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Retail Express

In the heart of Madrid's historic area, where the Principe Pio transit station has been in…

AIA Course: Enclosure strategies for better buildings

              Summary Sustainability and energy efficiency depend not only on the overall design…

Charging ahead

Whether it's an earthquake, tornado, blackout, flood or terrorist attack, MasterCard can rest…

Glass Wall Systems Open Up Closed Spaces

The Whole Foods Market in Napa Valley boasts a 1,200-sf culinary center. Sectioning off large open…

Texas twister

The modus operandi was clear. Design a dumbbell-shaped 2 million-sq.-ft. mall in the Dallas…

Framing the moment

New design and construction technologies are seldom used unless they can be economically…

Ah, The Good Life!

A confluence of psychographics (values and beliefs), demographics (age and income), and…

Taking Technology to School

Say good-bye to the simple wooden lectern and table. Today's college students (and the laptops…

Solving Wind, Seismic Problems at One Rincon Hill

Structural engineer Ron Klemencic got more than he asked for a few years back when he was called in…

Brick Adds High Art On a Low Budget

Founded in 1969, the Africana Studies and Research Center at Cornell University spent 35…

High School in a Hurry

One of the more compelling arguments for charter schools is their theoretical ability to…

High-Tech Hazard

The information era has filled nearly every crack and crevice of office buildings with miles…

New Tricks For Old Dogs

When the 1.6 million-sf office tower at 55 East Monroe Street in Chicago was completed in 1972…

Industry workhorses keep the lead

Advances in how structural steel and concrete are used continue to push the envelope of…

Squeeze play

Retrofitting historic structures with modern building systems can be one of the most difficult…

Conservation on the Kalahari

Geometric brick patterns on the street-facing façade of the Kalahari…

Encore

Timing is everything in the theater and performing arts, as well as in building design and…

Ecology, economics meet, generate heat

Plowing apparent green fieldsin the industrial market, a New Hampshire developer this summer…

Deep Green

Chilled beams ... Self-cleaning cement ... Preferred permitting ... Mini-wind turbines…

Second Time is A Charm: How redesigning right worked for a Chicago office building

It was early September 2001, and Chicago developer John Buck had just put the finishing…