Cultural

• Public Buildings: The Evolving Library

  March 3, 2010
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• David Rockwell unveils set for upcoming Oscar show

  BD+C staff, February 17, 2010
  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and 82nd Academy Awards® production designer David Rockwell unveiled the set for the upcoming Oscar show.  More

• Renovated city hall to revitalize California city

  By Andrew Baltazar, Associate Editor, February 1, 2010
  Los Angeles-based Nadel Architects has completed a $91 million revitalization of three landmark buildings in the Richmond (Calif.) Civic Center: City Hall, the Hall of Justice, and the Civic Auditorium/Art Center. Replacement of exterior glazing, rehabilitation of the exterior envelope, and installation of stone panels and brick bring the center back to its 1930s feel.  More

• BD+C's 13th Annual Building Team Awards... Enter Today!

  Jay Schneider, January 11, 2010
  Nominations are open for Building Design+Construction's 13th Annual Building Team Awards. The competition honors commercial, institutional, industrial, and multifamily building projects whose design and construction reflect the successful integration of expertise from all members of the Building Team.  More

• Museum celebrates African-American heritage

  January 1, 2010
  The Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture recently completed construction on the Wells Fargo Cultural Campus in Charlotte, N.C. Designed by the Freelon Group, Durham, N.C., with Batson-Cook's Atlanta office as project manager, the $18.8 million project achieved nearly 100% minority participation.  More

• And the world's tallest building is…

  December 1, 2009
  At more than 2,600 feet high, the Burj Dubai (right) can still lay claim to the title of world's tallest building—although like all other super-tall buildings, its exact height will have to be recalculated now that the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) announced a change to its height criteria.  More

• 12 Major Trends in Library Design

  By Thomas Sens, AIA, LEED AP, December 1, 2009
  Many academic planners assumed that the coming of the Internet would lead to the decline of the library as we know it. To the contrary, many academic libraries have experienced significantly increased patron use in recent years. One reason for this phenomenon is that today's college students have heightened expectations and demands for academic libraries based on new approaches to learning.  More

• Firehouse converted to hip hot property

  December 1, 2009
  Sound the alarm! A 9,000-sf former firehouse is being converted into a new multipurpose space for ZUMIX, a nonprofit music and arts organization that's partnering on the project with Landmark Structures of Woburn, Mass., and the East Boston Community Development Corporation. The $2 million renovation of the 1920s structure, known as Engine Company 40 Firehouse, includes a complete gut job to ma...  More

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