Syracuse law school centergeared to meet university’s environmental goals Adaptive reuse transforms 114-year-old warehouse into loft apartments New base for Arizona State University...
New center at Northern Kentucky University promotes digital research New Jersey banks choose renovation to reinforce universal brand Following a devastating tornado, Georgia community...
Construction employment increased in December 2011 by 17,000, driven by gains in nonresidential construction employment, according the Associated General Contractors of America...
Conventional windows have long been considered the weak link in the building envelope. According to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Building Technologies Program Multi-Year Program...
Over the past several years, as building information modeling has gained widespread acceptance in the design and construction sector, Building Teams have become increasingly adept...
Although wood is commonly used as a finish material in nonresidential buildings, more and more Building Teams are specifying wood as a structural material to accompany steel or...
No building owner wants to be caught unprepared by catastrophic roof failure. Emergency roof replacements tend to be more expensive than planned ones, and damage to interiors ...
In the fall of 2008, Boston’s Modern Theatre looked anything but modern. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the landmark structure, located in the city’s Downtown...
When Perkins+Will was selected to rehabilitate and adaptively reuse San Francisco’s historic Presidio Landmark in 2004, it never occurred to Andrew Wolfram, AIA, LEED AP, that...
Inspiration. It can occur in the strangest of places and often when it’s least expected. For John C. Hall, the 55-year-old CEO of Chapman Construction/Design, Newton, Mass., inspiration...
An emerging design paradigm is having a major impact on the world of university campus planning and design—fusion facilities. As the name implies, fusion facilities bring together...
FxFowle announced the formation of a joint venture with CO Architects, a nationally recognized academic, research lab, and healthcare planning and design firm based in Los Angeles...
The partners of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) announced they are launching a new design studio as part of their West Coast practice. Leading the new studio are three...
FGM Architects has acquired SRBL Architects. All SRBL staff members joined FGM Architects Inc. effective January 3, 2012. During 2010 and 2011, FGM engaged in a firm-wide strategic...
Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, announces the acquisition of Fore Solutions, a green building consulting firm that will allow Thornton Tomasetti to significantly...
Doug Wignall, AIA, RAIC, LEED AP has been named president of HDR Architecture, Inc., succeeding Merle Bachman, AIA, who retired on December 30, 2011. Wignall, a 20-year veteran...
Siemens Industry, Inc. has completed the acquisition of Pace Global Energy Services, LLC in Fairfax, Va. The acquisition of Pace Global supports Siemens strategic commitment to...
Shawmut Design and Construction has been awarded an extensive renovation contract involving three dormitory buildings at Brown University. The project will enhance the first-year...
Skanska USA has acquired the construction company Industrial Contractors Inc. and its affiliated companies, based in Evansville, Ind., for $135 million. Industrial Contractors...
HDR was selected to design Humber River’s new 1.7-million-sf hospital in Toronto. The hospital will be the largest acute care hospital in the greater Toronto area and the first...
Global architecture and design firm Callison has acquired New York-based Barteluce Architects & Associates. The move expands Callison’s luxury retail client base and strengthens...
Oakland, California-based VDK Architects, an architecture firm specializing in the Science & Technology market sector, has merged with Harley Ellis Devereaux, a nationally...
The U.S. Green Building Council's Center for Green Schools, working in conjunction with its founding sponsor, United Technologies Corp., released its inaugural Best of Green Schools...
The Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Chicago) and the AIA Chicago Foundation announced that Tristan d’Estree Sterk, AIA, is the winner of the 2011 ...
The Building Commissioning Association (BCA) officially released its New Construction Building Commissioning Best Practices. This publicly available document is applicable to ...
The architecturally distinguished mixed-use Aqua tower that anchors Magellan Development Group’s Lakeshore East neighborhood has captured its third and the community’s fourth ...