September 2012

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This past summer at its Long Island City museum MoMA PS1 displayed a 56-foot-wide, 45-foot-tall blue starburst-shaped courtyard housing as part of its annual tradition of inviting...
Sept. 10, 2012
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The new 80,000-sf student center at Kishwaukee College, in Malta, Ill., is the first in-field use of the Dow Knight-CI system, a continuous insulation solution developed from ...
Sept. 10, 2012
An automatic revolving door (DORMA 1000-A Series) installed at Detroits Greektown Casino as part of a major revitalizaton progr
Beyond the door material, another important decision is determining whether a more sophisticated door system is required for the application. In the MasterFormat section 08 30...
Sept. 10, 2012
Solar photovoltaic applications in the U.S. continue to grow at an astounding pace, even though the domestic market has tapped only a small portion of the potential PV development...
Sept. 7, 2012
The Colonel Smith Middle School in Fort Huachuca, Ariz., is about to open for the 2012-2013 school year. The 330-student facilit
Net-zero may seem beyond the budgets of most K-12 school districts, but a couple of trailblazers have found the means to construct schools designed to produce as much power as...
Sept. 7, 2012
Classroom at Ross (Calif.) School with balanced daylighting. School districts are demanding improved acoustics, thermal comfort,
The new school design mindset among K-12 educators comes largely in response to innovations in instructional ideas and methods. Project-based, interactive learning is gaining ...
Sept. 7, 2012
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More than 150 veteran healthcare facilities architects assembled in Chicago recently for the joint Summer Leadership Summit of the American College of Healthcare Architects and...
Sept. 7, 2012