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Chronicles update

Tacoma Convention Center Tacoma, Wash. As the schematic design…

Patient-focused care at heart of children's hospital

The $69 million University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital opened its doors last month…

ICC asks Congress to help jurisdictions better enforce building codes

The International Code Council has proposed a grant program to Congress that would provide…

Mite (not) be

Protect institutional carpets and floors from dust mites with an antimicrobial product that helps…

U.S. firm designing massive Taiwan project

MulvannyG2 Architecture is designing one of Taipei, Taiwan's largest urban redevelopment…

PROJECT SUMMARY

Tetra Pak U.S. Headquarters Vernon Hills, Ill. Building team Owner, developer: Van Vlissingen…

News briefs

$17 billion in new U.S. embassies planned. Many U.S. consulates and embassies have been…

New air terminal keeps Detroit on comeback trail

In the latest and largest example of the Motor City's ongoing renaissance, Northwest Airlines…

Nonprofit organization's headquarters to give downtown Newark a boost

Downtown Newark, N.J.'s redevelopment efforts will get a boost with the expected 2009…

Office development designed to ease commutes

Atlanta's traffic ranks as the worst in the nation. Consequently, businesses in and around the…

Illinois adopts anti-forum selection statute

When out-of-state contractors come into another state to perform work, they frequently bring…

Trash to Treasure for Traveling Museum

Most of us look at shipping containers and see … er, shipping containers. But not the…

Abandoned warehouse turned into LEED Gold boathouse, office complex

A former warehouse on Portland's Willamette River, which was redeveloped as RiverEast Center,…

Hotel building boom finally peaks

Hotel construction spending expanded faster than any other building market in 2006, helped by…

Warmup time

Heated towel racks come at a fraction of the cost of competing products, since they use electricity…

Temple undoomed

Unity Temple in Oak Park, Ill., one of Frank Lloyd Wright's most significant public buildings, is…

CSI's MasterFormat to get a fourth life

April 30 was the day for the Construction Specifications Institute to post the fourth draft of…

Dubai adds a university to its massive projects

DMJM Design in Washington, D.C., has been awarded the master plan and design of the new…

Software to help make it green

No doubt about it. Planning, designing, and building with an eye toward sustainability is more…

A legacy of visionary planning

One hallmark of a great institution is the quality of its physical plant. This became evident to me…