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August 11,2010Not surprisingly, the construction industry's response to terrorism was a prominent theme at the Associated General Contractors of America's annual convention in Las Vegas last month. No fewer than seven sessions of the four-day program related directly to Sept. 11 and subsequent developments.Speakers described moves made by the military services and attempted to predict how these develop...
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August 11,2010Great sitelines. Intimate views. Close encounters with the best players in the world. As a self-proclaimed "tennis nut," architect Richard Young focused on these qualities when he designed the 12,500-seat Rexall Tennis Centre, centerpiece of a new $38 million, 17-court tennis complex at York University in Toronto.
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August 11,2010Ralph Johnson of Perkins & Will, Chicago, has put his hand to a 15-story, 96,000-sq.-ft. condominium development in the city's River North area. The concrete and glass design calls for a 45-ft.-high concrete column supporting a cast-in-place cantilevered roof. The structure, scheduled for completion next October, is programmed for retail space and parking on the first four floors, with 28...
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August 11,2010RTKL applied retail design principles to enhance customer service and wayfinding at the new West Chester (Ohio) Medical Center, which recently broke ground near Cincinnati. The hospital's diagnostic and treatment areas will be arranged in a radial arc just off the rotunda, similar to the way stores are located off a central core in a mall.
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August 11,2010As part of its corporate initiative to reduce its overall environmental footprint through decreased greenhouse gas emissions and waste stream, outdoor gear retailer REI has opened a LEED Silver-registered distribution center in Bedford, Pa. The 525,000-sf facility sits on 42 acres with 12 acres of walking paths through a natural habitat.
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August 11,2010On a beautiful spring morning, eerily reminiscent of one clear September morn last fall, New York City's former World Trade Center site silently, solemnly and officially passed the torch May 30 from the recovery phase to whatever is to come next. With poignant understatement, survivors of Sept. 11 gathered quietly at Ground Zero with victims' families and hundreds of construction workers, polic...
