactions haven’t taken a breather yet
Despite predictions about an impending softening in multifamily construction, builders and…
Building Team Awards
IPD-driven fusion facility serves science and student life in Chicago
Situated in the heart of North Park University’s urban campus on Chicago’s North Side, the Johnson…
Building Team Awards
‘Prudent, not opulent’ sets the tone for this Catholic hospital
Holy Cross Health, a Catholic healthcare system in Maryland, opened its new 237,000-sf hospital in…
BIM and Information Technology
How one team solved a tricky daylighting problem with BIM/VDC tools, iterative design
Picture this: it is an uncommonly clear December morning in Corvallis, Ore., and a student is…
Building Team Awards
9/11 museum triumphs over controversy
The National September 11 Memorial Museum may have been a relatively small part of the 16-acre…
sponsored Daylighting
Bigger, brighter daylighting in Byerly's supermarket
Byerly’s is an upscale supermarket chain with locations in the Twin Cities and surrounding areas …
Office Buildings
Facebook plans to build two more Frank Gehry-designed offices
With the hopes of turning industrial Menlo Park, Calif., into a vibrant hub of ideas, Facebook…
Multifamily Housing
Roof air leakage issues in multifamily buildings isn’t just 'hot air' talk
If you had a hole in your roof, costing you not only your comfort in the winter months, but also $3…
University Buildings
The competitive advantage of urban higher-ed institutions
I love cities. As a trained urban designer, I must admit my personal bias for the all-too-often-…
Healthcare Facilities
Designing for behavioral health: Balancing privacy and safety
In December 2014, the Huffington Post UK posted an article and accompanying cartoon which satirizes…
Building Team Awards
Unique test facility will help make wind power more feasible
The U.S. Energy Department wants wind power to provide at least 20% of the nation’s energy needs by…
Cultural Facilities
Mies’ Martin Luther King Jr. Library to get makeover
ArchDaily reports that Mecanoo and Martinez + Johnson Architecture have released plans to modernize…
Mixed-Use
$100 billion 'city from scratch' taking shape in Saudi Arabia
Back in 2005, the Saudi government announced plans to create a new city (from scratch) on its…
Green
USGBC survey shows Fortune 200 companies prioritize green building
The world’s top-performing companies are prioritizing sustainability as part of their corporate…
Cultural Facilities
Berkeley’s West Branch Library generates more energy than it uses
Berkeley, Calif.’s new West Branch Library was recently certified as a Net Zero Energy (NZE)…
Codes and Standards
Industry groups petition for change order reform on federal projects
Nine associations representing construction contractors, subcontractors, and design professionals…
Codes and Standards
DOE releases Better Buildings Workforce Guidelines
The Department of Energy has released Energy Better Buildings Workforce Guidelines that are aimed…
High-rise Construction
Melbourne tower will light up depending on weather
A residential tower under construction in Melbourne, Australia, will feature a façade that lights…
