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On January 29, the owner/developer Hines stated that it had completed construction on a three-story, 92,000-sf office and residential building in East Austin, Texas. The building, known as T3 ATX Eastside, features mass timber as its primary construction material.

Ask Marty Burger to define “healthy” for K-12 schools, and he uses word pairings like “positive and uplifting,” “safe and secure,” and “clean and comfortable.”

Burger, who is CEO for the general contractor American Constructors, has been building schools in Texas for four decades. In the Lone Star State, most new public schools are delivered under CM at Risk contracts, which means that the contractor, architect, and owner are working together early on projects to guide their design. 

LPA Design Studios announced the upcoming retirement of longtime president Dan Heinfeld, who led the firm’s growth from a small, commercial development-focused architecture studio into a nation-leading integrated design practice setting new standards for performance and design excellence.

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.