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James Turrell's art installation turns Guggenheim Museum into 'skyspace'

Site-specific project, Aten Reign, will fill the volume of the rotunda with shifting displays of natural and artificial light.
First look: Revised plan for Amazon's Seattle HQ and 'biodome'

Spheres will offer climate-controlled environment featuring "montane ecologies" of plants, plus space for work, shopping, and amenities.
LED lighting's risks and rewards

LED lighting technology provides unique advantages, but it’s also important to understand its limitations for optimized application.
Supertall 'Sky City' will house 4,400 families in Changsha, China

Up to 30,000 people could be housed in planned 'world's tallest building,' at 2,749 feet.
Are design-build contracts killing small architecture firms?

Are federal design-build contract laws unfair to small firms? AIA thinks so, citing an interesting fact: an architecture firm spends a median of $260,000 to compete for a design-build project.
40 Under 40: Meet the contractors

Learn about the 10 up-and-coming construction professionals to make Building Design+Construction's 40 Under 40, Class of 2013.
Foster + Partners reveals plans for London residential towers

At 41 and 36 stories, towers would be significantly taller than any other buildings in the surrounding City Road area.
7 tile trends for 2013: Touch-sensitive glazes, metallic tones among top styles

Tile of Spain consultant and ceramic tile expert Ryan Fasan presented his "What's Trending in Tile" roundup at the Coverings 2013 show in Atlanta earlier this month. Here's an overview of Fasan's emerging tile trends for 2013.
4 emerging trends in parking structure design

Survey of parking professionals reveals how technology is transforming the parking industry.
Jones Lang LaSalle: All U.S. real estate sectors to post gains in 2013—even retail

With healthier job growth numbers and construction volumes at near-historic lows, real estate experts at Jones Lang LaSalle see a rosy year for U.S. commercial construction.

James Turrell's art installation turns Guggenheim Museum into 'skyspace'

May 24, 2013

James Turrell, an artist whose projects are more properly defined as "light sculptures," will have a major installation at the Guggenheim Museum this summer, turning Frank Lloyd Wright's famed serpentine atrium into a show of...

News - BD+C Staff

First look: Revised plan for Amazon's Seattle HQ and 'biodome'

May 24, 2013

NBBJ has released renderings of a revised plan for Amazon's new three-block headquarters in Seattle. The proposal would replace a previously approved six-story office building with a three-unit "biodome."

News - BD+C Staff

LED lighting's risks and rewards

May 23, 2013

LED lighting technology provides unique advantages, but it’s also important to understand its limitations for optimized application.

Feature - Craig Dilouie, LC, Contributing Editor

Group Health Puyallup medical center first project to achieve 'LEED for Health Care' certification

May 23, 2013

The Group Health Puyallup (Wash.) Medical Center is the first facility to be certified under the LEED for Healthcare (LEED-HC) rating system, earning LEED Gold.

News - BD+C Staff

Nichiha to introduce fiber cement ledge stone panel

May 23, 2013

At the upcoming American Institute of Architects (AIA) convention in Denver, Nichiha will unveil an expansion of its KuraStone line with its latest fiber cement stone panel design: LedgeStone.

Product Review - Nichiha

Sky City, Changsha. Rendering courtesy of Broad Sustainable Building

Supertall 'Sky City' will house 4,400 families in Changsha, China

May 23, 2013

Broad Sustainable Building has completed a long and arduous approval process, and is starting excavation and construction on Sky City in June, 2013. The proposed "world's tallest building" will be a mixed-use project that could accommodate...

News - BD+C Staff

Are design-build contracts killing small architecture firms?

May 23, 2013

Are federal design-build contract laws unfair to small firms? AIA thinks so, citing an interesting fact: an architecture firm spends a median of $260,000 to compete for a design-build project.

News - AIA

Is the 'bring your own device' discussion stumping your IT group?

Blog Entry

Portland State University’s School of Architecture launches Center for Public Interest Design

May 23, 2013

Portland State University’s School of Architecture is proud to announce the launch of its new Center for Public Interest Design, a research center that aims to investigate and utilize the power of design to make social, economic and...

News - Portland State University

Return of retail? Rent growth seen in recovering markets

May 22, 2013

Like digging a ditch with a spoon, retail demand driven by population growth has eaten away at the supply of available store space in the markets that have been slowest to recover from the downturn. Vacancy rates are reaching a point that...

News - Jones Lang LaSalle