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August 11,2010Goettsch Partners, Chicago, designed a new five-star, 214-room hotel for the King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The design-build project, with Saudi Oger Ltd. as contractor and Rayadah Investment Co. as developer, has a three-story podium supporting a 17-story glass tower with a nine-story opening that allows light to penetrate the mass of the building.
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August 11,2010The second phase of construction has begun on the 331,000-sf Genetic Medicine Building at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. When completed in December, the seven-story research building will house three School of Medicine departments along with additional space for the School of Pharmacy.
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August 11,2010A plaque on the wall outside Kennedy-King College, a new $100 million campus in the Chicago neighborhood of Englewood, states a somewhat timeworn but still valuable lesson: “If you give a man a fish, he can eat for a day. If you teach a man to fish, he can eat for a lifetime.” That homespun truth defines the educational mission of Kennedy-King, one of the City Colleges of Chicago.
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August 11,2010Sixteen months after Hurricane Katrina caused heavy wind and flood damage to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in New Orleans, the historic, 14-story hotel has reopened. The comprehensive project involved restoring the building's 96-year-old terra cotta façade, renovating the interior spaces, and replacing outdated and damaged mechanical systems.
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August 11,2010A circular courtyard fitted with a meditative labyrinth is the primary architectural icon of the new 175,000-sf, 120-bed Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital in Wheaton, Ill. The courtyard provides daylight to the basement level of the facility and acts as a central focal point and a critical element in wayfinding for the facility.
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August 11,2010Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art is hosting an exhibit, “Sustainable Architecture in Chicago: Works in Progress,” that presents several green projects currently in design or construction by Chicago-based architects. The projects were selected because they reflect a rising awareness of the need to create architecture and open space for enhanced public use while conserving r...
