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  • August 11,2010
    Baker Barrios Architects of Orlando, Fla., has completed designs for a rugby training facility at the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. Baker Barrios is providing architectural and program management services for the 12,000-sf, $12 million facility, which includes locker rooms, practice facilities, athletic competition fields, weight rooms, training rooms, a press box, and skyb...
  • August 11,2010
    Union Park, a $6 billion mixed-use center in downtown Las Vegas, will combine nine million sf of residential, retail, medical, office, hotel, and civic space primarily for use by the city's residents and workers. The center will include the Lou Ruvo Brain Institute, a neurodegenerative disease research and treatment center designed by architect Frank Gehry; the Smith Center for the Performing A...
  • August 11,2010
    Software simplifies the design and pricing of radiant-heat flooring systems. Users input data about the project, and RFH WarmSource Version 2.06 calculates the heat loss of the structure, heat output, heat source requirements and hydraulic information such as flow rate, supply-water temperature and system pressure.
  • August 11,2010
    The development team working on the nation's first-of-its-kind land swap arrangement with the U.S. Air Force recently completed construction of a new facility for the Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif. The unique land swap deal, in which USAF-owned land was traded to private developers for the construction of the SAMS facilities, kept the base o...
  • August 11,2010
    In the wake of a recent price-fixing scandal, the completion of the renovation of its New York City office and showroom in May was a welcome event for Sotheby's , the leading international art auction house. Six new floors were added to the company's North American headquarters and its existing four floors were completely redesigned, providing 240,000 square feet of additional space.
  • August 11,2010
    While general contractor Holder Construction Corp., Atlanta, and its local partner Hawkins Construction Co., Omaha, lead the erection of the structural steel frame, design architect Gensler and architect of record Kendall/Heaton Associates, Houston, have begun interior schematic design of the 19-story, 1.