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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December 11, 2018 | Arlen Solochek, FAIA
The importance of Notice in a contractual relationship cannot be overstated.
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Building Team | December 11, 2018 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
The two cities already had the greatest number of Amazon employees outside of Seattle.
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Codes and Standards | December 11, 2018 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Magnitude 7.0 temblor cracked roads and collapsed road ramps, but buildings held up well.
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Multifamily Housing | December 11, 2018 | David Malone, Associate Editor
CetraRuddy designed the building.
Architects | December 10, 2018 | LS3P Foresight | Brian T. Wurst, AIA, LEED AP
Hand drawing reveals a dimension beyond those available in a CAD drawing or digital rendering.
A 38,000-sf dining hall, bookended by two residence halls with more than 1,200 beds, are under construction on the North Dartmouth, Mass., main campus of the University of Massachusetts. Image: Suffolk
University Buildings | December 10, 2018 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
This is the first phase of a large construction/renovation plan for the school’s main campus.
Products and Services | December 10, 2018 | David Malone, Associate Editor
These 6 products solved tricky problems on job sites.
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Mixed-Use | December 10, 2018 | David Malone, Associate Editor
JE Dunn was the general contractor for the project and The Preston Partnership is the architect of record.
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Codes and Standards | December 07, 2018 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Michigan rose fastest after passing prevailing wage law.
Architects | December 07, 2018 | AIA
The Gold Medal honors an individual whose significant body of work has had a lasting influence on the theory and prac...
Healthcare Facilities | December 07, 2018 | NACLab Blog | Dan Kurtz, AIA, LEED AP, Principal
A Hybrid operating room (OR) is an OR that is outfitted with advanced imaging equipment that allows surgeons, radiolo...
A 21-foot-long shipping container houses a mobile additive manufacturing “toolbox” that includes two Panasonic robots that can 3D print, weld, cut, and polish. The unit’s transportability to jobsites could make it ideal for producing bespoke spare parts in the field. Courtesy of Autodesk
3D Printing | December 07, 2018 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Prototype mobile 3D printing shop aims to identify additive manufacturing applications for construction jobsites.
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Architects | December 06, 2018 | AIA
The award recognizes a firm that has consistently produced distinguished architecture for at least 10 years.
Codes and Standards | December 06, 2018 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
North American construction steel saves about half of GHG emissions on building project.
Rendering courtesy JCJ Architecture
Multifamily Housing | December 06, 2018 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The non-profit’s new facility will provide housing and support services for survivors of domestic violence with disab...
Cutaway rendering of the lower floor of the Thrive Rec Center under construction in Lewisville, Texas, show how the building breaks down into three sections: fitness, water, and community. Image: Barker Rinker Seacat, courtesy of the city of Lewisville, Texas
Sports and Recreational Facilities | December 06, 2018 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Taxpayers and other investors accept the economic and social value in these complexes.
Sponsored Content | Multifamily Housing | December 05, 2018 | Unilock
Hubbard Place is a 44-story, 450-unit apartment community in Chicago’s River North neighborhood, an established tech...
Sponsored Content | December 05, 2018 | TAMLYN |
One third to one half of all structures have damp conditions that may encourage development of pollutants such as mol...
HouseZero is designed to test systems whose installation would improve the performance of existing buildings that currently account for two-fifths of America's annual energy usage. Image: Michael Grimm
Energy Efficiency | December 05, 2018 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Hundreds of embedded sensors will inform energy use reduction research.
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Market Data | December 05, 2018 | ABC
Job growth, high backlog and healthy infrastructure investment all spell good news for the industry.
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Codes and Standards | December 05, 2018 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Other chains also boost green efforts with PVs, EV charging stations.
The Kipnes Lantern. Younes Bounhar, Doublespace Photography
Reconstruction Awards | December 04, 2018 | BD+C Editors
Cincinnati Music Hall, MASS MoCA Building 6, and 20 Times Square are just a few of the projects recognized as 2018 Re...
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Codes and Standards | December 04, 2018 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Faster retrofit cycles, increased energy-efficiency requirements for existing buildings needed.
Market Data | December 04, 2018 | ABC
Thirteen out of 16 subsectors are associated with year-over-year increases.
Rendering courtesy BIG
Sports and Recreational Facilities | December 04, 2018 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The team will also redevelop the Coliseum site.
Tech startups are vying for rent-free office space, with access to full amenities, for 24 consecutive months on the 3rd and 4th floors of Wells Fargo Center in downtown Los Angeles, which is also in the process of making its massive atrium more attractive to workers in the building and the surrounding neighborhood. Image: Brookfield Office Properties
Office Building Design | December 04, 2018 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
This is part of a larger campaign to burnish the image of L.A.’s Wells Fargo Center.
Optima Capz ceiling panels from Armstrong reduce reverberation time and improve speech intelligibility in the school’s presentation spaces.
Sponsored Content | December 03, 2018 | Armstrong Ceilings
Reverberation time decreases average of 56% in exposed structure spaces.
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Retail Centers | December 03, 2018 | CallisonRTKL blog | Sabrina Hilfer
Sabrina Hilfer, a specialty retail designer, talks about the integration of biometrics in the retailscape.
Reconstruction Awards | December 03, 2018 | David Barista, Editorial Director
These four projects won honorable mentions in BD+C's 2018 Reconstruction Awards.
The Elgin Tower has been successsfully converted into a 44-unit rental property. Photo: Skender
Reconstruction Awards | December 03, 2018 | David Barista, Editorial Director
A project team brings this Chicago suburb’s landmark tower back to life.
