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Reasons to reinvent the Midcentury academic library

DLR Group's Interior Design Leader Gretchen Holy, Assoc. IIDA, shares the idea that a designer's responsibility to embrace a library’s history, respect its past, and create an environment that will serve student populations for the next 100 years.



Brick and Masonry

A journey through masonry reclad litigation

This blog post by Walter P Moore's Mallory Buckley, RRO, PE, BECxP + CxA+BE, and Bob Hancock, MBA, JD, of Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr PC, explains the importance of documentation, correspondence between parties, and supporting the claims for a Plaintiff-party, while facilitating continuous use of the facility, on construction litigation projects.


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Reconstruction & Renovation | Aug 12, 2015

Frank Gehry is working on master plan for the L.A. River

The architect is stressing water reclamation and greater public access

Giants 400 | Aug 7, 2015

RECONSTRUCTION AEC GIANTS: Restorations breathe new life into valuable older buildings

AEC Giants discuss opportunities and complications associated with renovation, restoration, and adaptive reuse construction work.

Codes and Standards | Jul 16, 2015

Oregon to spend $300 million for seismic updates on public buildings

A survey found that more than 1,000 Oregon school buildings face a high risk of collapse during earthquakes.
Industrial Facilities | Jun 26, 2015

Google to convert an Alabama coal-burning plant to a data center running on clean energy

The $600 million conversion project will be Google's 14th data center globally, but the first it has committed to in eight years.

University Buildings | May 19, 2015

Renovate or build new: How to resolve the eternal question

With capital budgets strained, renovation may be an increasingly attractive money-saving option for many college and universities. 

Multifamily Housing | Apr 22, 2015

Condo developers covet churches for conversions

Former churches, many of which are sitting on prime urban real estate, are being converted into libraries, restaurants, and with greater frequency condominiums.

Cladding and Facade Systems | Mar 24, 2015

Designers turn a struggling mall into a hub of learning and recreation

Architects help Nashville government transform a struggling mall into a new community space.

Religious Facilities | Mar 23, 2015

Is nothing sacred? Seattle church to become a restaurant and ballroom

A Seattle-based real estate developer plans to convert a historic downtown building, which for more than a century has served as a church sanctuary, into a restaurant with ballroom space.

Reconstruction & Renovation | Mar 5, 2015

Chicago's 7 most endangered properties

Preservation Chicago released its annual list of historic buildings that are at risk of being demolished or falling into decay.

Dec 29, 2014

Startup Solarbox London turns phone booths into quick-charge stations [BD+C's 2014 Great Solutions Report]

About 8,000 of London’s famous red telephone boxes sit unused in warehouses, orphans of the digital age. Two entrepreneurs plan to convert them into charging stations for mobile devices. Their invention was named a 2014 Great Solution by the editors of Building Design+Construction.

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