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NOVEMBER 13, 2012
We'd like your input - recent projects, photo/s, renderings, and expert insight - on an important article we're working on for our Jan 2013 issue: HIGHER EDUCATION: Residence Halls, Student Unions, and ‘Quality of Life’ Factors in the Halls of Ivy read more.
EntreArchitect
NOVEMBER 27, 2012
The difference between those who succeed and those who don’t? The Courage to Proceed. Dream. Plan. Proceed. Succeed. Step 3 is the most difficult. photo credit: Express Monorail via photopin cc. The post The Courage to Proceed appeared first on EntreArchitect // Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects.
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BD+C
NOVEMBER 21, 2012
Billings at architecture firms accelerated to their strongest pace of growth since December 2010. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) reflects the approximate nine to twelve month lag time between architecture billings and construction spending. read more.
BD+C
NOVEMBER 28, 2012
The design vision for Gran Patio Santa Fe–Mexico City’s first-ever high-rise building to blend retail, lifestyle, and commercial office space–was showcased at the annual International Council of Shopping Centers Center Build Conference November 28-30 in Phoenix. read more.
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BD+C
NOVEMBER 14, 2012
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced today, on the main stage at its annual Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, a $3 million grant from Google that will catalyze the transformation of the building materials industry and accelerate the creation of healthier indoor environments. read more.
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NOVEMBER 20, 2012
PC Construction recently completed construction of Champlain’s Juniper Hall. The $7.7 million, 29,200 square foot, 95-bed residential hall is located in the center of the hillside campus. Exterior features include brick, stone and flat-seam metal panels, a slate-shingled roof and stone walls with granite accents. read more.
BD+C
NOVEMBER 7, 2012
John Portman & Associates (Portman) has been selected to design Tianlong Fortune Center, the first super tall skyscraper tower in Nanning, with a height of 1,312 feet (400 meters). The architectural design competition was led by developer Guangxi Wei Zhuang Real Estate Co., Ltd., and the Nanning Planning Bureau. read more.
BD+C
NOVEMBER 29, 2012
Green-procurement policies or green-building mandates can help accelerate the adoption of green-building practices, according to research by Timothy Simcoe and Michael Toffel. The authors studied what happened after municipal governments in California adopted sustainability policies on public (but not private) building renovations and new construction.
BD+C
NOVEMBER 14, 2012
U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) Greenbuild International Conference & Expo , the world's largest conference dedicated to green building kicked off today at San Francisco's LEED Gold Moscone Center with 7,000 attendees. This morning's opening plenary, headlined by MSNBC's "Morning Joe" co-hosts Mika Brzezinksi and Joe Scarborough marked the official launch of the 2012 show. read more.
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BD+C
NOVEMBER 9, 2012
The U.S. Green Building Council expects to substantially revise LEED next year, requiring builders beginning in 2015 to take new and more-detailed steps to get buildings certified. “The bar is getting raised, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s harder to meet because of the way the whole industry is evolving,” says Nadav Malin, president of BuildingGreen, a consulting and publishing firm that writes a LEED user’s guide. read more.
BD+C
NOVEMBER 7, 2012
Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, announces that two projects for which it provided structural engineering services – Palazzo Lombardia in Milan, Italy, and the Solar Canopy/EV Dock in Chicago, Ill. – have received the coveted International Architecture Awards. The projects were among 80 chosen for the honor. The awards, presented by the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture Design, the European Center for Architecture Art Design, and Urban Studies and Metropolitan Arts
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NOVEMBER 20, 2012
Valencia College at Lake Nona’s innovative new $21.7 million Academic Building designed by SchenkelShultz Architecture achieved the 3 Green Globes certification presented by The Green Building Initiative. Opened in August as the satellite campus’s first building, the 88,821-sf project includes a state-of-the-art academic building and central energy plant that incorporated sustainable design standards. read more.
BD+C
NOVEMBER 6, 2012
Architecture firm Goettsch Partners (GP) has designed the new Poly Business Tower in Shunde, China. Totaling 110,000 square meters, the project is one of several current assignments between GP and leading Chinese developer Poly Real Estate (Group) Co., Ltd. Other office, hotel and mixed-use developments are located in the cities of Chengdu, Deyang and Guangzhou. read more.
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EntreArchitect
NOVEMBER 25, 2012
I come from a family of auto mechanics and contractors, so repair and construction are in my blood. Before I was registered as a New York State architect, I worked as a carpenter and mason during summers and school breaks. As a child, I would hear my carpenter uncle speak negatively about architects and I wanted to know why, first hand. (…and boy, did I?).
EntreArchitect
NOVEMBER 23, 2012
Podcasts (an episodic digital series of audio or video files subscribed to and downloaded through web syndication or streamed online to a computer or mobile device) are a great way to learn the lessons about business that many of us lacked during architecture school. Below are my 5 current favorites: EntreLeadership | Dave Ramsey w/ Host Chris LoCurto.
EntreArchitect
NOVEMBER 22, 2012
Today I have the pleasure of introducing you to Marie-Claude Soulard , an architect based in the San Diego area and the owner of Soulard Architecture. Last week I posted a new discussion at the Entrepreneur Architect Linkedin Group titled Architecture is Dead: Let’s Reinvent the Profession. The following is Marie-Claude’s response to my challenge to imagine what our profession could be if we started from scratch with a blank sheet of trace paper.
BD+C
NOVEMBER 27, 2012
The Steel Framing Industry Association (SFIA) has released the 2012 edition of the “Technical Guide for Cold-Formed Steel Framing Products,” a technical guide for designing with cold-formed steel framing members. The 114-page book covers both structural and non-structural applications, including section properties of SFIA member product profiles, and complete load and span tables for most applications. read more.
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BD+C
NOVEMBER 16, 2012
Sika Sarnafil, a market leader in thermoplastic roofing and waterproofing systems, announced today that it has been honored with an Award of Excellence for its long-standing commitment to green roof architecture and the development of the green roofing industry. Now in its 10 th year, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC) presented the award to Sika Sarnafil at the CitiesAlive Green Roof and Wall Conference in Chicago. read more.
BD+C
NOVEMBER 12, 2012
At VERGE SF, Legrand announced it is sharing key energy savings resources that have been developed as part of a successful effort to significantly reduce energy intensity across its North American facilities. These resources can be used by manufacturing companies and other organizations to develop and implement energy and cost savings programs for their businesses. read more.
BD+C
NOVEMBER 5, 2012
Trimble acquired the assets of privately-held Vico Software, Inc. (Vico), a 5D virtual construction software and consulting services firm. The asset acquisition extends Trimble's solutions for building construction and provides a platform to connect the information flow across the design-build-operate (DBO) lifecycle to improve cost management and optimize scheduling on complex building construction projects.
BD+C
NOVEMBER 16, 2012
More than half of the respondents to a survey of members of the Green Building Council in 62 countries expect green projects to comprise 60% of their work by 2015. The green-building demand is likely to grow because of its benefits for business, the study found. ( [link] ).
Speaker: Pedro Clarke – Principal Architect at A+ Architecture, In Loco Program Director
Sustainability begins with a conversation, and acquiring customer buy-in is entirely dependent on how the conversation is framed. Clients may not see sustainability as a priority out of fear of operational costs and quality. While these are legitimate concerns, it is our responsibility as architects to listen and foster a collaborative culture that answers client issues while also reducing our carbon footprint.
BD+C
NOVEMBER 29, 2012
An effective document management system is necessary to stay in compliance with new and forthcoming stormwater runoff requirements. All stormwater permitting authorities require a site-specific Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan, as well documentation of inspections, findings, and maintenance and repair of all BMPs. This webinar will cover these issues on Dec. 18 at 2:00 p.m.
BD+C
NOVEMBER 29, 2012
The New York Building Congress says it will voluntarily pay a tax declared unconstitutional by the courts because, it says, the money is vital to maintaining the city’s transportation infrastructure. “The least we can do is voluntarily pay the tax and we’re encouraging others that were exempted to pay the tax as well,” says Richard Anderson, president of the NYBC.
BD+C
NOVEMBER 26, 2012
Legislation that allowed local governments to direct excess property tax dollars from tax-increment financing districts into other private developments was supposed to kick-start construction hiring in Minnesota, but an examination found evidence of job creation was spotty at best, even as many companies cashed in on the new law. ( [link] ).
BD+C
NOVEMBER 16, 2012
Four years ago, South Dakota passed a bill requiring all new government buildings and major renovations to be LEED-certified, with some exceptions. The state engineer’s office has waived the requirement for 32 projects where the costs of certification would have been prohibitive, or because the renovations would encompass less than half the building, or for other reasons.
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