Forty of the world’s top cement and concrete companies have unveiled a joint industry ‘2050 Climate Ambition.’ The statement demonstrates their commitment to drive down the carbon dioxide (CO2) footprint of the world’s most used manmade product, with an aspiration to deliver carbon-neutral concrete by 2050.
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International architecture firm Büro Ole Scheeren has revealed the Shenzhen Wave, the new headquarters for ZTE, a telecommunications and technology company in China. Shenzhen Wave reimagines the urban cityscape as an interactive and integrated spatial ecosystem of the future hovering above ground level.
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An online petition to reverse the sudden dismissal of Zurich Esposito, AIA Chicago executive vice-president for over 14 years, received more than 200 signatures in less than 24 hours. The petition was started on August 25 by the Chicago design community and is led by Mark Schmieding, FAIA, of...
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MAD Architects, led by Ma Yansong, has completed ‘Gardenhouse’ in California’s Beverly Hills, the firm’s first project in the United States. Gardenhouse is a mixed-use scheme consisting of 18 residential units above a ground floor dedicated to commercial use. Evoking the lush landscape of Beverly Hills, the scheme becomes...
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Architecture firm OMA and luxury jewelry company Tiffany & Co. have collaborated on a new vision for the brand’s flagship store on Fifth Avenue, New York City. The renovation reimagines the retail experience while preserving the historic identity of the original building. The project marks the first holistic renovation...
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A self-sustaining community embracing the diversity of New Yorkers has won the 2020 Phil Freelon Design Competition, an annual firm-wide event that seeks to elevate Perkins and Will’s design culture. Designed by Vangel Kukov and Hala El Khorazaty, the conceptual project transforms a current industrial building site in Manhattan’s West...
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An article in our newest, sponsored e-book, Specifying Polyiso Insulation, discusses the different procedures for calculating the assembly R-value of a wall. To get your copy of this free, downloadable resource in either pdf or digital edition, visit www.constructionspecifier.com/ebook/pima-specifying-polyiso-insulation-e-book.
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Tech giant Amazon has secured naming rights to the new home of Seattle’s to-be-named National Hockey League (NHL) team and Women’s National Basketball Association’s (WNBA’s) Seattle Storm, and is calling it Climate Pledge Arena. The name refers to The Climate Pledge, launched in 2019 by Amazon and Global Optimism,...
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Studio Ma has completed their much-anticipated The Hollyhock residential complex, a more sustainable and denser housing project, in Phoenix, Arizona. The modern, comfortable, and sophisticated collection of 11 townhouses connected by walkable, neighborly courtyards is a speculative infill multifamily housing development in the architecturally noteworthy Arcadia neighborhood of Phoenix.
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Designed by Snøhetta, the new timber office building for trekking and travel company ASI Reisen, situated in Natters, Austria, is inspired by a symbiosis between nature and humanity. Surrounded by a lush exterior, the four-story structure combines timber frame construction with solid wooden elements to optimize material use and...
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