Category: Building Design+Construction

 Volume: 52 |  Issue: 7 |  Download

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The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, N.Y., was awarded LEED Platinum certification, the first academic building in New York City to receive this status. IBE Engineers in concert with BD+C Giants 300 notable Syska Hennessy Group (E 2) provided MEP, sustainable, fire protection, AV, IT, and cogeneration design services.
PHOTO: COURTESY IWAN BAAN

 Volume: 52 |  Issue: 6 |  Download

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The 24-story vertical addition to the original 33-story 300 East Randolph Street building in Chicago earned Platinum honors in our 2011 Building Team Awards. The planned vertical completion added 920,000 square feet to the structure and saved $15 million for the client without disruption to the current tenants.

PHOTO: JAMES STEINKAMP © STEINKAMP PHOTOGRAPHY

 Volume: 52 |  Issue: 5 |  Download

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Nobel Halls, twin student residences at SUNY Stony Brook, N.Y., named after Nobel laureates and Stony Brook faculty members C.N. Yang and the late Paul C. Lauterbur, will seek LEED Gold. An Activity Center houses a 350-person meeting room, offices, conference and seminar rooms, and a café/lounge.

PHOTO: COURTESY: GOSHOW ARCHITECTS

 Volume: 52 |  Issue: 4 |  Download

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Providence (R.I.) Career and Technical Academy, designed by S/L/A/M Collaborative, with Gilbane Building Company as GC. Maddison Associates installed CENTRIA Formawall Dimension Series and Profile Series Concept Series CS-660 wall panels in the 212,000-sf project. The panels are Cradle-to-Cradle Silver certified.
PHOTO: COURTESY CENTRIA

 Volume: 52 |  Issue: 3 |  Download

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The Building Team employed sun control techniques to maximize daylight inside the 600-student, 304,000-sf Fabyan Elementary School, Geneva, Ill. The use of piers diffuse direct sunlight coming in through the art room’s tall windows and then reflect the light throughout the classroom.

PHOTO: © CRAIG DUGAN @ HEDRICH BLESSING PHOTOGRAPHERS

 Volume: 52 |  Issue: 2 |  Download

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The $80 million, 61,000-sf Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health opened last fall, in Las Vegas. The Frank Gehry-designed facility, which will specialize in Alzheimer’s research and ambulatory patient care, is an example of Cleveland Clinic’s outreach strategy.
PHOTO: COURTESY CLEVELAND CLINIC

 Volume: 52 |  Issue: 1 |  Download

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Seattle’s Broadway Building, by developer Hunters Capital, has 94 market-rate rental apartments with 28 units set aside for international students attending Seattle Central Community College. Both market-rate and student apartments are 100% occupied. All but one of the retail spaces are leased.
PHOTO: CHARLIE SCHUCK PHOTOGRAPHY

 Volume: 51 |  Issue: 8 |  Download

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The San Joaquin County Administration Building in Stockton, Calif., by giants Fentress Architects (A 9), URS Corp. (EA 3, CM 12), and Hensel Phelps Construction (C 9), houses 14 county depart- ments within 250,000 sf. The building’s sculptural atrium glass design was inspired by rock formations found within the nearby Yosemite National Park.
PHOTO: NICK MERRICK © HEDRICH BLESSING

 Volume: 51 |  Issue: 7 |  Download

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Vertical axis wind turbines are the signature feature of Chicago’s Greenway Self-Park, an 800-vehicle parking structure designed by HOK/Cubellis for developer Friedman Properties. The 12-paired array of corrugated metal turbines is designed to generate electricity based on a wind strength of 10 mph.
PHOTO: HOK AND STEVE HALL

 Volume: 51 |  Issue: 6 |  Download

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As part of a $350 million expansion and renovation of its facilities, the Cleveland Museum of Art closed the Gartner Auditorium in order to bring the Marcel Breuer – designed auditorium into the 21st century. The renovation, which was completed in February, has made the auditorium lighter, friendlier, and more intimate.
PHOTO: KEVIN G. REEVES

 Volume: 51 |  Issue: 5 |  Download

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The Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences’ new Richard E. Griffin Academic Center sits on a tiny triangular site that fronts Huntington Avenue, known as Boston’s “Avenue of the Arts,” right on the edge of the city’s prestigious Longwood Medical Area.
PHOTO: © ANTON GRASSL/ESTO