Chicago's Belden-Stratford luxury apartments gets centennial facelift

The Belden-Stratford has reopened its doors following a renovation that blends the 100-year-old building’s original architecture with modern residences.

Transforming shopping malls into 21st century neighborhoods

As we reimagine the antiquated shopping mall, Marc Asnis, AICP, Associate, Perkins&Will, details four first steps to consider.

The responsibility of adapting historic university buildings

Shepley Bulfinch's David Whitehill, AIA, believes the adaptive reuse of historic university buildings is not a matter of sentimentality but of practicality, progress, and preservation.

When office-to-residential conversion works

The cost and design challenges involved with office-to-residential conversions can be daunting; designers need to devise creative uses to fully utilize the space.

Strongwells products were used by Plas-Tech Ltd., a Hawaiian fabricator, for an

Mar 22, 2012

Hawaiian architecture firm chooses FRP trellis system over traditional materials

MGA Architecture plans to add five more trellis systems on the neighboring building.

Mar 12, 2012

Improving the performance of existing commercial buildings: the chemistry of sustainable construction

Retrofitting our existing commercial buildings is one of the key steps to overcoming the economic and environmental challenges we face.

Designed by architectural firm Levi + Wong Design Associates Inc., the 40,000 sq

Feb 8, 2012

Nauset completes addition and renovation for Winchester senior living community

Theater, library, fitness center, and bistro enhance facility.

Building owners must plan ahead for roof replacement to avoid emergency leak rem

Jan 31, 2012

AIA CONTINUING EDUCATION: Reroofing primer, in-depth advice from the experts

Earn 1.0 AIA/CES learning units by studying this article and successfully completing the online exam.

Gensler served as architect, Balfour Beatty US was the project's contractor, and

Jan 6, 2012

Gensler unveils restoration and expansion of Houston's Julia Ideson building

The "new" building will serve as a repository of Houston memorabilia and rare archival material as well as the city's official reception space and a venue for exhibits, meetings and other special events.

Summit Design + Build, LLC recently completed the new 12,000-sq. ft. LEED certif

Jan 6, 2012

Summit Design+Build completes Park Place in Illinois

Summit was responsible for the complete gut and renovation of the former auto repair shop which required the partial demolition of the existing building, while maintaining the integrity of the original 100 year-old structure, and significant re-grading and landscaping of the site.

Jan 4, 2012

Shawmut Design & Construction awarded dorm renovations at Brown University

Construction is scheduled to begin in June 2012, and will be completed by December 2012.

Jan 3, 2012

Rental Renaissance, The Rebirth of the Apartment Market

Across much of the U.S., apartment rents are rising, vacancy rates are falling. In just about every major urban area, new multifamily rental projects and major renovations are coming online. It may be too soon to pronounce the rental market fully recovered, but the trend is promising.

Dec 27, 2011

Ground broken for adaptive reuse project

Located on the Garden State Parkway, the master-planned project initially includes the conversion of a 114-year-old, 365,000-square-foot, six-story warehouse building into 361 loft-style apartments, and the creation of a three-level parking facility.