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August 11,2010The sleek 38-story Aura Condominium tower designed by Studio Daniel Libeskind in association with Stantec Architects will do more than change the Sacramento, Calif., skyline. The $124.5 million building's innovative structural core and central staircase design is the first of its kind to be approved in California, and could significantly influence future projects.
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August 11,2010The $25 million, 108,000-sf Johnnie B. Byrd, Sr. Alzheimer's Center & Research Institute in Tampa, Fla., became the largest freestanding facility of its kind when it opened in September. Designed by HDR Architecture, Omaha, Neb., the seven-story glass and stucco facility is located on a 2.6-acre site on the campus of the University of South Florida.
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August 11,2010Herman Miller's recently opened Atlanta National Design Center has gained LEED-CI (commercial interiors) Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The Atlanta showroom and corporate sales office is located in the century-old Puritan Mill complex on Atlanta's West Side. Chicago-based Krueck & Sexton Architects designed the space, which is the fourth Herman Miller design center...
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August 11,2010Wisconsin design/build firm Hoffman Corp. enlisted the help of engineering students to design its new 35,000-sq.-ft. headquarters in Appleton.
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August 11,2010A low-cost monitoring system with Internet access for energy and environmental systems features maximum flexibility without a PC for the nontechnical building operator. Menu-driven user interface and Internet access easily acquire all key power parameters such as energy used, average ambient temperature, air-conditioner run time, heating data and more.Fire, Wind & Rain.Circle 261
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August 11,2010More than 24,000 design professionals made the voyage to Las Vegas last month for the AIA 2005 National Convention and Design Expo, held May 19–21 at Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Attendance figures surpassed the 2004 show in Chicago by more than 10%, and the 2003 expo in San Diego by nearly 20%.
