Building Design+Construction: Vol. 60, № 7 (July 2019)


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ON THE COVER: Designed by Elkus Manfredi Architects, the 75,000-sf Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre at Boston University can be configured for a variety of performances: theater in the round, runway, and end stage. The 250-seat theater features production and costume shops, design labs, classrooms, faculty offices, and a landscaped plaza. PHOTO: ERIC LAIGNEL, COURTESY ELKUS MANFREDI ARCHITECTS

Building Design+Construction: Vol. 60, № 6 (June 2019)


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A pair of 21-foot-long Great Blue Herons form a slide that provides the signature motif for the park at the Gathering Place. The 66 1/2-acre public park and playground serves the nearly one million residents of greater Tulsa, Okla. The project was honored with a Platinum Award in the 22nd annual Building Team Awards (more on page 24). PHOTO: BRENT NILES, BBJN DESIGNS

Building Design+Construction: Vol. 60, № 5 (May 2019)


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Completed last September, Google's new office in Playa Vista, Calif., involved converting the historic, 750-foot-long hangar built by industrialist Howard Hughes to house the Spruce Goose prototype airlift flying boat. The reconstruction includes generous spaces for work, meetings, events, and amenities. The all-wood spine that supports the building's ceiling was deconstructed and rebuilt with noncombustible materials that were then reclad with refurbished wood panels. More on page 32.

PHOTO: CONNIE ZHOU, COURTESY ZGF

Building Design+Construction: Vol. 60, № 4 (April 2019)


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ON THE COVER: Standing in front of the Mill 19 redevelopment in Pittsburgh's Hazelwood Green innovation district are (l. to r.): Don Smith, President, Regional Industrial Development Corporation; Gary K. Fedder, Director, Manufacturing Futures Initiative, Howard M. Wilkoff Professor, ECE and Robotics, Carnegie Mellon University; Mark Nolan, Associate Vice President, Institutional Partnerships, CMU; Nicole Graycar, AIA, Senior Project Manager, Architect, CMU.

PHOTO: JIM CUNNINGHAM PHOTOGRAPHY

Building Design+Construction: Vol. 60, № 3 (March 2019)


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A consortium in Germany is working on a research project involving three use cases for which digital twin technology is a tool. One of those use cases revolves around grid shell construction, and how the technology might speed up the positioning and installation of components. The research project is scheduled for completion in 2021.
PHOTO: SEELE

Building Design+Construction: Vol. 60, № 1 (January 2019)


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ON THE COVER: Investment management firm T. Rowe Price is currently engaged in an IPD contract for nine building renovations with seven AEC firms, including the recently completed office project pictured. Compared with a traditional delivery method, IPD has led to considerable improvements in reducing change orders and producing productivity. T. Rowe Price has invested savings back into its projects. PHOTO: COURTESY T. ROWE PRICE

Building Design+Construction: Vol. 59, № 10 (October 2018)


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David Blackwell Hall at the University of California, Berkeley, built in collaboration with American Campus Communities, exceeded the clients’ expectations for energy and water use efficiency, and is the model for Berkeley’s on-campus student housing expansion campaign.
The Building Team: Solomon Cordwell Buenz (architect), Tipping Structural Engineers (SE), and Webcor (GC).
PHOTO: DAVID WAKELY, COURTESY SOLOMON CORDWELL BUENZ

Building Design+Construction: Vol. 59, № 8 (August 2018)


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The Missouri Innovation Campus in Lee’s Summit, Mo., supports a diverse and flexible training program that can evolve as future careers emerge. The programs, for grades 10 through 16, include networking, engineering, medical, biomedical, graphics, hospitality, and cybersecurity. Within the building, these programs are segregated into quadrants and split on two floors for ease of wayfinding. The Building Team: Gould Evans (design architect), DLR Group (AOR, construction management), Henderson Engineers (MEP), SK Design Group (CE), and McCownGordon Construction (GC).

PHOTO: ©MICHAEL ROBINSON, COURTESY DLR GROUP