Movers+Shapers
A glass-walled conference room overlooks the atrium of Ryan Cos.' headquarters, which incorporates seating for the company’s cafeteria.
From Chicago to Charlotte, the tech boom is transforming urban real estate markets and redefining...
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For more than two decades, the Lean Construction Institute has been championing the efforts of a...
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Brisbane, Calif.-based Aditazz has raised some $40 million in venture capital since its founding in 2010. Pictured: Deepak Aatresh, Founder and CEO.
Aditazz asks why a building’s design can’t be automated the same way computer chips are made.
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STRIVR’s VR-based immersive learning and training projects include construction site safety simulations. The startup is working with a host of clients, from the National Football League to Walmart to Emily Griffith Technical College, on custom VR programs.
A Stanford University startup is taking the VR industry by storm through virtual performance trai...
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CORE team members gather to discuss a project design (l. to r.): Leland Jobson, Computational Designer; David Mans, Associate Software Developer; Margaret Wang, Applications Engineer; and Dan Reynolds, Senior Engineer, CORE studio and Specialty Structures. Left: Bess Adler/Thornton Tomasetti.
Thornton Tomasetti’s CORE studio generates ideas that lead to product spinoffs.
Photo: Matthew McFarland, courtesy HOK
A $5.5 billion investment to creat America's coolest city, Studio Gang's moment in the sun, and a...
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Plank Industries planted its flag at Port Covington in 2015 when it opened City Garage, a 133,000-sf former bus garage that now serves as an incubator and training hub. City Garage symbolizes the importance that Kevin Plank places on workforce development as a component of his strategy to help revitalize Baltimore. Sagamore Development.
Under Armour’s Kevin Plank launches a $5.5 billion redevelopment to transform Baltimore into “the...
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On one 3½-acre lot, 330 tires and 150 cubic yards of trash had to be removed. Hantz Farms started planting trees there last November. Photo: Atlas Industries.
One of the city's richest residents, John Hantz, is buying hundreds of acres of vacant property,...
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Theaster Gates. Photography by Taylor Castle. Click here to enlarge.
The award-winning Chicago artist renovates properties into studios, libraries, and spaces that co...
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Illustration: Cathy LePenske
BD+C’s new Movers+Shapers program honors AEC/O industry stalwarts.
East Coast and Gulf Coast port cities can benefit from an expanded Panama Canal. Click here to enlarge.
Cities lining the East Coast and Gulf Coast, from New York City to New Orleans, are spending big...
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Jerry Yudelson, author of "Reinventing Green Building."
The author and former president of the Green Building Initiative is critical of current green bui...
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Jared Della Valle, President of Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Alloy LLC
Led by an ambitious President and a CEO with deep pockets, Alloy LLC's six entities control the e...
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The Millennial workforce is growing fast. An estimated 10,000 people turn 21 every day.
AEC firms, particularly those that design hotels and offices, gain a competitive edge by knowing...
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Bruce Katz, the inaugural Centennial Scholar at the Brookings Institution, travels the globe espousing the virtues of cities as economic engines.
Katz, best known as Co-director of the Brookings Institution's Metropolitan Policy program, belie...
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Judith Rodin, President, Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation has long helped municipalities and businesses respond to manmade and n...
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Dan Gilbert, Founder of Quicken Loans and Bedrock Real Estate Services
Gilbert has invested $2.2 billion in Detroit, buying up left-for-dead properties and redeveloping...
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Deadline for nominations is March 11, 2016
BD+C’s new Movers+Shapers program will honor AEC/O industry stalwarts. Honorees will be profiled...
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