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On Jan. 13, 2010, Atlanta-based Perkins+Will announced that it had "joined forces" with Toronto-based Shore Tilb
With building restoration projects, you have few or no options other than to use existing materials to replicate an old building back to its former glory. But that is not always easy to do. Some buildings have major problems, from correcting structural i
For most working Americans, free time is a precious commodity these days. I would wager that most of you don’t know a single soul who works a “standard” 9-to-5 and then spends the weekends doing whatever he or she pleases, never checking their smartphone
Recently, I have been reacquainting myself with a TV series I loved as a teenager—Star Trek: The Next Generation. While watching an episode one evening, it occurred to me that there is at least one lesson we can take from the series (as well as the origi
Completed in 1971, the original Tozzer building was a boxlike brick-clad structure designed to host Harvard’s anthropology research library
Features • New York Hospital Queens Astoria Primary Care Clinic • Faith In Masonry
Recently, I was asked: “What is your favorite business tool?” I didn’t have a quick answer, and I’ve been thinking about it ever since. Of
The design of most hospitals and other healthcare facilities often can look and feel cold or uninspired, but they don’t have to be. Amore inviting design can lead to a clinic that becomes part of a community rather than derided. Let’s face it: No one wan
The most visible landmark in the town of Shrewsbury, Mo., is the distinctive brick bell tower of the Kenrick-Glennon Seminary. A glimpse of it hints at the beauty of the masonry buildings on the Seminary campus. These structures look like they were tr
This April is World Landscape Architecture Month, a global celebration of landscape architecture. The American Society of Landscape Archite
Features • Climate Efforts To Impact Built Environment • Designing for Exterior Continuous Insulation • A Fresh Equation for Campus Dining
Built with professionals in mind, the Paver Armor Pro line of advanced hardscape products provide superior performance and protect the most sensitive natural stone, Laticrete says. These colo
SG+ Pro Tech Series sealer from Black Diamond Coatings is a color enhancing, semi-gloss to glossy sealer for masonry and concrete surfac
Features • Grimmwelt Kassel • Challenging The Myths Of Permeable Pavement • Things Are Looking Up In Hardscaping
If you were to visit the site of a new building project and were asked to examine the hardscaping design, your natural inclination would be to look down at the ground. In most instances, you wouldn’t be wrong in making that choice. But if you were to vis
We’re all familiar with the tales from the Brothers Grimm, the 19th-century German authors whose stories still haunt and entertain us today. Their work – “Rumpelstiltskin,” “Cinderella,” “Rapunzel,” “Snow White,” and “Hansel & Gretel,” for example –