Built in 1928 as a shining Art Deco beacon for the upper Midwest, the Sears building...
Jim Whitaker will never forget the day he first met Maurice Rhude.
It was early 2004, and Whitaker and his design-build team from Skanska USA Building Inc.,...
Brick walls may look sturdy, strong, and ready to take on the fiercest storms that Mother Nature can conjure up, but brick construction has proven to be vulnerable during high-wind storms, especially hurricanes....
Surrounded by history, the residents of Cambridge, Mass., understand the importance of preserving it. But this Boston suburb is also a mecca for high-tech activity.
It...
A respectful marriage of old and new elements earned a Merit Award in BD&C's 21st Annual Reconstruction & Renovation Awards for a pair of buildings that constitute the first...
More than a quarter century ago, the American Institute of Architects called for a single national building code. The benefits were obvious — major developers, designers and contractors would not have to constantly...
Improper use of vapor barriers is one of the leading causes of moisture-related issues in buildings today.
Vapor barriers, or vapor retarders, are designed to...
It was a typical winter day in south central Alaska. Temperatures reached a blustery low of minus 40 degrees F. Wind gusts topped out at 60 mph. And the natives hadn't seen daylight for more than 20 hours....
Jeanne Gang, principal of Studio/Gang/Architects in Chicago, began planning the design of Aqua, her first high-rise project, by examining the way tall buildings relate to their surroundings. Gang's 822-foot, 2.2-million-sf...
What happens when you group 600 biologists, clinicians, engineers, chemists, physicists, and computer scientists from nearly two dozen university departments into a giant open lab?
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