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Park’s green education center a lesson in sustainability
The new Cantigny Outdoor Education Center, located within the 500-acre Cantigny Park in Wheaton,…
Public works complex gets eco-friendly addition
The renovation and expansion of the public works operations facility in Wilmette, Ill., including a…
Sailing center sets course for energy efficiency, sustainability
The Milwaukee (Wis.) Community Sailing Center’s new 6,000-sf facility on the Lake Michigan…
Seattle University’s expanded library trying for LEED Gold
Pfeiffer Partners Architects, in collaboration with Mithun Architects, programmed, planned, and…
Recreation center targets student health, earns LEED Platinum
Not only is the student recreation center at the University of Arizona, Tucson, the hub of student…
New Projects Portfolio
Vancouver’s former Olympic Village shoots for GoldRecreation center targets student health, earns…
New church in Connecticut will serve a growing congregation
Tocci Building Companies will start digging next June for the Black Rock Congregational Church in…
Senior housing will be affordable, sustainable
Horizons at Morgan Hill, a 49-unit affordable senior housing community in Morgan Hill, Calif., was…
Designs complete for new elementary school
SchenkelShultz has completed design of the new 101,270-sf elementary Highlands Elementary School,…
Chengdu retail center offers a blend of old and new China
The first phase of Pearl River New Town, an 80-acre project in Chengdu, in China’s Wenjiang…
Rotating atriums give Riyadh’s first Hilton an unusual twist
Goettsch Partners, in collaboration with Omrania & Associates (architect of record) and David…
Virginia biofuel research center moving along
The Sustainable Energy Technology Center has broken ground in October on the Danville, Va., campus…
Dining center cooks up LEED Platinum rating
Students at Bowling Green State University in Ohio will be eating in a new LEED Platinum multiuse…
On The Drawing Board
Grid-neutral education complex to serve students, community
Sustainable, mixed-income housing to…
Office Buildings
11 tips for office renovation success
1. Ask the hard bottom-line questions first. What is the objective of renovating the building or…
11. Make sustainability part of the process
Achieving LEED certification may not be your client’s goal for the project, but including…
10. Don’t try to do everything at once
Consider a multi-step, phased redesign, rather than tackling the entire property at once. A phased…
9. Have a clear picture of who the potential tenants might be, and design for their needs
“Attorneys still haven’t come out of their private offices, with good reason,” says Mirrielees. “…
8. Enhance the property’s curb appeal and interior finishes
First impressions are crucial to the salability of the finished project. What features make the…
7. Determine what features can and should be saved
Prioritize the systems and features that need to be updated. Obviously, each one of these listed…
