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on March 10,2011 in Feature

Open-web bowstring trusses and steel joists give a Utah car wash architectural interest, reduce its construction costs, and help green a building...

on February 14,2011 in Feature

According to sustainability experts, the first step toward designing an energy-efficient roofing system is to see roof materials and systems as an...

on February 11,2011 in Feature (Web Exclusive)

The $73 million Soka University of America’s new performing arts center and academic complex recently opened on the school’s Aliso...

on February 11,2011 in Feature (Web Exclusive)

(FER) studio, Inglewood, Calif., converted a 115-year-old former dry goods store in Louisville, Ky., into a 10,175-sf mixed-use commercial...

on February 11,2011 in Feature (Web Exclusive)

Located on historic South Main Street in Fall River, Mass., the Fall River Justice Center opened last fall to serve as the city’s Superior...

on February 10,2011 in Feature

There’s lots of talk about zero energy as the next big milestone in green building. Realistically, how close are we to this ambitious goal?...

on January 21,2011 in Feature (Web Exclusive)

After the Army announced plans to expand Fort Bliss, in Texas, by up to 30,000 troops, FirstLight Federal Credit Union contracted NewGround (as CM...

Clif Bar & Co.
on January 21,2011 in Feature (Web Exclusive)

Clif Bar & Co.’s new 115,000-sf headquarters in Emeryville, Calif., is one of the first buildings in the state to meet the 2008...

Duke Lemur Center
on January 21,2011 in Feature (Web Exclusive)

Dozens of lemurs have new homes in two new facilities at the Duke Lemur Center in Raleigh, N.C. The Releasable Building connects to a 69-acre...

Fort Ticonderoga
on January 21,2011 in Feature (Web Exclusive)

Fort Ticonderoga, in Ticonderoga, N.Y., along Lake Champlain, dates to 1755 and was the site of battles in the French and Indian War and the...

John Tyler Community College
on January 21,2011 in Feature (Web Exclusive)

The new 60,000-sf science building at John Tyler Community College in Midlothian, Va., just earned LEED Silver, the first facility in the...

O’Fallon Park Recreation Complex
on January 20,2011 in Feature (Web Exclusive)

O’Fallon Park Recreation Complex in St. Louis, designed by local architecture/engineering firm KAI Design & Build, will feature an...

Homeland Security Education Center
on January 20,2011 in Feature (Web Exclusive)

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

on January 19,2011 in Feature (Web Exclusive)

Housing development company Campus Apartments broke ground on a new extended stay hotel that will serve the medical and academic facilities in...

Fort Hood Replacement Hospital
on January 19,2011 in Feature (Web Exclusive)

The Army Corps of Engineers selected London-based Balfour Beatty and St. Louis-based McCarthy to provide design-build services for the Fort Hood...

National Hellenic Museum
on January 19,2011 in Feature (Web Exclusive)

Construction is under way in Chicago on the National Hellenic Museum, the nation’s first museum devoted to Greek history and culture. RTKL...

on January 10,2011 in Feature

Michael J. Alter, president of The Alter Group, a national corporate real estate development firm headquartered in Skokie, Ill., on the growth of...

on January 10,2011 in Product Review

Ecophon Master Solo S suspended ceiling panels combine style with Class-A sound absorption. The high-density fiberglass panels, made with 75%...

on January 09,2011 in Product Review

The Solar Powered Dimmer, made to work with 10-inch tubular skylights, uses a remote control to adjust the amount of sunlight allowed into the...

on January 09,2011 in Product Review

Concerned about high HVAC energy use due to solar heat, and high energy consumption for heating in the winter, the school installed a 12-foot-...