Portland Architecture

APRIL 6, 2021

Lobby of the renovated J.K. Gill Building ( Brian Libby ). . BY BRIAN LIBBY. If you're like me, the name J.K. Gill is both familiar and unfamiliar. When I was growing up in Oregon in the 1980s, the company had about 30 stores across four western states and was a familiar presence in malls and on main street around the state. By that time, the longtime family business had been sold and its longtime flagship, downtown at SW Fifth and Stark, was already in the process of being rented out.

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L² Design

APRIL 7, 2021

Want to see these in a weekly roundup, including the top 3 all performing? Sign up here! via Instagram [link]. The post FIVE years ago today, my first book baby published. The #AREsketches started out as an organic idea to help people get licensed, turned into a newsletter, and then a book. Over a THOUSAND copies later, it also has a second volume, and recently #TheLittleArchitectsAlphabet joined their ranks.

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BD+C

APRIL 9, 2021

The Blue Book Network Velocity Index ticked up 0.5% to 100.9 in February from a revised 100.5 in January (December 2018 = 100). This the most stable the Index has been since before the pandemic began. . The Blue Book Network Velocity Index is a measure of month-to-month changes in bidding activity in The Blue Book Network, accounting for seasonality, providing a leading indicator of construction spending to inform critical decision making. . .

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 4, 2021

We are going to be talking about the fantasy of being an architect versus reality. Welcome to episode 72 “Architectural Disconnect”. The post Ep 072: Architectural Disconnect first appeared on Life of an Architect. Continue reading Ep 072: Architectural Disconnect at Life of an Architect. We are going to be talking about the fantasy of being an architect versus reality.

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A new industry study conducted by Architizer on behalf of Chaos Enscape surveyed 2,139 design professionals to understand the state of architectural visualization and what to expect in the near future. We asked: How are visualizations produced in your firm? What impact does real-time rendering have? What approach are you taking toward the rise of AI?

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 4, 2021

At Archmark Architect Branding & Marketing, we’ve seen architecture firms struggle to implement effective marketing strategies that help them get in front of better prospects so they can win better projects. Historically, architecture firm marketing has relied heavily on word-of-mouth referrals. This passive approach is what we call “Hope Marketing.

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BD+C

APRIL 6, 2021

Lendlease and its partner Aware Super, a superannuation fund, say the global real estate company’s multifamily portfolio in Boston and Chicago has been verified as “net zero carbon.”. New projects in New York City and Los Angeles are on track to achieve the same goal as construction gets underway. The company achieved net zero through a combination of efficient design to reduce electric usage by making systems operate more efficiently and through the purchase of carbon offsets.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 8, 2021

Architects may almost be as well known for their spectacles as their fashion sense. I think that more than the average bespectacled person, architects view eyewear as a personal statement of personality, taste, and creativity. I have always been a firm believer that an eyewear booth would be awesome at an architectural convention. The post Architects and Their Spectacles first appeared on Life of an Architect.

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DC By Design

APRIL 8, 2021

I got to know Max through his wife, the stylist Nina Mason, who helped us style shoots for newspaper-insert magazines we published for HGTV in the early Aughts. He’s a stunning photographer , and I’ve always admired his work. Needless to say, I was following when I saw Max published Sweet Noise: Love in Wartime , a book inspired by a trip he made with his mother in 1993, back to Poland where she was raised—and where she and Max’s father were imprisoned at Auschwitz-Birkenau dur

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The Architect's Guide

APRIL 8, 2021

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BD+C

APRIL 9, 2021

A familiar, if time-worn, cliché depicts owner-developers as cost obsessed and hostile to regulations, genuflecting at the altar of value engineering and choosing architects, engineers, and contractors on their track records for delivering projects within budgets so tight they squeak.

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BD+C

APRIL 7, 2021

Thyssenkrupp Elevator Americas is currently in the process of building a new headquarters in Atlanta near The Battery and Truist Park. . The project includes a 150,000-sf corporate headquarters building, an 80,000-sf business services and administrative center, and the Innovation and Qualification Center (IQC), a 420-foot elevator tower, which will be the tallest elevator test tower in the Western Hemisphere. . . .

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BD+C

APRIL 9, 2021

The AdventHealth Training Center, the new practice and training home of the Orlando Magic, has broken ground in downtown Orlando. The 130,000-sf, $70 million facility will be an innovative health and wellness model that brings whole-person medicine, science, and research together to optimize sports performance.

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BD+C

APRIL 8, 2021

Teeple Architects, in association with Stantec, has completed the $84.5-million, 230,000-sf renovation and expansion project of the existing Edmonton Public Library (EPL) main branch into an innovative and welcoming civic hub. . Now named the Stanley A. Milner Library, the facility originally opened as Edmonton’s Centennial Library in 1967. The renovation and expansion project actively supports the library’s position as a social and creative destination at its prominent downtown location on Sir

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BD+C

APRIL 5, 2021

University Research Park (URP) recently partnered with Valerio Dewalt Train (VDT) to produce a master plan meant to enliven and densify the office park’s existing facilities. A master plan was created with the intention of carving a new road from a bordering main artery street and adding below-grade parking to leave the ground level open for public space and amenities accessible by foot.

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BD+C

APRIL 6, 2021

In the decades since the 1970s, we’ve learned a great deal about how to take advantage of the sun to not only reduce building energy consumption, but also to shrink operational expenses. Recent years have seen an upswing in the use of solar technologies ranging from photovoltaic panels to solar thermal energy collection. The question that immediately comes up among building owners is, of course, “What’s it going to cost?”.

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BD+C

APRIL 8, 2021

COVID-19 initially brought major disruptions to lab operations and staffing. Those disruptions are now often mitigated through split staffing shifts and increased distancing protocols in lab space. Occupancy of research workstations and office areas has not yet recovered, however, and reflects the difficulties across industries in bringing staff back safely to the office.

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BD+C

APRIL 8, 2021

This week on The Weekly show, BD+C editors speak with AEC industry leaders from Procon Consulting, Virginia Tech, and Woods Bagot about: . • SPOT, the autonomous robot for construction progress monitoring applications. • How Woods Bagot's new "futurist" is promoting innovation at the international design firm. . Thanks to our episode sponsor.

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BD+C

APRIL 7, 2021

In the not-too-distant past, it was common to view materials through a “cradle to grave” lens. Raw materials would be harvested and turned into products, which would then serve a purpose. These products would eventually break, wear out, or go out of style, at which point they would be discarded and never thought of again. The flow of materials was linear, with a starting point and an ending point.

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BD+C

APRIL 7, 2021

508 Pershing at Oakwood Shores, a 53-unit mixed-used, mixed-income rental community in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood, has announced the start of construction.

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BD+C

APRIL 5, 2021

The Rudin Family has launched a multi-million dollar building-wide capital improvement program for 3 Times Square that will transform and reposition the Midtown office tower into a 21st-century workplace destination. As part of the capital improvement program, Rudin engaged FXCollaborative to create a new, glass-walled triple-height lobby. The ground floor exterior will feature a sculptural facade screen designed to diffuse the light of Times Square.

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BD+C

APRIL 8, 2021

The U.S. Department of Energy recently released a report on the initial performance and reliability of chromaticity sensors used for tunable LED lighting systems.

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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.

Architecture

BD+C

APRIL 9, 2021

A familiar, if time-worn, cliché depicts owner-developers as cost obsessed and hostile to regulations, genuflecting at the altar of value engineering and choosing architects, engineers, and contractors on their track records for delivering projects within budgets so tight they squeak.

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BD+C

APRIL 8, 2021

McShane Construction Company has been selected to build Lincoln at CityGate, a new mixed-use project set for construction at the CityGate Center in Naperville, Ill. The project will comprise 285 luxury multifamily units, a 430-space precast parking garage, and the shell for a future event center. Residents will have access to amenities including a resident lounge, a library/work space, fitness and yoga rooms, a bike lounge, storage, a dog spa, and a pool area with a pergola, grills, and fire pit

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BD+C

APRIL 6, 2021

The new Saugus Middle/High School, which opened last September, will bring together of 1,300 students in a STEAM-driven complex outfitted for exploratory learning and innovation. The school is anchored by three building pods comprising a four-story high school wing, a three-story middle school wing, and a central connecting pod with shared community spaces.

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BD+C

APRIL 5, 2021

The Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance ( FGIA ) released an updated version of a document pertaining to roller assemblies, with or without height adjustment features, for use in sliding doors and lift and slide doors.

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