| 23rd Annual Reconstruction Awards: Gold |
Two Rivers Marketing: Industrial connection
Creativity turned disaster into a dream come true for an Iowa marketing firm, with the reconstruction of an old General Motors parts warehouse.
American Tobacco Project: Turning over a new leaf
A century-old tobacco plant is turned into an attractive mixed-use development as part of a grand effort to revitalize downtown Durham, N.C.
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| 23rd Annual Reconstruction Awards: Platinum |
Divine intervention
Building Trinity Church in the City of Boston required ingenuity and daring. Restoring it would take an even more dedicated effort.
The softer side of Sears
How a dilapidated Sears warehouse in Minneapolis became the new heart of a revitalized community.
Pioneer Courthouse: Shaking up the court
Preserving a landmark in an earthquake zone took more than 'typical means.'
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| 23rd Annual Reconstruction Awards: Silver |
John Adams Courthouse
Boston, Massachusetts
Robert F. Kennedy Main Justice Building
Barbara Horwitz-Bennett Washington, D.C.
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| 23rd Annual Reconstruction Awards: Special Recogni |
Top of the rock—Observation deck at Rockefeller Center
New York, New York
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| 23rd Annual Reconstuction Awards: Bronze |
Hilton President Hotel
Kansas City, Missouri
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| 23rd Annual Reconstuction Awards: Gold |
Idea Center at Playhouse Square: A better idea
Nonprofit groups in Cleveland team up to create an innovative, energy-efficient space inside a historic downtown structure, bringing greater exposure to the arts.
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| 23rd Annual Reconstuction Awards: Silver |
Holyoke Health Center
Holyoke, Massachusetts
200 Fillmore
Denver, Colorado
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| BD+C Recognition Program |
Dream clients
The Property Owners and Developers AEC Firms Love to Work With
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| Building Technology |
5 Ways concrete can fail, and how to avoid them
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| Departments |
Simulator puts sailors under fire at Battle Stations
News briefs
People+firms
Novel double-stair core saves precious space for Libeskind condominium tower
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| Editorial |
Let us now praise 'Dream Clients'
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| Industry Data |
Hotel construction spending soars
Employment growth stalls amid layoffs in homebuilding sector
R.S. Means costs comparisons
Warehouse vacancy rates dip; starts drop
Year-to-date construction starts climb by 9.2%
Office sector slow to recover, even as vacancy rates slide
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| Information Technology |
With more collaboration options, Acrobat 8 aims to please AEC firms
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| Interior Solutions |
Top picks from NeoCon
Every year, exhibitors at the NeoCon World's Trade Fair try to outdo each other with razzle-dazzle new products, and this year's NeoCon was no exception. Here are some of the best interior products for office, healthcare, residential, institutional, and government buildings that the editors of Building Design+Construction unearthed at Chicago's Merchandise Mart and environs.
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| On The Drawing Board |
New GSA building tilting up in Virginia
Allergy-resistant hotels coming to Plano, Texas, and Warwick, R.I.
Tribe to get a community recreation center
Work begins on final piece of Orange County office park
Las Vegas condo project hopes to jumpstart arts district
Viñoly strikes gold in England with new visual arts center
San Diego firm gets Jakarta tech office design commission
Shopping oasis going up on California's Pacific Coast Highway
New plan will preserve historic San Francisco General Hospital
Developers selected for $800 million Washington, D.C., project
First skyscraper in nearly 20 years coming to Pittsburgh
Dubai adds a university to its massive projects
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| The Professional's Choice |
Pilkington Profilit channel glass
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| Thought Leaders |
'Terrorist targets need structural security'
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