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World's tallest data center opens in New York
Sabey Data Center Properties last week celebrated the completion of the first phase of an adaptive reuse project that will transform the 32-story Verizon Building in Manhattan into a data center facility. When the project is completed, it will be the world's tallest data center.
The 32-story Verizon Building is being transformed into a mega data center.
Sabey Data Center Properties last week celebrated the completion of the first phase of an adaptive reuse project that will transform the 32-story Verizon Building in Manhattan into a data center facility. When the project is completed, it will be the world's tallest data center.
5 novel architectural applications for metal mesh screen systems
From folding façades to colorful LED displays, these fantastical projects show off the architectural possibilities of wire mesh and perforated metal panel technology.
From folding façades to colorful LED displays, these fantastical projects show off the architectural possibilities of wire mesh and perforated metal panel technology.
Since the 1950s, architects have explored design possibilities with wire mesh and perforated metal panels in buildings. Until then, the technology had primarily been used for mundane construction applications like fences, concrete reinforcement, and lockers.
One of the earliest architectural installations of woven wire mesh—the elevator interiors in the Mies van der Rohe-designed Seagram Building in New York City—still adorns the spaces today.
NYC reinvents the pay phone
New York City is on a mission to build a better payphone for the digital age.
City competition attracts entries that transform the concept of public urban communication.
New York's Reinvent Payphones competition attracts entries that transform the concept of public urban communication.
25 cities with the most Energy Star certified buildings
With 528 buildings totaling 112.5 million sf, Los Angeles topped the EPA's ranking of the U.S. metropolitan areas with the most Energy Star certified buildings in 2012. Rounding out the top five are Washington, D.C. (462 buildings); Chicago (353); New York (325); and Atlanta (304).
Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Chicago top EPA's list of the U.S. cities with the greatest number of Energy Star certified buildings in 2012.
Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Chicago top EPA's list of the U.S. cities with the greatest number of Energy Star certified buildings in 2012.
German demonstration building features algae-powered façade
A demonstration project under way at the International Building Exhibition in Hamburg, Germany, is touted as the world's first algae-powered building. Two sides of the net-zero apartment facility, dubbed BIQ, have a bright green façade consisting of hollow glass panels filled with algae and water.
Exterior of carbon-neutral apartment complex consists of hollow glass panels containing micro-algae "farms."
Exterior of carbon-neutral demonstration building consists of hollow glass panels containing micro-algae "farms."
RSMeans cost comparisons: jails, courthouses, police stations, and post offices
Winston-Salem, N.C., saw the largest year-over-year increase in construction costs for judicial facilities and post offices, according to the latest RSMeans cost comparisons report. Boston, Chicago, and Cleveland also saw significant increases, while costs in Phoenix remained relatively steady.
RSMeans report offers construction costs across 25 metro markets.
The March 2013 report from RSMeans offers construction costs per square foot for four building types across 25 metro markets. Building types include: jails, courthouses, police stations, and post offices.
Replacement escalators give Cobo Center a lift
New technology enables Detroit’s Cobo Center to replace its escalators without disruption to its convention business.
New elevator technology enables Detroit’s Cobo Center to replace its escalators without disruption to its convention business.
Having to replace an escalator in a public facility of any kind is a major headache for the building’s management—all that debris and noise, not to mention the inconvenience to visitors and the annoying expense.
Imagine what it would be like to have to replace more than a dozen escalators, in a facility that might have to host a hundred thousand visitors on a busy day.
7 most endangered buildings in Chicago
The Chicago Preservation Society (CPS) released its annual list of the buildings at high risk for demolition. The 2013 list includes the AllState Building (1949), a rare example of immediate postwar modern high-rise construction, and the Lathrop Homes (1938), considered by many to be the best public housing development the city has ever built, according to CPS.
The Chicago Preservation Society released its annual list of the buildings at high risk for demolition.
The Chicago Preservation Society released its annual list of the buildings at high risk for demolition.
Gehry unveils design for Santa Monica hotel-condo tower
If all goes as planned, Frank Gehry will design the first building in his hometown in some 25 years. The architect revealed his scheme for a proposed 22-story, 244-foot-tall tower at Ocean Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard in downtown Santa Monica, Calif.
Last week, local developers M. David Paul Associates and the Worthe Real Estate Group submitted their plans to the city, which will vote on the proposal later this month.
The City of Santa Monica will vote on the proposal later this month.
If all goes as planned, Frank Gehry will design the first building in his hometown in some 25 years.
World's first LEGO museum planned in Denmark
Bjarke Ingels Group and Ralph Appelbaum Associates will team up with the LEGO Group to design the physical home for The LEGO House, the world's first museum dedicated to LEGO.
LEGO owner Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen said the museum will be equal parts education and entertainment, with a focus on exhibits where children can learn through LEGO play.
Bjarke Ingels Group and Ralph Appelbaum Associates will design The LEGO House in Billund, Denmark.
Bjarke Ingels Group and Ralph Appelbaum Associates will team up with the LEGO Group to design the physical home for The LEGO House, the world's first museum dedicated to LEGO.
