Category: Building Design+Construction

 Volume: 59 |  Issue: 7 |  Download

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Employees with ride-sharing company Lyft work in one of several “parklets” that are woven between open work areas at the firm’s 215,000-sf headquarters in San Francisco. These colorful, vibrant spaces serve as retreats for collaboration, concentration, and relaxation. The project was designed by Studios Architecture. JLL was the owner’s representative.
PHOTO: BRUCE DAMONTE, COURTESY JLL

 Volume: 59 |  Issue: 6 |  Download

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San Antonio-based design firm Lake|Flato finally found a design-build partner in Katerra to refine and execute its Porch House concept, a system of modules with floor-to-ceiling windows and connecting porches that link the single-family structure to the outdoors. Over the years, Lake|Flato has tried various delivery methods for these houses, which typically range from 1,500 sf to 2,500 sf, including factory assembly components and site-built construction. Pictured: 2001 Odyssey: Porch House in Wimberly, Texas. PHOTO: CASEY DUNN, COURTESY LAKE|FLATO

 Volume: 59 |  Issue: 5 |  Download

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The 24-story San Diego Central Courthouse is crowned with a distinctive soffit of shaped aluminum panels that are arranged to capture and reflect southern and western light back onto the underside of the structure's surface. The 704,000-sf facility was recognized with a Gold Award in BD+C's 21st annual Building Team Awards, which start on page 23.
PHOTO: BRUCE DAMONTE, COURTESY SOM

 Volume: 59 |  Issue: 4 |  Download

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The 430,000-sf, eight-level Museum of the Bible uses digital media and expanded programming to create an immersive experience for its visitors. An artistic representation of Noah’s Ark using multiple screens, designed by BRC Imagination Arts, places guests into the story of The Great Flood.
PHOTO: A. FRADKIN/SMITHGROUPJJR

 Volume: 59 |  Issue: 3 |  Download

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The Common Space at the Millwright Building in Minneapolis, Minn., features collaboration steps where occupants of the four-story, 174,000-sf development can meet, work, or relax. The project was designed and built by Ryan Companies, which also calls the building home. The firm’s Architecture and Engineering group designed its office space, which includes a vintage delivery truck, an interactive board highlighting the company’s history, and a scaled mockup of Minneapolis’ downtown buildings. PHOTO: PAUL CROSBY, COURTESY RYAN COMPANIES

 Volume: 59 |  Issue: 2 |  Download

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The Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, in Omaha, features colorful artwork and sculptures by world-renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly. The multi-level gallery and healing garden, called the Chihuly Sanctuary, is the centerpiece of the 10-story, 615,000-sf cancer center, which includes state-of-the-art equipment and facilities for cancer treatment.
PHOTO: COURTESY HDR © 2017 COREY GAFFER

 Volume: 59 |  Issue: 1 |  Download

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The 183,000-sf library on the main campus of Tecnolo?gico de Monterrey, the largest university system in Mexico, is a hive for campus activities, and is designed to encourage idea exchange and interaction. Even the library’s “book boxes” (pictured) dispense with traditional solitude and quiet.
PHOTO: PACO ALVAREZ, THE RAWS

 Volume: 52 |  Issue: 12 |  Download

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Architectural intern Scott Waddell, AIA, LEED AP, job captain Valerie Towe, LEED AP BD+C, and administrative assistant Maria Valgenti of the Boston office of EYP Architecture & Engineering, one of five BD+C 2011 “Best AEC Firms to Work For,” review a model of a current EYP project.
PHOTO: ERIC LEVIN, ELEVIN PHOTOGRAPHY

 Volume: 52 |  Issue: 11 |  Download

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Georgia Institute of Technology’s Hinman Research Building in Atlanta was named a Platinum Award winner in BD+C’s 2011 Reconstruction Awards. Designed by Lord Aeck & Sargent in collaboration with Office dA, the hanging mezzanine – dubbed “The Hammock” by students – was created by repurposing a large bridge crane to support a tapered floor structure.
PHOTO: JAMES STEINKAMP ©STEINKAMP PHOTOGRAPHY

 Volume: 52 |  Issue: 10 |  Download

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Nokia Commons at the mobile phone manufacturer’s new office building in Sunnyvale, Calif., designed by architecture megafirm Gensler. Casual activity spaces that appeal to Millennials and GenXers and encourage team interaction and collaboration are becoming the norm in upscale workplace design.
PHOTO: NIC LEHOUX, COURTESY GENSLER

 Volume: 52 |  Issue: 9 |  Download

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Hawaii Preparatory Academy Energy Lab, a Living Building in Kamuela, Hawaii, designed by Flansburgh Architects. The $7.7 million K-12 uses wind turbines, radiant cooling, and PVs to reach net-zero energy use; it’s also net-zero in water use. Five other Living Buildings are also profiled in this special Greenbuild 2011 report.

PHOTO: © MATT MILLMAN PHOTOGRAPHY; COURTESY FLANSBURGH ARCHITECTS

 Volume: 52 |  Issue: 8 |  Download

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The John E. Jaqua Academic Center for Stu- dent Athletes at the University of Oregon, in Eugene, a Special Citation winner in the International Association of Lighting Designers awards. Lighting design by Mark Godfrey, Interface Engineering; architecture by Randy Stegmeier, Eugene Sandoval, and Bob Snyder, of ZGF.
PHOTO: MARK GODFREY, INTERFACE ENGINEERING