National firm hires highly experienced senior project architect in Missouri
KAI Enterprises, a national design and build firm, has hired Andrew Kerr-Grant, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C as its newest senior project architect at its…
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Case filed against consortium in multimillion-dollar NYC construction scam
Manhattan's District Attorney (DA) recently filed charges against 50 people and companies allegedly involved in a construction bribery scheme amountin…
Oregon library renovation marks start of bright, new chapter
The Salem Public Library’s downtown location in Oregon recently underwent a transformation to bring daylight into the center of the fortress-like bu…
Chicago’s Accenture Tower to undergo extensive curtain wall restoration
A four-year project in Chicago will focus on the removal and replacement of the original 35-year-old sealants on Accenture Tower’s curtain wall and …
Denver’s tallest mass timber building project to break ground in July
Tres Birds, an architecture firm based in Denver, Colorado, has confirmed construction of the city’s tallest mass timber building will begin in July…
Boston University’s new building is a shimmery, translucent landmark
Boston University’s new Center for Computing & Data Sciences is a 32,050-m2 (345,000-sf), 19-story vertical building, designed in a stacked format, …
Design proposal unveiled to reconcile Texas theater to Frank Lloyd Wright’s vision
A design proposal aims to restore Kalita Humphreys Theater in Dallas to its architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s vision, bringing the building inline with…
Connecticut firm advances projects team leader into assoc. principal
Full-service architecture firm Svigals + Partners, based in Connecticut, has advanced Alana Konefal into the associate principal role, in recognition …
PCI announces 2023 PCI design awards winners
The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) has announced the winners of 2023 PCI Design awards. Three panels of jurors awarded 25 winners, inclu…
NYC mayor proposes reimagined Fifth Ave following Open Street success
In December 2022, New York City Mayor Eric Adams launched a new visioning program for Fifth Avenue—from Bryant Park at 42nd Street to Central Park a…
