Standing in front of the Mill 19 redevelopment in Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood Green innovation district are (l. to r.): Don Smith, President, Regional Industrial Development Corporation; Gary K. Fedder, Director, Manufacturing Futures Initiative, Howard M. Wilkoff Professor, ECE and Robotics, Carnegie Mellon University; Mark Nolan, Associate Vice President, Institutional Partnerships, CMU; Nicole Graycar, AIA, Senior Project Manager, Architect, CMU. Photo: Jim Cunningham Photography.
Movers+Shapers | April 23, 2019 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
After the steel industry started collapsing in the late 1970s, Pittsburgh has been reinventing itself as a science, medical, and academic hub.
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The courtyard at Carolina Day School is frequently used as an outdoor classroom, playground, and dining area. Graduation is also hosted in this space, with each graduating student ringing the bell in the center of the courtyard to complete their rite of passage to middle school. Photo courtesy Clark Nexsen
K-12 Schools | April 25, 2019 | Clark Nexsen Blog | Becky Brady, AIA, CDT, LEED AP BD+C
Outdoor spaces at school offer students key opportunities to learn, problem solve, and mentally refresh.
Sponsored Content | April 25, 2019 | MBI
The project passed the rigorous Seattle Design Review board with its modulated façade and playful expression of the m...
All images courtesy Perkins+WIll
Healthcare Facilities | April 25, 2019 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The project was completed in November 2018.
With sweeping views to the north and east, allowing sightlines into St. Louis's Downtown West District neighborhood, a proposed MLS soccer stadium for the city could be the next anchor in its ongoing downtown revitalization. All renderings courtesy HOK and Snow Kreilich
Sports and Recreational Facilities | April 24, 2019 | Jonathan Barnes, Contributing Editor
Plans capitalize on league’s plans to expand.
The University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign's new centrally located SOM facility will celebrate and enhance connections between engineering and construction. That focus, and the open-learning approach of the structure which will be completed in 2021, relect changes in the AEC industry. All renderings: Smilodon
University Buildings | April 24, 2019 | Jonathan Barnes, Contributing Editor
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Campus Instructional Facility will celebrate and foster creativity and int...
All Photos: Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc.
Reconstruction & Renovation | April 24, 2019 | David Malone, Associate Editor
Phase one of the project has recently completed.
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For the reconstruction of a high school in the United Kingdom, the project team removed concrete spandrel panels and installed a new steel structure for added floor area and a unitized curtain wall of translucent fiber-reinforced polymer. This pumped more daylight into classrooms without unwanted gains to heating and cooling loads. Photo courtesy of Kalwall
BD+C University Course | April 24, 2019 | C.C. Sullivan, Contributing Editor
Learn about the differences in design, structural integrity, and insulating capacity between various types of sandwic...
A rendering of the 70-acre Seaport San Diego redevelopment, for which the owner's rep Gafcon is applying Digital Twin technology to manage the construction process. Courtesy Gafcon
AEC Tech | April 24, 2019 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
One leading owner’s rep is pushing that idea with its “OneModel” BIM-sharing approach.
Inset, Edison with a Type A4 Edison cell, the nickel-iron alkaline storage battery produced at his factory in West Orange, N.J. Left, The Residences at Edison Lofts: 279 reconstructed apartments and 21 penthouse rentals, plus 34 new-construction units, a parking garage, and retail space. Photo: Prism Capital Partners
Multifamily Housing | April 23, 2019 | By Robert Cassidy, Editor
America’s greatest inventor would have appreciated this project team’s ingenuity and persistence.
The $144 million WREN multifamily project in L.A.’s fast-rising South Park district helped to rewrite a neighborhood's narrative through thoughtful innovation, commercial discipline, and the use of a nimble building material: wood. Photo: Kevin Korczyk / Jeremy Samuelson
BD+C University Course | April 23, 2019 | Think Wood
This AIA CES course outlines the reasons for the rising popularity of wood in multifamily buildings; reviews code com...
Rice University’s New Emerging Science & Technology (NEST) Center includes collaboration portals located across its floorplan designed for spontaneous interaction and defined by bright green, writeable glass panels. Photo courtesy CannonDesign
Laboratories | April 23, 2019 | Cannon Design Blog | Abigail Clary and Chris Lambert, CannonDesign
Simply putting researchers and clinicians in the same building with hopes that serendipitous collaborations will ensu...
Standing in front of the Mill 19 redevelopment in Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood Green innovation district are (l. to r.): Don Smith, President, Regional Industrial Development Corporation; Gary K. Fedder, Director, Manufacturing Futures Initiative, Howard M. Wilkoff Professor, ECE and Robotics, Carnegie Mellon University; Mark Nolan, Associate Vice President, Institutional Partnerships, CMU; Nicole Graycar, AIA, Senior Project Manager, Architect, CMU. Photo: Jim Cunningham Photography.
Movers+Shapers | April 23, 2019 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
After the steel industry started collapsing in the late 1970s, Pittsburgh has been reinventing itself as a science, m...
Hotel Facilities | April 23, 2019 | David Malone, Associate Editor
It will be the first citizenM hotel in California.
A restrained palette of natural, authentic materials was used in the Amherst (Mass.) College New Science Center. Drawing inspiration from the surrounding campus architecture, the high-performing materials are designed and detailed for a 100-year life cycle. The pavilions are clad in ultra-high-performance concrete panels, in turn protected by a fixed weathering steel screen. Photo: Chuck Choi, courtesy AIA
Green | April 23, 2019 | AIA
The Amherst College Science Center and Frick Environmental Center are among the high-performance projects to be honor...
All Photos: Chuck Choi
University Buildings | April 22, 2019 | David Malone, Assocaite Editor
Ann Beha Architects designed the building.
Turner Construction is using this card to summarize its program. The "Green" graphic represents how the contractor is elevating what green means, and the three pillars of its program. Image: Turner Construction
Resiliency | April 22, 2019 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
The company targets a 50% cut in greenhouse gas emissions and water use from construction activities by 2030.
Renderings: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
University Buildings | April 19, 2019 | Jonathan Barnes, Contributing Editor
Brutalist structure to be softened with redesign by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects.
Photo by Bennett Tobias on Unsplash
Codes and Standards | April 19, 2019 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
The devastating fire at Notre-Dame de Paris is the latest blaze to damage or destroy historic buildings while undergo...
Skender, a design, construction, and manufacturing firm, will use Z Modular’s self-bracing structural VectorBloc system to fabricate building components. Photos courtesy Skender and Z Modular
Building Tech | April 19, 2019 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Factory to open soon on the southwest side of Chicago.
Sponsored Content | April 19, 2019 | Kinsley Construction, Inc. | Robert Reeves, Business Development Executive, Kinsley Construction, Inc.
By debunking a few common myths about construction, owners can feel more prepared and excited for their next project....
New regulations provide more insight into how investors and developers can benefit, tax wise, from Opportunity Zones. Image: Pixabay
Regulations | April 19, 2019 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
The goal remains to get more capital gains working to spur economic growth in downtrodden neighborhoods.
Jesse Devitte is among the coterie of savvy venture capitalists who saw gold in those AEC hills. McKinsey & Company estimates that investors pumped more than $10 billion into “contech” startups between 2000 and 2017. Illustration: Cathy LePenske, BD+C
Movers+Shapers | April 19, 2019 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Jesse Devitte is among the prescient venture capitalists who’ve bet on the AEC industry finally coming around to desi...
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Codes and Standards | April 19, 2019 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Organization offers tools and resources for working toward net-zero design.
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Codes and Standards | April 19, 2019 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Breakthrough could have significant impact on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Photo by Engin Akyurt from Pexels
Market Data | April 18, 2019 | ABC
The Construction Confidence Index remained strong in February, according to the Associated Builders and Contractors....
All renderings courtesy Perkins+Will
Education Facility | April 18, 2019 | David Malone, Associate Editor
Perkins+Will is designing the building.
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The 9.5-acre SteelStacks Art & Cultural Campus, Bethlehem, Pa., designed by WRT. The steel plant employed 31,000 at its height. Photo: Christenson Photography for WRT
BD+C University Course | April 17, 2019 | Anne-Marie Lubenau, FAIA, Director, Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence, Bruner Foundation
The U.S. is in the midst of an urban renaissance. People are returning to cities, sparking new investment and growth....
Baby boomers are selling their homes, relocating from suburban family-friendly neighborhoods to urban developments, and embracing density and city life. As renters, this group expects their multifamily communities to address wellness and zen-like opportunities for personal development. Photo by Vladimir Kudinov from Pexels
Multifamily Housing | April 17, 2019 | Abundance: The Paladino Blog | Deborah Hanamura, Executive Director of Sales & Marketing, Paladino
Boomers are on the move and Millennials are seeing upward mobility, but issues with affordability and housing product...
The new 70,000-seat stadium being built in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood is the centerpiece of the 298-acre Los Angeles Stadium and Entertainment District that will set out to create a live-work-play environment. HKS Architects designed the stadium with an “indoor-outdoor” feel. Photo: Hollywood Park.
Movers+Shapers | April 17, 2019 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
A massive mixed-use neighborhood under way in Los Angeles sets a new bar for sports-anchored development.
All photos courtesy Harvard Jolly
Government Buildings | April 17, 2019 | David Malone, Associate Editor
Harvard Jolly designed the building.
