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The Georgia Tech Carbon-Neutral Energy Solutions Laboratory was the lone Platinu
on June 12,2013 in Feature

The winners of the 2013 Building Team Awards show that great buildings cannot be built without the successful collaboration of the Building Team....

The tower at the Vernon S. Broyles Leadership Center unifies a new addition (lef
on June 12,2013 in Feature

A renovation/addition project at Columbia Theological Seminary unites a historic residence hall with a modern classroom facility.

The Wabash Building (blue) is a modern response to Roosevelt University’s needs
on June 11,2013 in Feature

Roosevelt University builds a 32-story tower to satisfy students’ needs for housing, instruction, and recreation.

Georgia Tech’s Carbon-Neutral Energy Solutions Laboratory was built on a compact
on June 11,2013 in Feature

Building Team cooperation and expertise help Georgia Tech create a LEED Platinum building for energy science.

on May 17,2013 in Feature

Increasingly, college and university research buildings are doing double duty as homes for K-12 STEM programs. Here’s how to create facilities...

on May 08,2013 in Feature

When embarking upon a roofing renovation project, one of the first decisions for the Building Team is whether to tear off and replace the existing...

on April 30,2013 in Feature

Kate Steel of Steel Consulting Services offers tips and advice for choosing the correct code-compliant glazing product for every fire-rated...

on April 16,2013 in Feature

From an orchid-shaped visitor center to California’s largest public works project, each of these projects benefited from IMP technology.

on April 15,2013 in Feature

To achieve the goals of sustainability and high performance, stakeholders in new construction and renovation projects must rein in energy...

Friendship Technology Preparatory Academy, an 80,000-sf science and technology p
on April 10,2013 in Feature

Competition for grants, loans, and bond financing among charter schools is heating up, so make your clients aware of these potential sources.

on April 10,2013 in Feature

Charter schools are growing like Topsy. But don’t jump on board unless you know what you’re getting into.

on April 02,2013 in Feature

If you do hotels, schools, student unions, office buildings, performing arts centers, transportation facilities, or any structure with a lobby,...

on March 20,2013 in Feature

Single-glazed storefronts in the student center at California’s West Valley College were replaced with aluminum-framed, thermally broken windows...

The South Mountain Community Library, a joint venture of Maricopa Community Coll
on March 14,2013 in Feature

The nation’s thousand-plus community college districts can be a steady source of income for your Building Team—provided you appreciate the special...

on March 13,2013 in Feature

From folding façades to colorful LED displays, these fantastical projects show off the architectural possibilities of wire mesh and perforated...

on December 09,2012 in Feature

Greenbuild attendees share their thoughts with BD+C on the SAGE modular classroom.

The classroom’s exterior cladding consisted of fiber cement boards of varying co
on December 09,2012 in Feature

SAGE modular classroom opens eyes, minds at Greenbuild 2012.

College Park Elementary School, Virginia Beach, Va., has an integrated wetland g
on November 11,2012 in Feature

High-performance schools put ‘sustainability’ in the lesson plan

The design for Joplin Interim High  took advantage of large openings, oversized
on October 05,2012 in Feature

At 5:41 p.m. CDT on Sunday, May 22, 2011, an EF5 tornado touched down in Joplin, Mo. In the next 31 minutes, the mile-wide, multiple-vortex...

“Leap,” by artist Lawrence Argent, at Sacramento International Airport. A key co
on July 20,2012 in Feature

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