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- Miami designers, architects join MAM team - MiamiHerald.com
“Miami Art Museum, in the midst of planning and designing a new home in Bicentennial Park, has assembled a design team that consists of at least 10 Miami-based architectural and design firms.
The Miami-based organizations are: A.D.A. Engineering, Miami, as civil engineers; Arquitectonica Geo, Miami, as landscape architects; Douglas Wood and Associates of Coral Gables, as […]
- New Orleans To New York: Fighting Blighted Properties - Bayoubuzz.com
When critics blasted the slow rebuilding of New Orleans, Ray Nagin shocked the world when he answered that all New York had to show for its recovery was a “hole in the ground” where the Twin Towers used to be.
Outrage flowed from all corners; yet ironically, Research Fellows at the conservative think tank the […]
- New California Academy of Sciences green building to open 27th September
The Renzo Piano designed Calfornia Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco is set to open on Spetember 27th.
The new Platinium LEED certified musuem will house the Kimball Natural History Museum, Steinhart Aquarium and the Morrison Planetarium. The new energy saving building with its 2.5 acre roof was design by Renzo Piano in collaboration with STANTEC architecture.
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- Johnpaul Jones talk - 25 August
Johnpaul Jones of Seattle’s Jones & Jones Architects and Landscape Architects will speak at 6:15 p.m. Monday, Aug. 25 at the AIA Center for Architecture, 403 N.W. 11th Ave., in Portland.
Admission is $7. For more information, call 503-223-8757.
SOURCE: Article Details - Daily Journal of Commerce.
- Second biggest Green roof in North America nearing completion
With the completion next spring of the new convention centre in Vancouver’s Coal Harbour, there will be a few blocks of new parkland added to the city — but they’re strictly for the birds and the bees.
The expansion project, west of the current convention centre, is being topped off with a 2.4-hectare green — or […]
- JS Online: Intelligent design for a great city
Great cities don’t just happen. They require planning, forethought and an insistence on good design.
Buildings like the Milwaukee Art Museum and the new Harley Davidson Museum are benchmarks for architectural excellence, but every bit of our city is important — every street, every park, every building.Read more @ the SOURCE: JS Online: Intelligent design for […]
- ‘Architecture School’ premieres on Sundance Channel
“Architecture School” follows a group of fourth-year architecture students as they conceive, refine and physically build a home for a family looking to reestablish themselves post Hurricane Katrina.
From classroom to construction site, the dedicated students learn on the job as creativity, vision and bold design meet the necessities of materials, budgets and time constraints, all […]
- Developer ask to rethink Boylston Street project
Boston Globe reports that developer – Ronald M. Druker is being asked by the city to rethink his design for a redevelopment of 103 year old building on Boylston Street.
For more information read ‘City wants new design for project near park’ @ the Boston Globe
- Architects for University of Iowa Health Care project announced
Leaders with University of Iowa Health Care and Heery International announced the final selection of two firms for the architectural team that will work on the proposed replacement hospital additions and renovations at UI Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.
HKS, Inc. Architecture of Dallas, Texas, will provide overall design leadership for the facility and lead […]
- A DIY Guide To Building A Green Roof Hits The Virtual Shelves.
London, England. Two of the UK’s leading proponents of green roofs have teamed up to produce ‘THE DIY GUIDE TO GREEN & LIVING ROOFS’ - a guide aimed at individuals with a Do-It-Yourself inclination along with those having trouble persuading local contractors to take up the challenge of installing a green roof on their behalf.
‘The […]
