3 new affordable housing projects for October 2024

The Building Team for Berkeley, Calif.’s new 9,500-sf West Branch library aims to achieve net-zero—and possibly net-positive—energy performance with the help of clever passive design techniques.

Single-glazed storefronts in the student center at California’s West Valley College were replaced with aluminum-framed, thermally broken windows from NanaWall in a bronze finish that emulates the look of the original building.

To speed construction of the $110 million Capitol Hill Station light-rail station in Seattle, general contractor Turner Construction will use an unusual temporary framing method for the project's underground spaces.

A new urban development near Chengdu, China, will provide new housing for ~80,000 people, surrounded by green space.

New L.A. Fire Station makes sparks along Hollywood Boulevard; senior memory care center opens its doors to Wisconsin communities; and expansion adds 760,000-sf facility to children’s of Alabama hospital.

Minneapolis mausoleum adds space for above-ground burials; University of Houston parking garage connects commuters to campus; and Nashville bridge building renovations help with water conservation.

Hong Kong’s pre-certified LEED Platinum building; 36,000-sf academic building at Middlesex County College; UC San Diego parking structure.

ARRA-funded multifamily housing project in Georgia; LEED Gold West Hollywood library; Bridgestone’s new company headquarters in Akron, Ohio; UC Berkeley’s biomedical and health sciences center.