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Reasons to reinvent the Midcentury academic library

DLR Group's Interior Design Leader Gretchen Holy, Assoc. IIDA, shares the idea that a designer's responsibility to embrace a library’s history, respect its past, and create an environment that will serve student populations for the next 100 years.




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Cultural Facilities | Sep 19, 2016

International competition recognizes insect-inspired design for Moscow Circus School

The proposal would make the school’s activities more transparent to the public.

Cultural Facilities | Sep 16, 2016

Competition to design Shanghai’s Pudong Art Museum is down to four firms

OPEN, SANAA Ateliers Jean Nouvel and David Chipperfield Architects are the final four firms competing for the opportunity to design the project.

Steel Buildings | Sep 15, 2016

New York’s Hudson Yards to feature 16-story staircase sculpture

The installation is designed by British architect Thomas Heatherwick and will be the centerpiece of the $200 million plaza project

Cultural Facilities | Sep 13, 2016

REX reveals The Perelman Center, the final structure for the World Trade Center campus

The cube-shaped building is clad in translucent book-matched marble.

Designers | Gensler | Sep 13, 2016

5 trends propelling a new era of food halls

Food halls have not only become an economical solution for restauranteurs and chefs experiencing skyrocketing retail prices and rents in large cities, but they also tap into our increased interest in gourmet locally sourced food, writes Gensler's Toshi Kasai.

Sep 1, 2016

CULTURAL SECTOR GIANTS: A ranking of the nation's top cultural sector design and construction firms

Gensler, Perkins+Will, PCL Construction Enterprises, Turner Construction Co., AECOM, and WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff top Building Design+Construction’s annual ranking of the nation’s largest cultural sector AEC firms, as reported in the 2016 Giants 300 Report.

Events Facilities | Aug 31, 2016

New York State Pavilion re-imagined as modern greenhouse

The design proposal won a competition organized by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and People for the Pavilion group to find new uses for the abandoned structure.

Performing Arts Centers | Aug 31, 2016

Sydney Opera House scheduled for $200 million upgrade

Acoustical improvements will be made alongside upgrades in accessibility, efficiency, and flexibility.

Aug 30, 2016

CONVENTION CENTER GIANTS: A ranking of the nation's top convention center sector design and construction firms

Gensler, LMN Architects, AECOM, Turner Construction Co., and WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff top Building Design+Construction’s annual ranking of the nation’s largest convention center sector AEC firms, as reported in the 2016 Giants 300 Report.

Cultural Facilities | Aug 27, 2016

Yellowstone Park Foundation receives $1 million donation from Toyota

The money will support new eco-friendly and efficient buildings on the park’s Youth Campus.

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