Lockwood Greene finds lasting cure in industrial ills
If the economy were a disease and the industrial building sector were a living being, it would be at death's...
Flash back to 1910, when the newly opened Hotel Stockton was a classy 252-room hotel with shops, restaurants, a ballroom, a rooftop garden, and pergola. In its early decades, the Mission Revival-style hotel played...
Despite recent struggles, 2004 looks to be the year when nonresidential building returns to healthy growth. "There are hot and cold spots in each of our markets," says Gordon Mills, FAIA, NCARB, chairman and CEO of...
When evaluating the merits of roofing systems, specifiers generally consider a product's performance record, warranty, and the manufacturer's reputation before all other attributes, according to a recent survey of...
Office design has always been linked to productivity—how many workers can be reasonably squeezed into a given space—but why isn’t it more frequently linked to creativity?
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Whether it’s planting a green roof, installing building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) systems, or applying coatings or materials to reduce material...
Over a five-day stretch last December, students at the Carroll School in Lincoln, Mass., witnessed the installation of a modular classroom building like no other.
The new 950-sf structure, which...
By almost any measure, the design and construction of Grace Church in Eden Prairie, Minn., must be judged a remarkable achievement. Despite its almost gargantuan physical properties — a total of 342,000 sf, with...
SmithGroup has a rightful claim to the title of the country's oldest architecture/engineering firm. Sheldon Smith founded the firm in Ohio in 1853 and moved to the emerging town of Detroit, Mich., in 1855. Upon his...
The General Services Administration's great architectural awakening came 10 years ago, with the implementation of its Design Excellence Program. In recent years, sustainable design has become a primary component of...
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