Architect: Perkins Eastman, Mancini Duffy, PBDW Architects Location: New York City Completion Date: 2024 TSX Broadway is a recently completed mixed-use tower in Times Square. The development, set at the intersection of 7th Avenue and 47th Street, consists of a 47-story hotel constructed above the Palace Theatre, a historic Broadway venue. To create space for
Brought to you by: Nori Architects’ renovation of the Asanuma Corporation’s Nagoya Branch Office has given a 30-year-old, nearly all-glass office building in Aichi, Japan a new facade with primarily recycled natural materials. The Tokyo-based architecture firm was tasked with revamping the 8-story tower into a modern office space. As the firm described, “this project
Brought to you by: Architect DIGSAU Location Philadelphia Completion Date Under construction (planned 2022) Face Brick Glen-Gery Glazed Thin Brick McNear Engineered Brick Ties Hohmann & Barnard Weather Barrier Henry Sheathing Georgia-Pacific Storefront, Entries, and Window Systems Kawneer Garage Door Overhead Door Company The Clay Studio (TCS)—a longstanding Philadelphia nonprofit art center—will soon be moving
Architect ELASTICOFarm Location Turin, Italy Completion Date 2020 Structural Engineer Arching Srl Mechanical Engineer Projema Engineering Srl Construction Company Ruscalla Renato SpA Prefabricator Alciati Srl Installations Paolin Impianti Srl Using prefabricated concrete panels, Italian studio ELASTICOFarm was able to embed hidden messages on the facade of S-LAB at the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Architect Sameep Padora and Associates Location Hyderabad, India Completion Date 2019 Brick Uma Brick Mangalore Aluminum Frame Windows Technical Windows Granite Sadar Ali Granite Looking out over the city and an adjoining park, the Mumbai-based Sameep Padora and Associates’ Sienna offers a novel apartment experience in Hyderabad, India’s Jubilee Hills neighborhood. A four-story building with
The decades-long decline of retail across the country has fundamentally reshaped real estate patterns in both suburb and city center. An unfortunate casualty of this trend is the early 20th-century department store, which, through high design and ebullient signage, sought to draw customers from both near and far. While many of such icons have met
Over the last two decades, as the ownership of American and European-produced cars has proliferated in China, car manufacturers have pushed to establish a prestigious presence in the country in the form of showrooms and high-designed office parks. Designed by Gensler, The Cadillac House Shanghai is an exemplar of this trend and joins the scene with a
The International Spy Museum presents a striking figure in the relatively staid streetscape of Washington, D.C. The building opened in May 2019 and was designed by London-based Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSHP) in collaboration with architect-of-record Hickok Cole, and replaced the original home of the Spy Musem that was constructed in 2002. The project is a demonstration of high-tech
The Pavilion at Great Northern Way, a florid timber, steel, and glass structure designed by Perkins and Will and fabricated by Canadian timber specialist Spearhead, anchors a new public plaza in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Vancouver, British Columbia. The 2,000-square-foot space, which was completed in 2019 and will be home to a coffee shop, abuts the Perkins and Will–designed
Opened in December 2018, the American Water Headquarters is the most recent significant addition to Camden, New Jersey’s, Delaware River waterfront and sits directly across from Philadelphia’s Center City. Designed by New York’s Robert A.M. Stern Architects (RAMSA), the corporate project articulates the former industrial character of the Rust Belt with an aluminum composite facade
Due to be completed in 2019, 277 Mott Street is a seven-story, retail infill project that offers a contemporary vision of contextual development in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Designed by the New York-based Toshiko Mori Architect—whose office is located just a few blocks away—the project features a custom-fabricated CNC-milled dark granite facade with vertical ribbons
Steven Holl Architects’ (SHA) expansion of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.—titled The REACH—is expected to open to the public at the beginning of September. The $250-million expansion consists of a 4.6-acre complex with three semi-submerged pavilions rising with bright-white cast-in-place concrete and opaque glass facades. Notably, SHA’s design features crinkled concrete sound-dampening walls that
The Summit Technology Academy of the Missouri Innovation Campus, designed by Gould Evans, is a new education facility focused on bridging the gap between the workplace and the classroom. The building houses an innovative educational program developed by the University of Central Missouri, the local Lee’s Summit School District, and area industry participants. The collaborative nature of
According to recent reports, sections of the Glasgow School of Art will be disassembled over the coming days. Officials studying the June 15th blaze have observed a larger degree of settling and movement among the remaining sections of the building than originally anticipated, enough to prompt the investigative team to begin dismantling the south facade of
Open last year in Iowa City, the University of Iowa Voxman Music Building is a six-story, 184,000-square-feet academic building containing performance spaces, a music library, practice rooms, classrooms, and faculty studios and offices. It establishes a connection between the community and the school though specific massing articulation and building envelope detailing. LMN Architects credited their
Harold is the Practice Lead for Stantec’s new Building Specialty Services division in Western Canada, overseeing the Building Science, Energy Modeling, Façade Engineering, Facility Assessment, Building Commissioning, and Technology specialties. As a Professional Licensee of Engineering in Building Science and a Registered Roofing Observer, Harold is knowledgeable and experienced in cladding, glazing, roofing, insulation and
Stacey Hooper, AIA, LEED AP Stacey helps guide the firm’s healthcare and academic science practices, bringing a research-driven approach that links a deep understanding of clients’ needs with design innovation and efficient project delivery. Working with clients from concept through construction on projects that include some of the firm’s largest and most complex, she leads
Daniel A. Sesil, P.E., C.E., S.E., P.Eng. is a Partner at LERA Consulting Structural Engineers. With the firm since 1983, his extensive expertise lives in special design projects that answer to function and innovation. He specializes in long span, column-free spaces, high-rise buildings, creative solutions and research initiatives. He has also led several major forensic
With 25 years of experience in the façade and fenestration industry, Bill LaPointe brings extensive expertise in project management, energy-efficient materials, and innovative design solutions. Holding both a Massachusetts Construction Supervisor’s License and a Connecticut Glazier’s License, he has successfully led complex projects that enhance a building’s performance and comfort, while preserving architectural integrity. Bill
Robert (Bobby) Blabolil is an accomplished architect at Gensler, known for his innovative approach and keen attention to detail. With expertise spanning design, documentation, and construction administration, he excels at navigating complex projects from inception to completion. Bobby has led a wide variety of high-profile projects across sectors like commercial office, mixed-use, residential, and repositioning.
Justin is an architectural technologist with more than 20 years of hands-on experience. He has worked on a variety of projects, including educational facilities, border crossings, office buildings, high-rise residential towers, and transit infrastructure and facilities. As a project leader, Justin has developed projects from inception to completion. In his leadership roles, Justin provides continuity
Juan José Castellón is an Architect (ETSA Barcelona, 2003), an M.Arch. in Emergent Technologies & Design (Architectural Association London, 2011), a Doctor of Sciences from the Swiss Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich, 2018), and an Assistant Professor at Rice University from 2018. As co-founder of xmade Switzerland, he has been part of the design and
Martin Voelkle is a Partner at BIG who focuses on architecture, sustainable construction and technology. Martin has been leading BIG’s collaboration with ICON Build, a developer of advanced construction technologies, including 3D-printed buildings, which are produced with less waste and in a more expedited manner than typical construction methods. Collaborations with ICON have included affordable
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