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April 24,2013

All regions and building sectors continue to report positive business conditions

April 24,2013

North Carolina lawmakers have introduced state legislation that would restrict the use of national green building rating programs, including LEED...

April 24,2013

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wants cool roofs added to the city’s building code. He is also asking the Department of Water and Power (...

April 23,2013

Milliken recently debuted a flexible fabric that allows for concrete installations on slopes, in water, and in other hard to reach places—without...

Charles David Keeling Apartments, La Jolla, Calif., by KieranTimberlake. Photo:
April 22,2013

The AIA's Committee on the Environment selected its top ten examples of sustainable architecture and green design solutions that protect and...

April 19,2013

Construction crews are going to extremes to save the ornate brick façade of the Provo (Utah) Tabernacle temple, which was ravaged by a fire in...

April 17,2013

New York loses another architectural gem by Frank Lloyd Wright as new owner razes auto showroom.

April 17,2013

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences last week released preliminary plans for its $300 million Academy of Motion Picture Arts and...

April 16,2013

In 2010, the AIA/NCARB Internship and Career Survey of emerging professionals took a snapshot of young designers during a time of...

April 15,2013

Bertschi School, an independent elementary school in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of...

April 15,2013

The Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS) is pleased to announce the keynote speakers for ―Build Business: Dream Big!,‖ its 2013...

Proposed Milwaukee Avenue Bridge. Courtesy Michael Van Valkenburgh
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...

April 11,2013

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected the ten recipients of the 2013 Small Project Awards. The AIA Small Project Awards Program...

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...

April 09,2013

FMI, the largest provider of management consulting and investment banking services to the engineering and construction industry released today its...

April 08,2013

Analysis of daylighting control systems in 20 office and public spaces shows that while the automatic daylighting harvesting schemes are helping...

April 06,2013

GlaxoSmithKline and Liberty Property Trust/Synterra Partners transform the work environment with the opening of Five Crescent Drive

April 05,2013

A seven-story apartment tower under construction in Bangkok has started to tilt and is on the verge of toppling.