Architecturally designed to conform to the landscape of the Pikes Peak region, The Broadmoor includes the best features of many famous European resort hotels, and affords every convenience and luxury that could be...

August 11, 2010


There are no cartoon characters adorning the walls in the HKS-designed Phoenix Children’s Hospital expansion (left). Rather, the sophisticated...

August 11, 2010

It is said that a roof is 10% of a project's cost and 90% of its problems. That may be an overstatement, but without proper design and installation, roofs can and will fail.

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August 11, 2010

A proliferation of specialty hospitals, predominantly cardiology, oncology, and orthopedic facilities, are adding fuel to the fire that is the red-hot healthcare market.

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August 11, 2010

Hotel construction just keeps booming. Job site spending has more than quadrupled since the beginning of 2004 and is 42% above a year ago.

However, Reed Construction...

August 11, 2010

Since 1993, Salem, Ore., has held the distinction of being the only state capital in the country to operate without commercial airline service.

For the past 14 years...

August 11, 2010

An asymmetrical "geode" is the signature feature of new 250,000-sq.-ft. building on the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis that has a dual role. The geode encloses 23,000 square feet of public space, while the...

August 11, 2010

Protecting buildings against earthquakes is not a new concept. Techniques such as the use of shear walls and braced frames have been applied for more than half a century. More recently, methods such as the use of base isolators...

August 11, 2010

What do a juggling unicyclist, a Celtic rock musician, a Yoda impressionist, and a certified hand-to-hand sword fighter have in common?

They're among the 40 brightest...

August 11, 2010

No one will ever know exactly how many people died immediately from the impact of the plane crashes into the Twin Towers. But what happened in, and to, the stairwells will be looked at for quite some...

August 11, 2010