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House Appropriations Committee approves $3 billion cut for military construction
The Appropriations Committee of the U.S. House of Representative voted to cut about $3 billion from…
GSA wants to trade D.C. office building for construction and development services
The U.S. General Services Administration has issued a Request for Qualifications seeking developers…
Mexico City spending big on green roofs to fight air pollution
Although green roofs have been widely adopted in urban areas to reduce the heat island effect and…
Best of Canada: 12 projects nab nation's top architectural prize [slideshow]
The Canada Council for the Arts and RAIC | Architecture Canada announced the recipients of the…
USGBC launches real-time green building data dashboard
The U.S. Green Building Council last week launched an online data visualization resource that…
Big U in the Big Apple: New design to protect New York City's coastline
Once upon a time, New York City only had to worry about 100-year storm surges. But as sea levels…
Welcome to the Hive: OVA designs wild shipping container hotel for competition
Not only did Hong Kong-based OVA envision a unique method of paying for this shipping-container…
Smart Buildings
Cities Alive: Arup report examines latest trends in urban green spaces
A new report by engineering giant Arup analyzes current research and trends about green space in…
How the 'digital natives' will transform your Building Team
They’ve been called overconfident, entitled, self-absorbed. They generally distrust the government…
A radiant barrier FAQ: Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask
Here are excerpts from an insightful (and humorous) post on radiant barriers penned by Bob Zabcik,…
Recent NFPA 80 updates clarify fire rated applications
The construction industry refers to the IBC model building codes and NFPA 80 and 101 guidelines for…
6 winners selected for the Architectural League Prize
The Architectural League Prize, created in 1981, "recognizes exemplary and provocative work by…
Unbuilt and Famous: LEGO releases box set of Bjarke Ingels' LEGO museum
LEGO Architecture is one step ahead of Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG): the company has released a…
Gothic-style dance center breaks ground at University of Southern California
Ground was broken on April 23 for the new Glorya Kaufman International Dance Center on the…
California bill would make employers responsible for subcontractors' wages, workers' comp
The hiring of subcontractors wouldn’t let companies off the hook for unpaid wages, taxes, or worker…
Obama’s 2015 budget includes $1.7 billion to GSA for building construction, renovations
The Obama Administration has proposed $1.7 billion for construction, renovation, and repairs to…
Ahead of the crowd: How architects can utilize crowdsourcing for project planning
Sports and recreation architects have always worked in close consultation with their clients,…
Developers change gears at Atlantic Yards after high-rise modular proves difficult
At 32 stories, the B2 residential tower at Atlantic Yards near Brooklyn has been widely lauded as a…
Experimental bot transfers CAD plans onto construction sites
Imagine a robot, something like a combination Roomba vac and magic marker, that could translate…
Mean and Green: Top 10 green building projects for 2014 [slideshow]
The American Institute of Architects' Committee on the Environment (COTE) has selected the top ten…
