Nation's leading multifamily developer expands into infrastructure
Greystar's strategy for infrastructure is driven by the shifting landscape of today's cities—primarily in the increased digitization, urbanization, and transitions to clean energy.
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Adaptive Reuse
Detroit’s Michigan Central Station, centerpiece of innovation hub, opens
The recently opened Michigan Central Station in Detroit is the centerpiece of a 30-acre technology and cultural hub that will include development of urban transportation solutions. The six-year adaptive reuse project of the 640,000 sf historic station, created by the same architect as New York’s Grand Central Station, is the latest sign of a reinvigorating Detroit.
Transit Facilities
Historic Fresno train depot to be renovated for California high speed rail station project
A long-shuttered rail station in Fresno, Calif., will be renovated to serve as the city’s high speed rail (HSR) station as part of the California High-Speed Rail Authority system, the nation’s first high speed rail project. California’s HSR system will eventually link more than 800 miles of rail, served by up to 24 stations.
Healthcare Facilities
Healthcare design: How to improve the parking experience for patients and families
Parking is likely a patient’s—and their families—first and last touch with a healthcare facility. As such, the arrival and departure parking experience can have a profound impact on their experience with the healthcare facility, writes Beth Bryan, PE, PTOE, PTP, STP2, Principal, Project Manager, Walter P Moore.
Transportation & Parking Facilities
Transit Facilities | Jun 13, 2016
HRT Transit Center: The Ambience of a Park in an Efficient Bus Terminal
Whether building architecture or catching a bus, everyone’s happy when things run right on schedule.
Transportation & Parking Facilities | Jun 3, 2016
Colorful parking garage will serve commuters in Bay Area city
Artwork and patterns will be displayed on the structure’s 600-foot wide façade.
Transportation & Parking Facilities | May 27, 2016
Automated West Hollywood parking garage makes the world a bit cleaner
Using robots to store and fetch parked cars will save on carbon dioxide emissions.
Building Team Awards | May 24, 2016
Los Angeles bus depot squeezes the most from a tight site
The Building Team for the MTA Division 13 Bus Operations and Maintenance Facility fit 12 acres’ worth of programming in a multi-level structure on a 4.8-acre site.
Transportation & Parking Facilities | Mar 4, 2016
Calatrava's World Trade Center Transportation Hub is now open
Designed to look like a dove being released from a child's hands, the Oculus structure, the hub's focal point, is a symbol of rebirth for Lower Manhattan.
Giants 400 | Jan 29, 2016
TRANSIT SECTOR GIANTS: Perkins+Will, Skanska among top transit/TOD facility AEC firms
BD+C's rankings of the nation's largest transit/TOD sector design and construction firms, as reported in the 2015 Giants 300 Report
Transit Facilities | Jan 18, 2016
Pennsylvania Station set to transform into a world-class transportation hub
Governor Andrew Cuomo presented plans to turn Pennsylvania Station and the neighboring James A. Farley Post Office into a free flowing 21st century work of art.
Jan 14, 2016
How to succeed with EIFS: exterior insulation and finish systems
This AIA CES Discovery course discusses the six elements of an EIFS wall assembly; common EIFS failures and how to prevent them; and EIFS and sustainability.
Airports | Aug 31, 2015
Airports expand rental car facilities to ease vehicular traffic at their terminals
AEC teams have found fertile ground in building or expanding consolidated rental car facilities, which are the No. 1 profit centers for most airports.
Transportation & Parking Facilities | Aug 3, 2015
Parking with a purpose: clean cars and solar power shape new structure
The project was the first of its kind in Canada to successfully demonstrate the integration of solar power, energy storage, and electric vehicle charging stations in a grid-tied or ‘islanded’ configuration.
