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MORE NEGATIVE CONDITIONS FOR ARCHITECTURE BILLINGS INDEX
While conditions have improved somewhat for three consecutive months, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) continues to point to unfavorable conditions for the nonresidential construction market. As a leading economic indicato...
Continue reading...ENERGY CONSERVATION STRATEGIES MOTIVATING HOMEOWNERS TO INVEST IN GREEN DESIGN FEATURES
9. September 2008
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As the housing market continues to struggle and energy costs remain near record highs, homeowners are looking to energy management systems and other sustainable design elements to help reduce the financial burden of high utilit...
Continue reading...AIA CALLS FOR CONGRESS TO SUPPORT INCENTIVES FOR GREEN COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION
8. September 2008
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The Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Tax Deduction, a federal incentive that provides a deduction of $1.80 per square foot for the design and construction of energy efficient commercial buildings, is set to expire at end o...
Continue reading...AIA SMALL PROJECTS 2008
27. August 2008
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Housing for art lovers, homeless people, floodzone dwellers, and hobbits. Chandeliers, bus stops, and a synagogue entrance. An expandable bathroom. These are not massive landmarks, but rather the AIA's annual exemplars of design executed with limited financial and programmatic means: the American Institute of Architects 2008 Small Project Awards recipients.
Continue reading...ASLA LANDSCAPE AWARDS 2008
27. August 2008
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In creating the Lurie Garden in downtown Chicago, Gustafson Guthrie Nichol Ltd transformed a parking garage rooftop into a public botanical garden. Located on three acres 1.2 hectares in Millennium Park, a part of Grant Park, the garden combines engineered elements with native perennials of the Midwestern prairie.
Continue reading...AIA/HUD SECRETARY AWARDS
27. August 2008
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Where a failed urban housing project once stood, enclosed and separated from its surrounding neighborhood in San Francisco's Mission District, the mixeduse Valencia Gardens development now supports an integrated neighborhood designed to promote safety through activity. Architect Van Meter Williams Pollack LLP, with associate architect Martinez Architects, Inc., lined the sidewalk with building entries and reintroduced vehicular streets into the site, connecting it with the urban fabric.
Continue reading...- MORE NEGATIVE CONDITIONS FOR ARCHITECTURE BILLINGS INDEX
- ENERGY CONSERVATION STRATEGIES MOTIVATING HOMEOWNERS TO INVEST IN GREEN DESIGN FEATURES
- AIA CALLS FOR CONGRESS TO SUPPORT INCENTIVES FOR GREEN COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION
- AIA SMALL PROJECTS 2008
- ASLA LANDSCAPE AWARDS 2008
- AIA/HUD SECRETARY AWARDS
- LIVING STEEL 2008
- NEW YORK NEW MUSEUM
- STONE HILL CENTER BY TADAO ANDO
- BEIJING TERMINAL 3 BY FOSTER
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- While conditions have improved somewhat for three consecutive months, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) continues to point to unfavorable conditions for the nonresidential construction market. As a leading economic indicato...
- As the housing market continues to struggle and energy costs remain near record highs, homeowners are looking to energy management systems and other sustainable design elements to help reduce the financial burden of high utilit...
- The Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Tax Deduction, a federal incentive that provides a deduction of $1.80 per square foot for the design and construction of energy efficient commercial buildings, is set to expire at end o...
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17. September 2008
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