Brought to you by: In response to San Francisco’s housing crisis, David Baker Architects (DBA) implemented a modular construction method and fast-tracked financing to deliver its Tahanan Supportive Housing complex. Located in the South of Market (SoMa) neighborhood, the project’s 63,000 square feet of space are distributed across six stories and provide 145 apartments for
TAKTL is an organization of researchers, designers, and manufacturers with an exclusive focus on Architectural Ultra High Performance Concrete (A|UHPC®) facade elements. Driven by the world’s first vertically integrated UHPC manufacturing facility, we specialize in collaborative design, fabrication, and delivery of the highest quality custom A|UHPC facades.
Brought to you by: At the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut, science and art intertwine in more ways than one. New Orleans–based firm Eskew + Dumez + Ripple has designed a new wing for the museum faced with precast concrete panels and glass. The addition’s stonework references the striated geological bedrock found in local quarries
Brought to you by: The first phase of the new home for the Metro de Madrid, the Centro Integral del Transporte (CIT), has been completed with nearly zero-emission building status. Designed by a team of architects from Gutiérrez-delaFuente Arquitectos, Nexo Arquitectura, and Andrés Perea Arquitecto, the CIT represents the first phase of a larger redevelopment
Brought to you by: In recent years, fast-paced high-rise development has given Jersey City, New Jersey, a notable skyline. Among this rapid vertical growth along the Hudson River is 351 Marin, a 38-story, mixed-use building in the formerly industrial Powerhouse Arts District. Its design is the work of New York City–based architecture office HWKN. Located
Katherine Miller has a unique technical background, specializing in curtain wall and building façade detailing. She started her career as a façade consultant in New York City, developing expertise in a range of exterior cladding, including all-glass curtain walls, metals, stone, terracotta and precast concrete cladding systems. Since joining EHDD in 2006, Katherine has led
Brought to you by: An amalgamation of glass, concrete, and steel coalesce to form the George and Judy Marcus Hall for the Liberal and Creative Arts, a single, virtuous structure comprising several boxy volumes at San Francisco State University. San Francisco– and Paris-based Mark Cavagnero Associates paid careful attention to the Bay Area’s temperamental microclimate
Medgar Marceau joined Morrison Hershfield in 2008 with a unique mix of building envelope, energy modeling and life cycle assessment experience. In addition to Medgar’s building science expertise, he has extensive experience in whole building energy simulation, building envelope systems, life-cycle assessment (LCA) and material science including infrared thermographic analysis, modeling of air and moisture
Brought to you by: Architect: Candalepas Associates Location: Sydney, Australia Completion Date:September, 2022 Located a block from Sydney, Australia’s Hyde Park, 116 Bathurst Street has brought a facade of apses and arches to the city. Also known as The Castle, the 37-story tower contains retail and residential spaces, in addition to a hotel. The design
Facades+ returns to Denver on September 21-22 for its annual gathering of AEC professionals for an event featuring the latest in building enclosure technology and high-performance facades from around Colorado and further afield. Organized by AN and the Colorado Building Enclosure Council (COBEC), this year’s event will showcase a new wave of facade design in
The Rieder Group is specialized in the manufacture of solution-oriented, environmentally friendly and economical facade products from glassfibre reinforced concrete. The elements have a thickness of only 13 mm and are available in various colors, surfaces and formats, providing a great deal of scope for designing individual building covers.
BROUGHT TO YOU BY: Architect Safdie Architects Location São Paulo, Brazil Opening August, 2022 Programmer, Interior Planner, and Executive Architect Perkins&Will Landscape Architect Isabel Duprat Skylight Sub-Contractor Seele Structural Engineer Thornton Tomasetti, Avila Engenharia, BRZ Experts Facade Thornton Tomasetti, Crescencio Environmental Atelier Ten, Ca2 Horticulture Sue Minter General Contractor Racional Engenharia Exposed Concrete Beams Peri
Brought to you by: Architect KieranTimberlake Location Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia Completion Date May 2020 Structural and Facade Engineer Thornton Tomasetti Structural Engineer (Construction Phase) Keast & Hood Landscape Architect West 8 Landscape Design Construction Manager Hunter Roberts Exterior Envelope Contractor National Glass & Metal Company Curtain Wall Erie Architectural Products Custom Aluminum Fabrications Architectural Systems, Inc.
Alexis Feitel, P.E. is a structural designer with custom high-end residential, high-seismic residential, multi-family, concrete high rise, existing building renovation, connection design, construction engineering, and sustainable design experience. She has been with KL&A for 6 years, with previous structural experience in the Denver area. She is the KL&A Team Carbon Unit Director, a team focused
Brought to you by: Architect CO Architects Location Los Angeles, California Completion Date November 2020 Construction Manager at Risk Rudolph and Sletten MEP Engineer and LEED Consulting Affiliated Engineers (AEI) Structural and Civil Engineering KPFF Engineering Landscape Architect Studio-MLA Lighting Designer KGM Architectural Lighting Historic Consultant Page & Turnbull Curtain Wall Arcadia Windows Insulated Glass
The Carpenters’ District Council of Ontario (CDC) is composed of 16 affiliated Local Unions of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners across the province. In total, we represent over 30,000 women and men working in a wide range of skilled trades including carpentry, drywall, resilient flooring, concrete formwork, underwater construction, welding, scaffolding, and a
Brought to you by: Architect MVRDV Location Amsterdam Completion Date 2015 Planting Design Piet Oudolf Structural Engineer Van Rossum Raadgevende Ingenieurs Contractor G&S Bouw B.V. and Boele & Van Eesteren B.V. Engineering Inbo Parametric facade design Arup Glazing Blitta Natural Stone Kolen Natuursteen When it comes to designing buildings that look like mountains, MVRDV is