Sports and Recreational Facilities

As major centers of social and economic importance across the world, sports facilities and recreational buildings need to be optimized to admit hundreds or thousands of people on a regular basis, as well as to meet the needs of whatever activity takes place in the facility. Whether you’re looking for just the right turf or the most comfortable stadium seating, designing and building these facilities can lead into ultra-specialized waters, and requires a delicate balance of expertise.
One of the projects that 360 has worked on; Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.
August 19, 2014 | HOK
HOK to acquire 360 Architecture

Expected to be finalized by the end of October, the acquisition of 360 Architecture will provide...

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Office reconstruction to suit new work styles is becoming a hot category. A Buil
July 29, 2014 | Julie S. Higginbotham
Reconstruction market benefits from improving economy, new technology [2014 Giants 300 Report]

Following years of fairly lackluster demand for commercial property remodeling, reconstruction re...

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July 29, 2014 | BD+C Staff
Reconstruction Sector Construction Firms [2014 Giants 300 Report]

Structure Tone, Turner, and Gilbane top Building Design+Construction's 2014 ranking of the larges...

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July 29, 2014 | BD+C Staff
Reconstruction Sector Engineering Firms [2014 Giants 300 Report]

Jacobs, URS, and Wiss, Janney, Elstner top Building Design+Construction's 2014 ranking of the lar...

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July 29, 2014 | BD+C Staff
Reconstruction Sector Architecture Firms [2014 Giants 300 Report]

Stantec, HDR, and HOK top Building Design+Construction's 2014 ranking of the largest reconstructi...

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July 23, 2014 | BD+C Staff
Meet Acquario Ceará: The giant crustacean-shaped aquarium that's causing concerns

A new aquarium on Brazil's northeastern coast is designed, engineered, constructed and financed b...

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Photo: Tiia Monto via Wikimedia Commons
July 23, 2014 | AIA
Architecture Billings Index up nearly a point in June

AIA reported the June ABI score was 53.5, up from a mark of 52.6 in May.

July 22, 2014 | BD+C Staff
A new, vibrant waterfront for the capital

Plans to improve Washington D.C.'s Potomac River waterfront by Maine Ave. have been discussed for...

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Tidewater Community College/City of Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach, Calif. Photo
July 22, 2014 | Julie S. Higginbotham, Senior Editor
Economists ponder uneven recovery, weigh benefits of big infrastructure [2014 Giants 300 Report]

According to expert forecasters, multifamily projects, the Panama Canal expansion, and the petrol...

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Lookout Mountain Elementary School, Phoenix, Ariz. Photo: courtesy Adolfson & Pe
July 18, 2014 | Robert Cassidy, Editorial Director
Contractors warm up to new technologies, invent new management schemes [2014 Giants 300 Report]

“UAV.” “LATISTA.” “CMST.” If BD+C Giants 300 contractors have anything to say about it, these new...

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Riyadh Metro Station, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, with engineering servic
July 18, 2014 | BD+C Staff
Top Construction Management Firms [2014 Giants 300 Report]

Jacobs, Barton Malow, Hill International top Building Design+Construction's 2014 ranking of the l...

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Contractor Turner Construction is focusing its international efforts in Europe,
July 18, 2014 | BD+C Staff
Top Contractors [2014 Giants 300 Report]

Turner, Whiting-Turner, Skanska top Building Design+Construction's 2014 ranking of the largest co...

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The 73-year-old Naval Reserve Armory building on Seattles South Lake Union dock
July 18, 2014 | David Barista, Editor-in-Chief
Engineering firms look to bolster growth through new services, technology [2014 Giants 300 Report]

Following solid revenue growth in 2013, the majority of U.S.-based engineering and engineering/ar...

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The 73-year-old Naval Reserve Armory building on Seattles South Lake Union dock
July 18, 2014 | BD+C Staff
Top Engineering/Architecture Firms [2014 Giants 300 Report]

Jacobs, AECOM, Parsons Brinckerhoff top Building Design+Construction's 2014 ranking of the larges...

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At 206,000 sf, San Diego State Universitys Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union is
July 18, 2014 | BD+C Staff
Top Engineering Firms [2014 Giants 300 Report]

Fluor, Arup, Day & Zimmermann top Building Design+Construction's 2014 ranking of the largest...

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The shale gale of petroleum development is bringing economic growth to numerou
July 18, 2014 | BD+C Staff
Top Architecture Firms [2014 Giants 300 Report]

Gensler, Perkins+Will, NBBJ top Building Design+Construction's 2014 ranking of the largest archit...

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Los Angeles International Airport is undergoing a massive improvement program, e
July 18, 2014 | BD+C Staff
2014 Giants 300 Report

Building Design+Construction magazine's annual ranking the nation's largest architecture, enginee...

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Renderings: Zaha Hadid Architects
July 08, 2014 | BD+C Staff
Does Zaha Hadid’s Tokyo Olympic Stadium have a design flaw?

After being criticized for the cost and size of her stadium design for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo...

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Photos courtesy of the Buffalo Transportation Pierce-Arrow Museum
July 08, 2014 | BD+C Staff
Frank Lloyd Wright's posthumous gas station opens in Buffalo

Eighty-seven years after Frank Lloyd Wright designed an ornamental gas station for the city of Bu...

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For the west faade of the 77,000-sf Farm Credit Services of America Corporate O
July 07, 2014 | Brick Industry Association
7 emerging design trends in brick buildings

From wild architectural shapes to unique color blends and pattern arrangements, these projects de...

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Renderings courtesy Dubai Holding
July 07, 2014 | BD+C Staff
A climate-controlled city is Dubai's newest colossal project

To add to Dubai's already impressive portfolio of world's tallest tower and world's largest natur...

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July 03, 2014 | Birdair
Arthur Ashe Stadium the latest to tap Birdair

The United States Tennis Association (USTA) and ROSSETTI, the architect of record for the Arthur...

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All renderings courtesy of Neoscape
July 02, 2014 | BD+C Staff
First Look: Qatar World Cup stadium design references nomadic heritage

Organizers of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, recently u...

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Rubber floor tiles in 24x24-inch modules were water-jet cut to accommodate custo
July 02, 2014 | C.C. Sullivan and Barbara Horwitz-Bennett
Emerging trends in commercial flooring

Rectangular tiles, digital graphic applications, the resurgence of terrazzo, and product transpar...

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The canopies will provide shade and note paths to recreation and seating areas.
July 02, 2014 | BD+C Staff
Grimshaw's 'kit of parts' design scheme selected for Qatar sports facilities program

The series of projects, called the Al Farjan Recreational Sports Facilities, have been designed i...

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Photo: JonathanRe via Wikipedia
June 30, 2014 | BD+C Staff
Philip Johnson’s iconic World's Fair 'Tent of Tomorrow' to receive much needed restoration funding

A neglected Queens landmark that once reflected the "excitement and hopefulness" at the beginning...

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Photo credit: Rob Young, Wikimedia Commons
June 30, 2014 | Design-Build Institute of America
Research finds continued growth of design-build throughout United States

New research findings indicate that for the first time more than half of projects above $10 milli...

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Union Terminal, Cincinnati. Photo: Dacoslett via Wikimedia Commons
June 25, 2014 | Adilla Menayang, Assitant Editor
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Spring House, Cincinnati’s Union Terminal among 11 Most Endangered Historic Places for 2014

The National Trust for Historic Preservation released its annual list of 11 Most Endangered Histo...

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Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
June 20, 2014 | BD+C Staff
Sterling Bay pulled on board for Chicago Old Main Post Office project

Sterling Bay Cos. and Bill Davies' International Property Developers North America partner up for...

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Photo: Pedro Lopez via Wikimedia Commons
June 18, 2014 | USGBC
Six World Cup stadiums have achieved LEED certification

In conjunction with the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) an...

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