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Art for carpet's sake

Patterned carpeting and rugs by Joan Weissman can be seen adorning the halls of high-end hotel,…

No significant difference between green and non-green building costs

The cost to build green remains on par with standard construction costs, according to a study…

BD&C Online Poll

Here are the results from our February BDCnetwork.com poll, which asked BD&C readers…

Massive New Jersey Development Will Have Offices, Stadium

Harrison MetroCentre, a mixed-use redevelopment that encompasses nearly 4 million sf, is under…

Replacement hospital designed to enhance staff efficiency

Baltimore-based architect Hord Coplan Macht is leading a multi-disciplinary team designing a $…

Rush's butterfly-shaped hospital set to open in 2012

Topped with a series of green roofs, Rush University Medical Center's $654 million, 830,000-sf new…

People/firms

Magnusson Klemencic Associates is the new name of the Seattle-based structural engineering…

Little White House adds sustainable museum

The rejuvenating characteristics of the warm, buoyant spring waters from which Warm Springs,…

Construction under way for UW-Whitewater business building

The new Timothy J. Hyland Hall will be the home to the College of Business and Economics at…

Steel soffiting system

Fordham University in New York City is installing a soffited fire-sprinkler system in one of its…

Anchors away

Concrete wall block designed for retaining walls is available in 1-sq.-ft. units to ease estimating…

Midtown Manhattan to get luxury condo tower

Alexander Plaza, with its distinctive glass-and-aluminum façade and three-story, V-shaped…

Historic Florsheim Building Set for Redevelopment

The Chicago City Council recently approved an ordinance calling for the redevelopment of the…

News Briefs

• AGC warns materials prices going up sharply. The Associated General Contractors of America (…

Finding a plan that'll play in Peoria

The second major expansion of the 23-year-old Peoria (Ill.) Civic Center, originally designed…

Reviving Miami's "Ellis Island"

Just as New York's Ellis Island marked the symbol of freedom for millions of immigrants from Europe…

Center spells hope for wounded veterans

The 65,000-sf Center for the Intrepid, at Brooke Army Medical Center near San Antonio, was…

Working on the Edge

  Excavation is finished on The West Edge, a $100 million mixed-use development on 2.4 acres…

Warehouse starts drop, spending still up 6–7%

Starting last fall, average monthly warehouse construction starts have been down almost 50%…

Invisible Structures' Grasspave²

Instead of creating a hard-paved fire lane at RadioShack's World Headquarters Riverfront…