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14 projects earn BD+C's 2019 Building Team Awards
Building Team Awards | June 24, 2019 | BD+C Staff
The McDonald's Headquarters, the Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, and Pacific Visions at the Aquariu...
Sponsored Content | June 21, 2019 | MBCI
Metal panels provide San Antonio complex with unmatched curb appeal and a long-term, maintenance-free solution.
A crew hoists an 8x48-foot module for the hotel, one of 150 such modules that were prefabbed in Poland and shipped to the U.S. Photo: Stephen B. Jacobs Group
Building Team Awards | June 21, 2019 | Robert Cassidy, Executive Editor
Honorable mention: At 21 stories (15 of them modular), it is the world’s tallest modular hotel.
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Market Data | June 21, 2019 | AIA
AIA’s Architecture Billings Index (ABI) score for May showed a small increase in design services at 50.2.
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Codes and Standards | June 21, 2019 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Advances include language on resilience, life cycle cost analysis, moisture control analysis, health, and effectivene...
Retail Centers | June 20, 2019 | Jonathan Barnes, Contributing Editor
A 162,500 SF dealership building set on 16 acres, Central Houston Nissan, in Texas, is being touted as the largest Ni...
Rendering by University of Notre Dame graduate urban design students Marie Acalin and Roger Foreman reimagines Chicago's Midway Plaisance as the site for the planned Obama Presidential Center.
June 20, 2019 | By Robert Cassidy, Executive Editor
The 330-room Hilton Des Moines Downtown was developed through a three-party public-private partnership. Inset: Pivotek delivers one of 300 bath pods use in the project. Photos: Michael Robinson.
Building Team Awards | June 20, 2019 | Robert Cassidy, Executive Editor
Bronze Award: Weitz, acting as developer and design-builder, leased the land and borrowed the money for the project....
The design concept for the Pacific Visions wing is a sinuous biomorphic form achieved through a combination of steel and 839 glass panels that mimics water movement. Strategically placed downlights on 20-foot poles illuminate the building. Photos: Tom Bonner Photography.
Building Team Awards | June 20, 2019 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Bronze Award: The new wing holds an exhibition space, a state-of-the-art 300-seat theater with a 32-foot-tall, 180-de...
All photos courtesy Brett Boardman
Mixed-Use | June 20, 2019 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The building is located in Sydney’s Central Business District.
Sports and Recreational Facilities | June 19, 2019 | Jonathan Barnes, Contributing Editor
It is being called the only venue of its kind between Istanbul and Singapore that can host events throughout the year...
Three 45,000-sf floors were added above the existing hospital, along with a new ED, ED observation unit, and PACU. Photos: Ben Tanner
Building Team Awards | June 19, 2019 | Robert Cassidy, Executive Editor
Bronze Award: St. Lucie County’s population exploded to the point where the hospital needed lots more space.
San Diego County’s new crime lab is expected to earn LEED Gold honors. The project team used native plants and high-efficiency irrigation to slash potable water use for landscaping by 50%; installed low-flow fixtures to trim water use for indoor plumbing by 40%; and cut energy consumption by 21%. Solar arrays provide 20% of the building’s energy. More than 75% of construction waste was diverted from landfill. Photos: Matt Lindquist, Lindquist Photography.
Building Team Awards | June 19, 2019 | Robert Cassidy, Executive Editor
Silver Award: The 158,000-sf addition collocates three crime-fighting functions.
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Market Data | June 19, 2019 | NCARB
New data from NCARB reveals that the number of architects continues to increase.
Midtown Center offers a 10,000-sf courtyard, retail shopping, restaurants, an 8,000-sf fitness center, a 5,000-sf rooftop terrace, a 1,000-sf conference center, storage/repair facilities for 100 bikes, and EV charging stations. The steel and glass tunnel bridges span 110 feet. Photos: Judy Davis, Hoachlander Davis Photography
Building Team Awards | June 18, 2019 | Robert Cassidy, Executive Editor
Bureaucratic architecture, be damned!
The I CAN Center’s peeled-up canopy and rainscreen façade are clad in natural cedar. Photos: Yuzhu Zheng
Building Team Awards | June 18, 2019 | Robert Cassidy, Executive Editor
Silver Award: Two problems quickly emerged: high concentrations of arsenic in the soil, and stormwater runoff into ne...
All Images courtesy John Ronan Architects
Museums | June 18, 2019 | David Malone, Associate Editor
Architect John Ronan will design the building.
Photo Credit: The District Wharf
Sponsored Content | June 17, 2019 | Owens Corning
Protected roof membrane assembly (PRMA) systems play a key role in helping projects comply with Washington D.C.’s sto...
Rancho Los Amigos earned three LEED Silver, one LEED Gold, and a LEED-NC for Healthcare certification (Master Site) for its 28-acre campus. Photos: Michael McLane, McLane + Studio
Building Team Awards | June 17, 2019 | Robert Cassidy, Executive Editor
Silver Award: Taylor Design (architect) and SmithGroup (AOR) led an integrated design-build team anchored by McCarthy...
Renderings courtesy The Architectural Team
Multifamily Housing | June 17, 2019 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The Architectural Team designed the project.
Turner workers position top beam for a new building on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University. Image: Turner Construction
Contractors | June 15, 2019 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
The building includes a “command center” for training students to interact with emergency personnel.
Architects | June 14, 2019 | Daniel Yudchitz, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, Leo A Daly
Municipal facilities must strike a delicate balance between openness and security.
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Codes and Standards | June 14, 2019 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Three companies show compliance for using containers for housing.
Sponsored Content | June 13, 2019 | Bill O'Keeffe |
All the benefits of using low-iron glass are now possible with a USA-made fire rated glass.
Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, located in downtown Houston, offers six distinct areas of education and training. All photos: Peter Molick Photography
Building Team Awards | June 13, 2019 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Gold Award: Kinder High School, which can accommodate 750 9th through 12th graders, is one of only three public schoo...
Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina included dynamic glass when it expanded its Terminal A. Image: Courtesy of View
Glass Technology | June 13, 2019 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
This sector accounts for one-fifth of View Glass’ portfolio.
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Codes and Standards | June 13, 2019 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Technology can enable cities to be more interconnected, efficient, and accessible.
All renderings courtesy Antunovich Associates
Mixed-Use | June 13, 2019 | David Malone, Associate Editor
UrbanStreet Group and Antunovich Associates are developing the master plan for the project.
Sponsored Content | June 12, 2019 | MBCI | Peter J. Arsenault, FAIA
While some may think that a green building costs more and is more complicated to build, that is not actually the case...
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Transit Facilities | June 12, 2019 | David Malone, Associate Editor
Eight firms in total revealed concepts for the first fully considered and technically feasible Skyports.
