July 16, 2018 | Products and Services | David Malone, Associate Editor
These 6 products can provide innovative solutions to numerous design projects.
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Transit Facilities
A new rail teminal in Miami is part of a high-speed system that currently provides nonstop service among three Florida cities. Image: Brightline
June 08, 2018 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
The privately owned and managed system could create new business districts for these cities.
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Courtesy Raleigh Union Station.
May 03, 2018 | David Malone, Associate Editor
Clearscapes and STV designed the adaptive reuse project.
March 30, 2018 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The façade required the creation of new algorithms by Newtecnic.
November 07, 2017 | BD+C Staff
Skanska USA, Webcor Builders, and AECOM top BD+C’s ranking of the nation’s largest trans...
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November 06, 2017 | BD+C Staff
AECOM, STV, and Arup top BD+C’s ranking of the nation’s largest transit sector engineeri...
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November 06, 2017 | BD+C Staff
Jacobs, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and Perkins+Will top BD+C’s ranking of the natio...
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Kansas City’s recent downtown economic boom can be attributed in part to the $850 million, nine-block Kansas City Power + Light District, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, and KC Streetcar, a 2.2-mile light-rail system that opened in May 2016. City of Kansas City.
September 25, 2017 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
In Los Angeles, the entertainment district L.A. Live is expected to benefit from the proposed exp...
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The Port of Long Beach in Southern California has engaged in terminal expansions and other infrastructure improvements to handle larger ships coming from Asia and retain its position as one of the America's top ports. Image: Pixabay
August 06, 2017 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
But land constraints around the terminals are pushing asset prices and rents to new highs.
Rendering courtesy of Foster + Partners
June 21, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The project will create key infrastructure for the future development of the city and provide it...
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Courtesy of IBI Group
March 31, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The route will connect with Toronto public transit.
Rendering courtesy of White Arkitekter.
February 07, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The building will be a train station and City Hall for the Swedish city of Växjö.
Rendering courtesy of Bjarke Ingels Group and Silvio d’Ascia Architecture
November 15, 2016 | David Malone, Associate Editor
Bjarke Ingels Group and Silvio d’Ascia Architecture teamed up to create the winning submission....
Rendering courtesy Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
September 30, 2016 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The public will now judge the five proposals by providing comments and feedback.
Expo Light Rail Phase 2, a $700 million project, is the final stage that connects downtown Los Angeles to its beaches. The 6.6-mile, seven-station extension opened last May, and will be one of Greenbuild's project tours. Image: Courtesy of Skanska
September 29, 2016 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Skanska-built light-rail extension in Los Angeles achieves Envision’s highest recognition.
Sterling Bay's proposal for a 958-foot-tall office tower is among an array of development and redevelopment projects it has in the works in Chicago. Image: SOM via skyscraperpage.com
September 20, 2016 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
The building is one of several projects that are filling this developer’s plate in this city.
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September 01, 2016 | BD+C Staff
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Perkins+Will, Skanska USA, Webcor Builders, Jacobs, and STV top B...
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Chicago's Union Station. Photo: Jazz Guy/Creative Commons.
July 13, 2016 | Mike Chamernik, Associate Editor
The third-busiest station in the country needs more space.
Renderings and video courtesy Broadway Malyan. Click here to enlarge.
July 11, 2016 | Mike Chamernik, Associate Editor
The $100 million “Crown of Miami” will provide visitors panoramic views, and it will glow at nigh...
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Denver’s downtown Civic Center Station. Renderings courtesy Perkins Eastman. Click here to enlarge.
July 08, 2016 | Mike Chamernik, Associate Editor
Renovations to a 30-year-old bus transit hub will improve commutes and lure visitors.
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Hampton Roads Transit (HRT) Norfolk Transit Center, Norfolk, Virginia. ALPOLIC®/PE in SMX Silver Metallic Finish. Photographed by Chris Cunningham Photography.
Sponsored | June 13, 2016 | ALPOLIC
Whether building architecture or catching a bus, everyone’s happy when things run right on schedu...
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Carlos Arnaiz Architects (CAZA) has designed four different types of stations for Cebu, Philippines' first bus rapid transit system. Image courtesy of CAZA
June 12, 2016 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
New York-based CAZA designed the modular bus stops with the city’s extreme weather conditions in...
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King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station. Rendering couresy Zaha Hadid Architects. Click here to enlarge.
May 20, 2016 | Mike Chamernik, Associate Editor
More than 110 miles of track will connect 85 stations over six lines. The cars can reach speeds u...
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The 53-foot-diameter oculus looms over the grand atrium. Suspended under tension within the conical atrium is the “Sky Reflector-Net,” by James Carpenter Design Associates, Grimshaw Architects, and Arup. The artwork is composed of 112 tensioned cables, 224 high-strength rods, and nearly 10,000 stainless steel components; 952 aluminum panels distribute sunlight down to the lowest levels of the station. Photo: Jon Ortner/Ortner Photography.
May 19, 2016 | Robert Cassidy, Executive Editor
Fulton Center, which handles 85% of the riders coming to Lower Manhattan, is like no other statio...
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The ground floors of Oceanwide Center's two towers will be lifted up five stories to create an “urban room” with pedestrian crossings. Image: Foster + Partners
May 17, 2016 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
One of Oceanwide Center’s buildings will be the city’s second tallest.
Photo Credit: Daniel Schwen, Wikimedia Commons
May 05, 2016 | David Malone, Associate Editor
AllTransit analyzes the social benefits of good transit service by analyzing data related to heal...
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Target Field Station, Minneapolis, Minn. Photo: ©Morgan Sheff, courtesy Perkins Eastman
January 29, 2016 | BD+C Staff
BD+C's rankings of the nation's largest transit/TOD sector design and construction firms, as repo...
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Renderings: © Governor Andrew Cuomo
January 18, 2016 | David Malone, Associate Editor
Governor Andrew Cuomo presented plans to turn Pennsylvania Station and the neighboring James A. F...
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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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The southern entrance of the proposal for Euston Station. Renderings courtesy Arup
September 15, 2015 | Adilla Menayang, Assistant Digital Editor
Renderings that have been released show a glazed façade and a new entrance that will create a “li...
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Renderings courtesy NBBJ (via Dezeen)
September 10, 2015 | Mike Chamernik, Associate Editor
For once, walking can be faster than taking a train.