The 15,200-sf Fire Station #65 in the Watts neighborhood near Los Angeles replaces an outdated 1930s facility and includes living and support space for a crew of 17. Designed by gkkworks, Irvine, Calif., the two-...

August 11, 2010

Two years ago, developer Related Cos. opened the 55-story mega-complex known as Time Warner Center in New York and, largely as a result, Columbus Circle has been transformed. The "mini-city" boasts some of New York's...

August 11, 2010

Located in East Rutherford, N.J., the Sheraton Meadowlands Hotel and Conference Center recently underwent a complete renovation. A total of 250 guest rooms and suites and 427 bathrooms were refurbished, along with...

August 11, 2010

Searching for an ideal location for a new community center and park, the city of El Paso, Texas, selected an unlikely spot: a detention pond that was riddled with crime and ignored by the development community. The...

August 11, 2010

The Ben J. Selkirk & Sons Building, the last original structure still standing in the once-thriving Gaslight Square area in St. Louis, has been restored and converted into loft apartments and commercial space as...

August 11, 2010

Amid the "dot-com" fever gripping the A/E/C universe, one of the industry's giants has been working at a steady pace developing its vision of the path towards automation. At a reception in New York recently, Carol Bartz,...

August 11, 2010
August 11, 2010

Healthcare construction spending is currently only 2.3% above a year ago, and has been stuck at a $35–36 billion annual pace for more than a year, after rising 40% over the previous two years.

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August 11, 2010