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As Sasaki looks back on 70 years of practice, we’re also looking to the future of building cities. While we can’t predict what will be, we do know the future is plural; the needs of cities are as diverse as their scale, climate, economy, governance, and culture. In turn, no singular solution defines how we work. Throughout our lives and in each city we work, diverse moments of pause and reflection continue to shape us. 

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has selected JE Dunn Construction and SmithGroup as the design-build team for a new laboratory facility that will accelerate market-ready products needed for a clean energy transition.

The Chicago office of architecture firm Lamar Johnson Collaborative (LJC) yesterday announced the completion of Embry, a 58-unit luxury condominium building at 21 N. May St. in Chicago’s West Loop.

Building Design+Construction editors bring you the top building products for the month of January. Collected across a variety of building sectors, these products provide safe storage, meet bold aesthetic demands, and advance sustainability.

From heat-moderating ceiling panels to Swiss-inspired solar panels, here are 15 products being used in the industry today.

January 2024 Top 15 Building Products

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At Florence, Italy’s Aeroporto Amerigo Vespucci, the new international airport terminal will feature a fully operating vineyard on the facility’s rooftop. Designed by Rafael Viñoly Architects, the terminal is expected to see over 5.9 million passengers annually. Renderings for the project have recently been released.

Earlier this month, the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, on Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala., opened, enabling the Army Corps of Engineers’ Huntsville Center to consolidate its workforce into one building.

Two experts from national architecture firm PBK discuss how behavioral research is benefiting the design of K-12 schools in Texas, Florida, and other states. Dan Boggio, AIA, LEED AP, NCARB, Founder & Executive Chair, PBK, and Melissa Turnbaugh, AIA, NCARB, Partner & National Education & Innovation Leader, PBK, speak with Robert Cassidy, Executive Editor, Building Design+Construction.

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced the inauguration of Kimberly Dowdell, AIA, NOMAC, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C, as its 100th president.

National real estate developer, investor, and operator, Trademark Property Company, has closed on the land and secured the financing for The Vickery, a multifamily-led mixed-use community located on five acres at W. Vickery Boulevard and Hemphill Street overlooking Downtown Fort Worth.

An adaptive reuse project in Atlanta turned an obsolete Coca-Cola packaging warehouse into a vibrant mixed-use retail/restaurant/office complex. The 250,000-sf structure is located along a now defunct railroad line that forms the footprint for the city’s multi-phase Beltline pedestrian/bike path that will eventually loop around the city.