With a total of 32 schools slated to be built by 2025, the City of Berlin, Germany, found sustainable wooden modular construction offered the short construction time it desired while simultaneously establishing the city as one of the world’s major metropolises for wood construction. Six schools have already been successfully completed. The modular structures were […]
Watershed is a deeply green, mixed-use project that has achieved both Living Building Challenge (LBC) petal certification and Seattle’s aggressive Living Building Pilot Program (LBPP) standards. In designing the project, both the developer and architect teams sought to find a way to stand out among the progressive city’s many sustainably designed projects. “The stakes were […]
Janesville, WI – With an air of post-Covid celebration, The Mercury Store opened in June of 2021. The start-up space of 13,000-square-feet for entertainers is located in a 100-year-old metal foundry. To separate the massive space into two sound-resistant performance areas, CO Adaptive Architecture specified two movable Hufcor partition walls – each with an STC […]
New York – Eight helically-curved, double-glazed, 16-foot channel glass walls by Bendheim are key to the design of the new Franklin & Marshall College Winter Visual Arts Center in Lancaster, Pa. They clad the building’s 2nd and Mezzanine levels and define its celebrated “box-kite” shape. Steven Holl Architects designed the $29 million project – a […]
Malcolm Davis Architecture’s stunning Northern California residences intuitively sculpt light while masterfully evoking their natural surroundings, be they dramatic seaside landscapes or constrained urban infill lots. San Francisco, CA – Malcolm Davis Architecture (MDA), founded by Bay Area native, Malcolm Davis, AIA, is best known for its commitment to innovative and sustainable architecture that fully realizes […]
Boulder, CO – One of the hottest housing trends in the U.S. is the ADU or Accessory Dwelling Unit. Located on the same lot as a single-family home, the independent residential unit can be a guest house or a home for extended family. Tres Birds designed and built a cozy ADU in Boulder, Colorado. The […]
Bowerston, OH – When the curtain rose again at the historic Goss Opera House in 2020, the structure had been transformed. Thanks to a five-million-dollar renovation, every inch of the 37,000-square-foot building space was refurbished including eye-catching interior stair systems. Situated in downtown Watertown, S.D., the Goss Opera House was brought back to life after […]
Wauseon, OH – The famous quote from Alexander Graham Bell, “When one door closes, another door opens,” applies to Northport Pub & Grille in Michigan. That’s because, after an extensive year-long renovation, the local restaurant and bowling alley added eight Haas garage doors to open up and create a fresh, new design for their structure. […]
National interdisciplinary design firm HGA announced the completion of Capital One Hall in Tysons, Virginia. At the heart of Capital One Center, a new mixed-use urban redevelopment spanning 24.5 acres, Capital One Hall will opened on October 1. Situated amidst street-focused retail and the Watermark Hotel in the growing Tysons East neighborhood, the 149,000 square […]