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Avocet Tower, Designed by Pickard Chilton, Incorporates View Smart Windows to Deliver One of the Healthiest, Most Energy Efficient Buildings in DC Area

November 16, 2021 - in Buildings, News

Washington, D.C.— View, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIEW) (“View”), the leader in smart building technologies, has installed its Smart Windows as an integral design element of Avocet Tower, a highly-anticipated 22-story, 370,000-square-foot office building with wellness-focused…

COP26: Industry calls for action from government and business to address embodied emissions in building construction

November 16, 2021 - in Buildings, News

Representatives of Stora Enso, Google, Lendlease, WEB Limited Group, World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the World Green Building Council…

Dow plans to introduce the world’s first commercially available program for carbon-neutral silicones in building façades

November 3, 2021 - in Buildings, Structural components

  PAS 2060-certified carbon-neutral silicones will decrease the environmental impact of buildings and contribute to achieving regional and global…

MdeAS Breathes New Life into Historic McGraw-Hill Building at 330 West 42nd Street

October 21, 2021 - in Buildings, News

Tower - Credit MdeAS Architects   (New York, N.Y.) – MdeAS (em-dee-a-s), a New York based architecture firm known for modern design and focused on redefining Class A buildings, interiors and public spaces, is currently working on the revitalization…

New Blackwater Community School Continues to Serve as a Hub for Education and Culture for Generations to Come

October 20, 2021 - in Buildings, News

Rosendin Completes Construction on the New School for Gila River Indian Community Tempe, Arizona (October 13, 2021) – Construction on the new Blackwater Community School, a two-story structure on the Gila River Indian Community, located southeast…

GSA & DOE Seek Technologies for Net-Zero Carbon Buildings

October 19, 2021 - in Buildings, News

The U.S. General Services Administration’s Green Proving Ground (GPG) program, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to obtain responses from vendors and other interested parties on technologies…

AISC Offers $5,000 for the Next Great Steel Floor Beam Connection

October 19, 2021 - in Buildings, News

CHICAGO - Structural steel is already the gold standard for rapid erection. But what if we could make it even faster? The American Institute of Steel Construction is offering $5,000 for up to three great ideas to revolutionize steel floor beam connections.…

The Department Announces Construction Award for the U.S. Consulate General in Milan

October 15, 2021 - in Buildings, News

The Department of State has awarded Caddell Construction Company LLC of Montgomery, Alabama the construction contract, managed by Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO), for the new U.S. Consulate General in Milan, Italy.  SHoP Architects…

New Sustainable Hybrid Sandwich Elements Combine Concrete and Wood

October 14, 2021 - in Buildings, News, Structural components

Hybrid construction offers construction companies a more sustainable way of building without changing their current building methods. Metsä Wood and its partners have designed a hybrid sandwich wall element, which will renew offsite construction. The innovation…

MHTN ARCHITECTS WINS LEARNING BY DESIGN’S GRAND PRIZE FOR WEST BOUNTIFUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

October 13, 2021 - in Buildings, News

The Student-Centered School Promotes Collaboration, Creativity, and Sustainability   SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH— OCTOBER 13, 2021— MHTN Architects, a nationally recognized, multidisciplinary architecture firm specializing in student life and educational…