The main lobby of Hyatt Hotels’ 240,000-sf headquarters in Chicago, which has achieved WELL Silver certification. This open office space gives its occupants choices for noise and temperature levels. Gensler was the interior designer, Power Construction the GC. Courtesy International Well Building Institute.
Office Building Design | February 15, 2019 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Owners and developers are driving demand for wellness features and practices—active stairways, biophilia, enhanced air quality, etc.—as one more way draw tenants.
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The main lobby of Hyatt Hotels’ 240,000-sf headquarters in Chicago, which has achieved WELL Silver certification. This open office space gives its occupants choices for noise and temperature levels. Gensler was the interior designer, Power Construction the GC. Courtesy International Well Building Institute.
Office Building Design | February 15, 2019 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Owners and developers are driving demand for wellness features and practices—active stairways, biophilia, enhanced ai...
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Codes and Standards | February 15, 2019 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Capacity to store more than 2 million gallons of storm water on site.
All renderings courtesy OSO Design + Westbank Projects Corp.
Office Building Design | February 15, 2019 | David Malone, Associate Editor
OSO and Merrick Architecture designed the building.
Image of an Alabama factory, where BLOX prefabricates modular components for the healthcare industry. Using Design Manufacture Construct (DMC), BLOX delivers high-quality, standardized products that make construction better, faster, and smarter. Photo: BLOX
Building Tech | February 14, 2019 | VIATechnik blog | Danielle Dy Buncio, Founder & CEO, VIATechnik
Experts project that prefabrication and modular construction will total $209 billion by the end of the decade.
Amazon has decided to withdraw its plans to build a second headquarters campus in New York City, stating that it did not think it could find common ground with the deal's political opponents. Image: Pixabay/Amazon
Architects | February 14, 2019 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
The tech giant walks away from a deal, succumbing to opposition over huge tax breaks.
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Market Data | February 14, 2019 | USGBC
The list ranks countries and regions in terms of cumulative LEED-certified gross square meters as of December 31, 201...
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Codes and Standards | February 14, 2019 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Based on British standard and a publicly available standard.
Wood | February 14, 2019 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The 8,500-sf structure will be located in Fredericksburg.
EMD Serono, which is the name Merck KGaA operates under in the U.S. and Canada, is expanding its R&D facility in Billerica, Mass., one of four such life science facilities that the Germany-based corporation has worldwide. Image: EMD Serono
Public Health Labs | February 14, 2019 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
The 145,000-sf addition will be built to meet LEED and WELL certification standards.
Education Facility | February 13, 2019 | David Malone, Associate Editor
Perkins+Will is designing the school.
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Building Team | February 13, 2019 | David Barista, Editorial Director
The BD+C editorial team is on a mission to track and evaluate the latest tech tools and trends that show pro...
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Market Data | February 13, 2019 | JLL
Construction industry momentum to carry through first half of 2019.
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Codes and Standards | February 12, 2019 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
New business models create disintermediation.
The $171 million, 475,000-sf John S. Oishei Children's Hospital of Women's and Children's Hospital of Buffalo. The project team: Shepley Bulfinch (architect), Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SE), DiDonato (CE), CannonDesign (MEP), CT & Associates (logistics/planning), HB & Associates (medical equipment planner), and Turner Construction (GC). Photo: Laura Peters/CannonDesign
Giants 300 | February 12, 2019 | BD+C Staff
Ranking the nation’s largest architecture, engineering, and construction firms. Giants 300 surveys are due Friday, Ap...
Architects | February 12, 2019 | Gresham Smith Blog | Joe Crowe, P.E., CxA, LEED AP and Johnathan Woodside, P.E., C.E.M., LEED AP (O+M)
As building system technology increases in complexity and sustainability remains at the forefront of design, the need...
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Office Building Design | February 11, 2019 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
3form, a materials manufacturer, did a top-to-bottom remodel of its Salt Lake City headquarters campus that included...
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Codes and Standards | February 11, 2019 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Benefits include driving tax revenue, business activity, and smart development.
The “monumental” connecting staircase within Little Diversified Architectural Consultants’ offices in Charlotte, N.C., highlights the firm’s commitment to WELL’s wellness standards that encourage occupant activity. Photo: Tim Buchanan Photography, Courtesy Little
Sustainability | February 11, 2019 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
The advice about wellness firms dispense to clients in many cases has already been road tested to make their own work...
San Diego's newest library branch provides a larger state-of-the-art resource for a growing uptown community. Image: Brady Architectural Photography
Library | February 10, 2019 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
It features larger gathering spaces and more technology than its predecessor.
Norman Foster (right), Founder and Executive Chairman of London-based Foster + Partners, discussing sketches of the three-arched entrance for his design team's proposal for O'Hare International Airport's new global terminal. Image: Foster + Partners
Airports | February 10, 2019 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Competition finalists took different approaches to rethinking the logistics of a gigantic, hectic space.
Photo: Andy Caulfield
Sponsored Content | February 08, 2019 | SaftiFirst
To achieve all the aesthetic and fire rated requirements of the project, SAFTI FIRST supplied an ASTM E-119...
Rendering courtesy Dubai Holding
High-rise Construction | February 08, 2019 | David malone, Associate Editor
SOM designed the tower.
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Codes and Standards | February 08, 2019 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Parking spots converted to bike lanes, transit is fast and easy.
Photo: Brett Beyer.
Art Galleries | February 08, 2019 | David Malone, Associate Editor
Diller Scofidio + Renfro designed the building.
A new breed of data tools creates a valuable opportunity for the next wave of BIM and facilities management, one where “pure data” is at the center.
AEC Tech | February 08, 2019 | John Tobin, New York Office Director, SMRT Architects and Engineers
A new breed of data tools creates a valuable opportunity for the next wave of BIM and facilities management, one wher...
Thousands of honeybees reside in four custom-designed beehives on the roof of the events venue. The bees provide honey for the venue’s restaurant. Photos: courtesy ZGF Architects
Great Solutions | February 07, 2019 | David Malone, Associate Editor
A Seattle events venue, The Sanctuary, has a roof that is literally a hive of sustainability.
Sponsored Content | February 07, 2019 | Richard Scott-AIA, NCARB, LEED AP of Liberty Building Forensics Group |
Band-aid fixes are often applied to a hotel prior to selling to make the building more appealing. Catching these mask...
All images © Amtrak, courtesy Goettsch Partners
Reconstruction & Renovation | February 07, 2019 | David Malone, Associate Editor
Goettsch Partners designed the project.
Glass and Glazing | February 07, 2019 | GWWO Blog | Kate Scurlock
We’ve all seen it. A dead bird laying on the sidewalk next to a building. Or, maybe we’ve heard it. The loud bang of...
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Codes and Standards | February 07, 2019 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Includes automatic shut offs for buildings of all sizes.
