Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)’s design for San Mateo County’s headquarters, which is currently under construction in the Silicon Valley, features a hybrid mass timber building, to achieve an 85 percent reduction in embodied carbon—which is greater than the 65 to 75 percent reduction generally offered by typical mass...
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A project by Colorado Hardscapes won the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC)’s best overall project award, for returning the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA)’s Air Gardens, a focal point of the cadet parade grounds, to its former glory.
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Oregon’s new Civic Park’s field house is built on a pre-engineered steel structure—meeting the cost requirements of the project’s tight budget and providing the needed structural resilience.
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The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) have appointed Peter Templeton as president and CEO, who played a leading role in the development, launch, and ongoing operation of the widely used and recognized Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program.
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Netherlands-based architecture and urban design firm MVRDV has designed the Radio Hotel and Tower in New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood as a structure composed of colorful blocks, resembling a LEGO formation, stacked into a “vertical village” to fuse into the immediate architectural context.
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Architecture firm Lake Flato has designed a building in Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, to reduce its environmental impact and increase its energy efficiency through passive and active system strategies, such as the use of mass timber as the primary structural material, and the building’s orientation to natural light.
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Recently, the City of Chicago broke ground on a mixed-use, community-focused development in the Englewood neighborhood, starting the first phase with the adaptive reuse of a historic firehouse, a newly constructed community space, and multiple site improvements for better connectivity and pedestrian access across the site.
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Chicago-based architectural firm DMAC Architecture & Interiors modeled the American Airlines (AA) Admirals Club lounges at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) on the concept of “pavilions in the park,” creating spaces for relaxing and recharging.
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Architectural firms, Page & Turnbull and WHY, have transformed a 1964 modern library in the Riverside Art Museum (RAM) in downtown Riverside, California, into a Chicano art and culture center.
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The American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC) awarded general and specialty concrete contractor firms and the CEO of a concrete firm to recognize their commitments to safety, and further presented scholarships to two students enrolled in the concrete industry management (CIM) program.
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