The American Institute of Architects (AIA) announces that spending on nonresidential building construction is expected to increase almost four percent this year and more than two percent in 2020, according to the new AIA Consensus Construction Forecast.
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With designers ever conscious of how their projects will appear on Instagram, a host of jaw-dropping interiors that push the design boundaries define the twelfth edition of INSIDE, the World Festival of Interiors. Whether it’s a novelty cat café in Guangzhou, China, or a global heritage brand such as Fortnum and Mason inside London’s Royal Exchange, across the board we’re seeing design with a capital D. INSIDE is the sister festival of the World Architecture Festival and celebrates the world’s finest examples of interior design.
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Two solar control low emissivity (low-e) glass products from Vitro Architectural Glass make up the unitized and site-built curtain wall systems featured in Urban Union, a 268,000-square-foot, 12-story office building that is part of Amazon’s downtown Seattle headquarters expansion project.
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Looking to create a contemporary hotel while honoring the city’s history, BBGM integrated a balance of contemporary materials with traditional proportions into the Draftsman Hotel. The podium features rust colored Trespa panels – a high pressure laminate siding – reminiscent of the neighboring red brick buildings. Transitioning the material of the facade above the podium to a contemporary Nichiha fiber cement helps to visually detach this element, lessening the visual impact of the hotel on the street’s architecture.
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Alameda Point Partners, LLC announced that the group has achieved significant milestones on phase one of Alameda Point’s Site A development project in Alameda, California. Site A is a $1 billion mixed-use, transit-oriented waterfront development on the site of the former Naval Air Station Alameda. Alameda Point Partners (APP) is a joint venture between Managing Partner Trammell Crow Residential (TCR), a division of Dallas-based Crow Holdings, Los Angeles-based developer Cypress Equity Investments (CEI), and San Francisco Bay Area-based commercial developer srmERNST Development Partners.
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Architecture, urbanism and landscape-design firm Studio One Eleven has completed its latest shipping-container project – an al-fresco food hall in downtown Bellflower, Calif. Made from 14 repurposed shipping containers, SteelCraft Bellflower offers 15,000 square feet of dining, drinking and social space, positioned around a courtyard with food and drink vendors.
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According to Dodge Data & Analytics, new construction starts in June advanced 9% from the previous month with increases in nonresidential building, office buildings, public buildings, healthcare facilities, and warehouses. However, through the first six months of 2019, total construction starts on an unadjusted basis were down 8% from the same period a year ago.
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The new 1,300 seat concert hall in Ostrava is sited adjacent to the existing House of Culture. The building was designed as a “perfect acoustic instrument in its case” in collaboration with Nagata Acoustics. It will provide performance space for the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, the leading Czech orchestra for commissioning contemporary music.
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Latitude 33 Planning & Engineering announced earlier this month, that Nicholas J. Psyhogios, PE is its newest Principal. A registered civil engineer, he has over 20 years of experience with residential, commercial, utility, wetland restoration, and public sector projects.
Read MoreThe Shepley Bulfinch Award grants funding to a faculty member — or team of faculty members — to conduct research that investigates materials or sustainability. Jesús Vassallo was selected for the award for his project “Tall Timber.”
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