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Office Buildings
Goettsch Partners unveils plans for dual office towers in Warsaw
Architecture firm Goettsch Partners has been retained by developers Golub & Co. and Golub…
Hotel Facilities
Hotel construction pipeline reaches six-year high
Lodging Econometrics reports that with 3,645 projects (totaling 460,551 rooms), the 2014 total U.S…
BIM and Information Technology
Why China's CCTV building needed a WiFi retrofit
In the Forbes series BrandVoice, Chinese information and communications technology firm Huawei…
High-rise Construction
Must see: Egypt planning 656-foot pyramid skyscraper in Cairo
Egyptian Minister of Housing Moustafa Madbouly unveiled plans to built a new tower in Cairo.…
Transit Facilities
5+design looks to mountains for Chinese transport hub design
Hollywood, Calif.-based architecture practice 5+design has designed a mixed-use transportation hub…
Energy Efficiency
DOE launches crowdsourcing website for technology innovators
The U.S. Department of Energy launched a crowdsourcing website designed to aid technology…
Multifamily Housing
10 kitchen and bath design trends for 2015
Potential buyers for both multifamily and detached residences will want more contemporary kitchens…
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New York’s Fulton Center relies on TGP for light-flooded, underground transit hub
When New York City was planning one of the first subways in the U.S. in the 1800s, a very real…
Religious Facilities
Gaudi's Sagrada Familia to be completed in 2026
Construction on Antoni Gaudi's masterpiece Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain, began nearly 150…
Office Buildings
Former DuPont lab to be converted into business incubator near UPenn campus
The University of Pennsylvania’s Board of Trustees has approved the design development for…
High-rise Construction
Vienna's 25-story wood skyscraper will be world's tallest
The world's tallest wooden skyscraper will soon stand in Vienna. According to the Guardian,…
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Modular construction brings affordable housing to many New Yorkers
In an overpopulated urban area such as New York City, space is a hot commodity. While many of us…
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The great debate: Is 3D PDF really BIM?
There’s a debate brewing in conversations surrounding BIM. It typically comes up when the…
Cultural Facilities
The High Line effect: Placemaking as an economic development engine
Last month, developer Related Cos. commissioned Rem Koolhaas’s firm OMA to design its latest…
K-12 Schools
BD+C special report: What it takes to build 21st-century schools
Florida’s Orange County Public Schools is the nation’s 10th-largest school district, with 180-plus…
Codes and Standards
Nevada moves to suspend prevailing wage rules on school projects
The Nevada Senate approved a bill that would suspend prevailing wage rules on school projects.
The…
Codes and Standards
Proposed energy standard for data centers, telecom buildings open for public comment
A proposed ASHRAE standard providing requirements for energy use in data centers is open for public…
Contractors
Nonresidential construction spending dips in January, still outpaced 2014
Nonresidential construction spending fell 2% in January, which is the largest setback to spending…
K-12 Schools
Are energy management systems too complex for school facility staffs?
Jim Wilson thinks that, in their haste to make their schools modern and efficient, some school…
Healthcare Facilities
Are you ready for high-rise hospitals?
Tall buildings excite us. The quest to build increasingly taller structures came soon after humans…
