November 19, 2018 | Codes and Standards | Peter Fabris Contributing Editor
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CTBUH technical document analyzes how to approach tall urban habitat.
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Events Facilities
Courtesy Esports Arena Las Vegas
March 29, 2018 | David Malone, Associate Editor
YWS Design & Architecture designed the space.
January 18, 2018 | David Malone, Associate Editor
How Populous’ high-tech ceiling concept would increase the flexibility of any eSports arena.
Biometric seating technology utilizes a combination of displays and AR/VR technologies to place fans in the middle of the action, with real-time data analysis.
January 18, 2018 | David Malone, Associate Editor
Populous is exploring biometric seating technology that utilizes a combination of displays and AR...
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The main-event stage at The International, an annual Dota 2 eSports championship tournament, held at the KeyArena in Seattle. Photo: Wikipedia.
January 18, 2018 | David Malone, Associate Editor
More than 380 million fans take in professional video gaming events each year, but most do so wit...
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Rendering courtesy of Perkins Eastman
November 02, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The Friends of Harvey Milk Plaza unanimously selected the Perkins Eastman entry as the winner....
Photo: Susan Fleck
October 23, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The 40,000-sf space can support a wide variety of group activities.
When it opens next year, the 200,000-sf Texas Live! development will be an integral part of the $4 billion Arlington Entertainment District, which will include a new stadium for the Texas Rangers. Rendering courtesy of The Cordish Companies.
September 18, 2017 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Entertainment districts are being planned or are popping up all over the country.
The facility’s roof consists of 3,000 tons of structural steel that support a PTFE membrane. The PTFE fabric is suspended from 430-foot-long structural steel trusses that support an array of structural steel v-columns. Design architect Populous designed the roof form and then worked in tandem with Walter P Moore to create the roof’s structure and subdivide it into trusses. All images and renderings courtesy Populous
August 25, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The project team employed Revit, Rhino, Grasshopper, Kangaroo, and a host of other software appli...
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July 10, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The project received a Wood Innovation Grant that will help spur construction of the Hastings + C...
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An early rendering of Paradise Park. Courtesy of Wynn Resorts.
April 27, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The Wynn Resorts board recently gave the go-ahead for the project, which may begin construction o...
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Rendering courtesy Powerhouse Environmental Arts Foundation and Herzog & de Meuron.
March 16, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The century-old building will be turned into fabrication shops in wood, metal, ceramics, textiles...
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Rendering courtesy of Decibel Architecture
March 02, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The building will act as a symbol of growth and prosperity for the city of Hanoi.
Rendering courtesy of Empire State Development.
February 03, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The center’s expansion will cover 1.2 million-sf.
Photo courtesy of Leonardo Finotti.
February 02, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor
Three elements make up the building’s design: the Theca, the Cloud, and the Blade.
Image courtesy of National Trust for Historic Preservation via Dezeen.
August 31, 2016 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The design proposal won a competition organized by the National Trust for Historic Preservation a...
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Main Concert Hall. Image courtesy of Sydney Opera House
August 31, 2016 | David Malone, Associate Editor
Acoustical improvements will be made alongside upgrades in accessibility, efficiency, and flexibi...
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Los Angeles Convention Center. Photo: Pixabay Public Domain
August 30, 2016 | BD+C Staff
Gensler, LMN Architects, AECOM, Turner Construction Co., and WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff top Build...
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Images courtesy Frank Lloyd Wright Revival Initiative
August 09, 2016 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The Frank Lloyd Wright Revival Initiative is set to begin its reconstruction efforts with the Ban...
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Rendering courtesy of adomepark.org
July 19, 2016 | David Malone, Associate Editor
Current plans for the Astrodome’s renovation turn the site into an indoor park and events space,...
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Santiago Calatrava's UAE Pavilion. All renderings courtesy Santiago Calatrava. Click here to enlarge.
May 09, 2016 | Mike Chamernik, Associate Editor
The 161,000-sf structure will be a centerpiece for the event, which is expected to draw more than...
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Mobility Pavilion, designed by Foster+Partners. All renderings courtesy Expo 2020 and BIG, Foster+Partners, and Grimshaw
March 15, 2016 | BD+C Staff
BIG designed the Opportunity Pavilion, Foster+Partners submitted the winning Mobility Pavilion, a...
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The new DePaul Arena at McCormick Place Event Center. Courtesy Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
March 07, 2016 | Mike Chamernik, Associate Editor
Developers and city officials envision $250 million of annual growth, but the figure assumes that...
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Perot Museum of Nature and Science. Photo: Joe Mabel via Wikimedia Commons
January 15, 2016 | AIA
Morphosis' Perot Museum and Studio Gang's WMS Boathouse are among the projects to win AIA's highe...
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January 14, 2016 | Arthur L. Sanders & Benjamin J. Robinson, Hoffmann Architects
This AIA CES Discovery course discusses the six elements of an EIFS wall assembly; common EIFS fa...
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Renderings and floor plans courtesy EOP Architects and HOK.
October 02, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
The facility, which reopens in the summer of 2018, has already booked events it wouldn’t have got...
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Music City Center, Nashville, Tenn. Photo: Michael Rivera via Wikimedia Commons
September 17, 2015 | BD+C Staff
BD+C's rankings of the nation's largest convention/events sector design and construction firms, a...
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A single-story glass building will house the tech giant's new visitor center. Renderings courtesy Foster + Partners
July 31, 2015 | BD+C Staff
A glass-walled single-story building alongside the main office building in Cupertino, Calif., wil...
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Photo: PopBrixton.org
June 10, 2015 | BD+C Staff
London's newest business complex, Pop Brixton, will support local entrepreneurs, create jobs, and...
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Nouvel accused project managers of cutting corners to save money during the hall’s completion. Photo: Copyleft via Wikimedia Commons
April 20, 2015 | BD+C Staff
Nouvel boycotted the January opening of the facility and asked for his name to be removed from al...
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The design is the result of a six-month collaboration between local and international firms. Renderings courtesy Lubbock Entertainment and Performing Arts Association
March 30, 2015 | BD+C Staff
Amenities of the facility include a performance venue that seats 2,220, a smaller one that seats...
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