Legat Architects has appointed Jason Lembke, AIA, LEED AP, director of its K-12 Education practice, and Robert Wroble, AIA, LEED AP, associate director of K-12 Education.
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The Architectural Precast Association (APA) has announced the winners for its 2010 APA Awards for Design & Manufacturing Excellence Competition, which recognizes outstanding design and production work utilizing architectural precast concrete.
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According to the latest data from the Commerce Department (as of April 2010), construction spending in the United States fell in February to a level not seen since November 2002.
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In early March, the nation’s leading building code organizations announced a first-of-its-kind collaboration they say is designed to boost critical green building practices across the country. The ICC, ASHRAE, USGBC and IES have come together to establish a comprehensive model green building code designed to rapidly advance green building practice across the United States.
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The California Building Standards Commission has adopted the nation's first mandatory standards and codes for green building in residential, commercial and public construction projects.
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According to a recent Harris Interactive poll, conducted on behalf of Boral Bricks, most Americans prefer brick to other types of exterior cladding.
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According to a Jan. 12, 2010 report from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 90 designers or firms thus far have expressed interest in the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, which is a National Park Service (NPS) project to redevelop the parkland around the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
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On Nov. 18, 2009, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) reported that amidst a continued high level of inquiries for possible new projects, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) reached its highest mark since August 2008.
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The National Trust for Historic Preservation has bestowed upon Vincent J. Scully its Crownshield Award for lifetime achievement – the organization's highest honor. Scully, Sterling Professor Emeritus of the History of Art at Yale University and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Miami, has been called the most important interpreter of art and architecture of our time, the National Trust stated in a news release.
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The University of Utah has started construction of a $130-million, sustainably designed interdisciplinary research facility, the first of four buildings that will create a new Interdisciplinary Quadrangle, aimed at attracting some of the world’s most recognized faculty researchers, and fuel Utah’s economic development activity.
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A custom home in the Belcaro Woods residential community in Denver, Colo., designed and built by the Weston Construction Corporation recently won two design awards.
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Earlier this year, the Smithsonian Institution selected the winning firm from its design competition for the planned National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. The joint venture of Freelon Adjaye Bond/SmithGroup stood out among five other finalists (and 22 competing firms total) to win the job.
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The Brick Industry Association (BIA) announced the recipients of its 2009 Brick in Architecture Awards, which honor innovative use of clay brick in eight categories: commercial, educational, health care facilities, houses of worship, multi-family residential, municipal/government, paving and landscape architecture, and single family residential applications.
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