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Sensing precipitation

Ventilating skylights feature a rain sensor that automatically closes the units during rain. The…

New office tower in downtown Seattle will save historic neighbors

Zimmer Gunsul Frasca of Portland, Ore, has been selected to design the Fifth and Columbia…

International update

Shanghai ripple effect. Reflecting the technical nature of its client's work, Chicago-based…

Why California schools cost so much

A group of more than 20 representatives from California's government, education, legal, design, and…

Green skyscraper will have 'steel-like' concrete skin

At the AIA Show in San Antonio last month, Paris-based architect Jacques Ferrier showed off…

New York gets its first LEED-certified museum

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PROJECT SUMMARIES

2011 Cedar Springs Dallas, Texas Building team Owner/developer: CLB Partners…

Foreign Demand Causes Construction Material Prices to Spike

Construction material prices experienced a 9% growth rate during the first quarter of 2006,…

Mammoth mural masks renovation project

What better way to conceal the unsightly scaffolding surrounding the $42.5 million exterior…

What does the future hold for the skyscraper?

When considering the virtues of today's tall buildings, is height all that remains?…

News briefs

AIA convention to keynote security design. In response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the…

UMass medical school to get a new educational facility

The new Advanced Education and Clinical Practice Center at the University of Massachusetts…

Tech briefs

GBI launches Web-based program for improving “greenness” of existing buildings.The Green Building…

Contractors keep hiring in soft labor market

Building and specialty trade contractors added 103,200 jobs year-to-date through September,…

Mixed-Use Project Breaks Ground in Scottsdale

Ground has been broken on the Mercer Center at Fairmont Princess 101 in Scottsdale, Ariz. The…

Federal agency gets authority to probe building failures

President Bush last month signed legislation that gives the Commerce Department's National…

Pennsylvania Church Expands and Renovates

Ernst & Ernst Building Contractors of Hatfield, Pa., will build a new sanctuary and…

New plan will preserve historic San Francisco General Hospital

After numerous failed attempts, architects have come up a plan to build a new hospital…

K-12 campus under way on site of LA's famed Ambassador Hotel

Construction work has commenced on a 491,000-sf K-12 campus on the historic 24-acre site in…

Student residence opens at Nova Southeastern University

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