Fed govt.’s new actions support the move to greener buildings
The Biden Administration’s first-ever Federal Building Performance Standard sets an ambitious goal to cut energy use and electrify equipment and app…
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L.A.’s arts & media school gets two new minimally designed, functional structures
Loyola Marymount University’s Westchester campus’ new School of Film and Television facility, and an outdoor performance stage are both designed…
Buffalo AKG Art Museum expansion aims for inclusivity, interaction, porousness
The renewed and expanded campus of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum will stretch alongside the city’s Frederick Law Olmsted-designed Delaware Park, with t…
Colorado’s curved hybrid steel bridge shakes up traditional bridge design
Park Union Bridge in Colorado Springs, Colo., inspired by the gravity-defying motion of athletes, masterfully combines truss and arch forms into a cur…
American Concrete Institute releases code on glass fiber-reinforced polymer bars
The American Concrete Institute (ACI) has released the first comprehensive building code on the use of nonmetallic, glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GF…
Quirky religious space in L.A.’s Koreatown wins architectural award
The team behind Audrey Irmas Pavilion—designed as a gathering space complementing the Wilshire Boulevard Temple—has won an award for this new monu…
Columbia Business School adds new ‘layer cake’ style glass buildings
Two new buildings are now part of Columbia Business School’s campus in Manhattanville neighborhood, N.Y., both designed in a layer cake format, with…
Gilbane to manage Virginia Museum of Fine Arts’s largest renovation and expansion
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VFMA) in Richmond has selected the Gilbane Building Company as the Construction Manager at Risk, charged with planni…
NASA awards $57.2M contract for development of construction system on the Moon
A contract of $57.2 million by NASA to a construction tech and 3D-printing firm will aid in the research and development of space-based construction s…
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