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January 04,2011

New buildings in California must now be more sustainable under the state’s Green Building Standards Code, which took effect with the new year....

January 04,2011

Roger K. Lewis, an architect and a professor emeritus of architecture at the University of Maryland, writes in the Washington Post about...

January 04,2011

One of the most famous office buildings in the world—and the official the residence of the President of the United States—is now worth...

January 04,2011

Grubb & Ellis Company, a leading real estate services and investment firm, released its 2011 Real Estate Forecast, which foresees the start of...

January 04,2011

BIFMA International recently announced formal American National Standards Institute (ANSI) approval and...

December 28,2010

The College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Ill., began work on the Homeland Security Education Center, which will prepare future emergency personnel to...

December 13,2010

Green building initiatives are a key influencer when tenants decide to sign a commercial real estate lease, according to a survey by GE Capital...

December 07,2010

The Request for Proposal (RFP) process is key to managing a successful LEED project, according to Green Building Law Update. While most people...

December 07,2010

Blue design creates places that are not just neutral, but actually add back to the world and is the future of sustainable design and architecture...

December 07,2010

Green building’s momentum hasn’t been stopped by the economic recession and will keep speeding through the recovery, while at the same...

December 07,2010

The proposed Forest Certification Benchmark to determine when wood-certification groups would have their certification qualify for points in the...

December 07,2010

The Associated General Contractors of America wants to know about your construction company’s business outlook for 2011. Help out the...

December 07,2010

The multifamily sector is showing signs of a real recovery, with nearly 22,000 new apartment units delivered to the market. Net absorption in the...

December 07,2010

Lord Norman Foster, reportedly has been selected to design Apple’s new campus in Cupertino, Calif. If the news is true, Foster is a good...

December 07,2010

With Beijing, Shanghai, and Mumbai already on the global radar, where can the next wave of construction be found? Far beyond China, India, and...

December 07,2010

IBM’s new offices at Dulles Station West in Herndon, Va., utilized Petersen’s PAC-1000 F Flush Series column covers. The columns are...

December 06,2010

The construction unemployment rate jumped to 18.8% in November as the sector lost another 5,000 jobs since October, according to an analysis of...

December 02,2010

Gerner Kronick + Valcarcel, Architects, PC won the prestigious Gold Key Award for Excellence in Hospitality Design for best guest room, Park Hyatt...

December 02,2010

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that 24 projects are receiving a total of $21 million in technical assistance to dramatically reduce...

George W. Bush Presidential Center
November 23,2010

The George W. Bush Presidential Center, which will house the former president’s library and museum, plus the Bush Institute, is aiming for...