Public-private partners to reactivate iconic, but underutilized Boston site
The Hurley Building, part of the Boston Government Services Center (BGSC), is to receive a transformation into a mixed-use development, to revive the …
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Wisconsin museum’s timber structure stores whopping amounts of carbon
The structure of the Children’s Museum of Eau Claire (CMEC), being built in Wisconsin, utilizes responsibly sourced mass timber, with round-timber c…
Two California projects win awards for sophisticated civil engineering
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has awarded two California projects its San Francisco section 2022 project awards: outstanding geotechnical…
Report reveals construction industry emissions have reached an all-time high
A global report by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has found that despite an increase in investment and worldwide success in lowering the …
U.S.’s largest airport builds new concourse to help achieve mighty 100M visitors’ goal
Denver International Airport (DEN), the U.S.’s largest airport, and one of world’s busiest, recently opened its new Concourse A-West, built to re…
NY’s Gilder Centre takes shape as wondrous shotcrete ‘formation’
New York’s American Museum of Natural History’s the Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation utilized shotcrete to evoke the E…
Adaptive reuse revives abandoned SF site into international furniture outlet
An adaptive reuse project has creatively transformed two vacant buildings at San Francisco’s 99 Missouri St. into the new showroom of the internatio…
NIBS’ U.S. national specification update to include project handover data
The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) Building Information Management Council (BIMC) is planning the upcoming release of COBie 3.0, an up…
UW’s new mass timber hall will store carbon through building’s lifetime
The newly built Founders Hall in the Foster School of Business at Washington University (UW), Seattle, is a six-story mass timber building that will s…
No stranger to fame: Chicago architect boasts two new awards
Architect Jeanne Gang, FAIA, founding principal and partner of Studio Gang, has received two awards for her life’s work: The Urban Land Institute (U…
