Thanks for your thoughtful responses to the post about the upcoming PBS special, ’10 Buildings That Changed America,’ hosted by Geoffrey Baer, in which I took exception (unfairly, I admit, not having...

April 13, 2013

Consider this the next take on urban farming: the food forest.

Seattle's Beacon Food Forest project is transforming a seven-acre lot in the city’s Beacon Hill neighborhood...

April 12, 2013

Plans are moving forward to convert an unused, century-old Chicago rail artery to a 2.7 mile, 13-acre recreational facility and transit corridor. Unlike New York's High Line, the Bloomingdale Trail...

April 12, 2013

 

Alvin H. Butz, Inc. recently completed a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Gold certified building at The Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus. This is the first LEED Gold...

April 12, 2013

 

Designed to reflect the Presbyterian Church’s mission and service to the greater Philadelphia community, the new $2 million administrative headquarters for the nation’s oldest presbytery includes business and executive offices, a...

April 12, 2013

 

West Point, Georgia – Batson-Cook recently completed the Hampton Inn on a site adjacent to the National Infantry Museum in Columbus, Georgia.  The firm worked with owner Valley...

April 12, 2013

 

Washington, D.C. – April 10, 2013 – The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected the ten recipients of the 2013 Small Project Awards. The AIA Small Project Awards Program, now in its tenth year, was established to...

April 11, 2013

It seems you can’t browse an industry website today without hearing about some new app, software, or hardware package that is going to push the bounds on the traditional ways in which design and construction are done. Case in point, a...

April 11, 2013

 

Rochester, MN — ...

April 11, 2013

The George W. Bush Presidential Center announced today it has earned Platinum certification by the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program. The Bush Center is the first presidential library to...

April 11, 2013