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Sustainable Design and Construction

Northglenn, a Denver suburb, opens a net zero, all-electric city hall with a mass timber structure

Northglenn, Colo., a Denver suburb, has opened the new Northglenn City Hall—a net zero, fully electric building with a mass timber structure. The 32,600-sf, $33.7 million building houses 60 city staffers. Designed by Anderson Mason Dale Architects, Northglenn City Hall is set to become the first municipal building in Colorado, and one of the first in the country, to achieve the Core certification: a green building rating system overseen by the International Living Future Institute.


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San Francisco unveils guidelines to streamline office-to-residential conversions

The San Francisco Department of Building Inspection announced a series of new building code guidelines clarifying adaptive reuse code provisions and exceptions for converting office-to-residential buildings. Developed in response to the Commercial to Residential Adaptive Reuse program established in July 2023, the guidelines aim to increase the viability of converting underutilized office buildings into housing by reducing regulatory barriers in specific zoning districts downtown. 

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Office Buildings

No longer marked by gray, uniform rows of cubicles, offices have become more personalized and employee-centric than ever, giving people a more comfortable place to spend their working hours. New approaches to office customization and the way employees interact are breathing new life into the workplace.

Office Buildings | PDR | Jan 11, 2019

Open offices are bad!

The Harvard studies on the unintended effects of open office defines it as space where 'one entire floor was open, transparent and boundaryless… [with] assigned seats,' and the other had 'similarly assigned seats in an open office design, with large rooms of desks and monitors and no dividers between people's desks.'

Office Buildings | Dec 18, 2018

Google announces new $1B Hudson Square campus project

The 1.7 million-sf campus will expand the company’s New York City presence.

Office Buildings | Dec 13, 2018

Apple selects Austin for $1 billion campus

The company will also build smaller expansions in six other U.S. cities over the next three years.

Office Buildings | Dec 4, 2018

Brookfield launches contest for startups to receive two years of free office space

This is part of a larger campaign to burnish the image of L.A.’s Wells Fargo Center. 

Office Buildings | Perkins and Will | Nov 28, 2018

Amazon HQ2 and the new geography of work

The big HQ2 takeaway is how geography and mobility are becoming major workplace drivers.

Office Buildings | Nov 13, 2018

Amazon selects HQ2 cities

Both cities are on the East Coast.

Mixed-Use | Oct 25, 2018

Philadelphia’s uCity Square kicks off major expansion drive

This innovation center has several office, lab, and residential buildings in the works.

Office Buildings | Oct 25, 2018

Stantec consolidates three Portland-area offices into one downtown location

Stantec worked with Ankrom-Moisan Architects on the design.

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