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Month: April 2021

Construction is underway on 103-unit affordable housing community in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood

Construction is underway on 103-unit affordable housing community in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood

Posted by | Apr 12, 2021 | 0 |

KTGY announced today that construction is underway on Capitol Square Apartments, which will provide 103 income-restricted residential units near the Central Business District of Downtown Denver. “We live and work in this wonderful community and it is truly exciting to have a meaningful role in bringing new, high-quality affordable housing in an amenity-rich neighborhood near transit and employment,” said Terry Willis, AIA, LEED AP, a principal in KTGY’s Denver office. “Attracting both young workers and empty nesters looking for a walkable, urban home, Capitol Square features unit sizes that address the ever-increasing need for affordability in the downtown core.”

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LMN Architects designs new Classroom Building at the University of California Santa Barbara

LMN Architects designs new Classroom Building at the University of California Santa Barbara

Posted by | Apr 12, 2021 | 0 |

The University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) has begun construction on a new 90,000 SFT Classroom Building designed by LMN Architects on a central site adjacent to the Library along Library Mall. The Classroom Building is designed to be a porous structure that opens at every face to welcome the university community, intertwining the life of the building with the surrounding campus and spectacular natural environment.

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KWK Architects transforms Bernard Becker Medical Library at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

KWK Architects transforms Bernard Becker Medical Library at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Posted by | Apr 9, 2021 | 0 |

Transforming Bernard Becker Medical Library into an education service and technology hub was one of the initial steps in a five-year plan by Washington University School of Medicine to better integrate its St. Louis campus. The program, called Building Campus Connections, focuses on incorporating educational services, expanding clinical space, and improving research and service facilities while building a cohesive, collaborative environment. KWK Architects took the lead role in designing renovations to Becker Library’s basement, ground floor lobby entrance, and second through seventh levels.

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Edmonton’s new Stanley A. Milner Library elevates a community focal point

Edmonton’s new Stanley A. Milner Library elevates a community focal point

Posted by | Apr 8, 2021 | 0 |

The Edmonton Public Library (EPL) celebrated the grand opening of its renewed Stanley A. Milner Library on Sept. 17, 2020. The new Milner Library not only reinvented its former box-shaped structure into a flowing, angular, modern icon, but also reimagined its interior as a brighter, quieter, more inviting, innovative, public space. Supporting the EPL’s and Milner Library’s design goals, Teeple Architects selected Rockfon’s acoustic stone wool ceiling panels to contribute to the welcoming, comfortable, energy-efficient space.

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Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art reveals plans for major expansion designed by Safdie Architects

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art reveals plans for major expansion designed by Safdie Architects

Posted by | Apr 7, 2021 | 0 |

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art today revealed plans for an expansion that will increase the size of the current facilities by 50 percent. Ten years after completing the original design for the museum, Safdie Architects has returned to create a seamlessly integrated expansion that resonates with the existing pavilions and outdoor spaces. New structures will house additional galleries, educational facilities, event spaces, a café, and new indoor and outdoor gathering spaces.

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The Dodge Momentum Index increases in March

The Dodge Momentum Index increases in March

Posted by | Apr 7, 2021 | 0 |

The Dodge Momentum Index, issued by Dodge Data & Analytics, moved 1.7% higher in March to 151.4 from the revised February reading of 148.8. According to the March data, the Index hit its highest level since the summer of 2018 as a result of an increase in institutional projects that entered the planning stage, and which came on the heels of a similar gain for the sector in February. While healthcare and lab projects continue to dominate institutional planning, March saw a more broad-based selection of project types including education and recreation buildings.

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New CSI and Collectus integration means advanced Revit standards in the Collectus platform, galvanized by CSI’s Crosswalk

Posted by | Apr 7, 2021 | 0 |

CDV Systems (CDV) and The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) have announced a product integration connecting CSI’s widely-adopted construction industry organizing principles with cloud-based BIM libraries. CDV Systems and 26 Degrees Software created Collectus®, a remote BIM management product providing architecture, engineering, construction, and owner (AECO) firms and institutions a complete and fully functioning Autodesk® Revit® standards library accessible in the cloud.

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HMA officers, board elected for 2021

Posted by | Apr 6, 2021 | 0 |

The Board of Directors of the Hardwood Manufacturers Association (HMA) elected Troy Brown, Kretz Lumber Company, Inc., Antigo, Wisconsin, President of the HMA at their National Conference and Expo in Austin, Texas, March 23. Other HMA officers for 2021 are Vice President Tommy Petzoldt, East Perry Lumber Company, Frohna, Missouri; and Executive Vice President Linda Jovanovich, HMA, Pittsburgh.

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Accomplished women from BNBuilders, FPBA, and PMA lead Healthpeak’s Callan Ridge project

Accomplished women from BNBuilders, FPBA, and PMA lead Healthpeak’s Callan Ridge project

Posted by | Apr 6, 2021 | 0 |

With Women’s History Month placing a renewed focus on women’s contributions, female leaders from BNBuilders, Project Management Advisors, Inc. (PMA), and Ferguson Pape Baldwin Architects (FPBA) have united for Healthpeak’s Callan Ridge project.  Located at 3020 & 3030 Callan Rd., the Callan Ridge project includes two new premier scientific research buildings in the heart of San Diego’s Torrey Pines Science Park. 

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Southern Cypress Manufacturers Association elects 2021 officers

Posted by | Apr 6, 2021 | 0 |

Members of the Southern Cypress Manufacturers Association (SCMA) elected officers for 2021 at the association’s Annual Meeting on March 24, in Austin, Texas. Zack Rickman, Atlanta Hardwood Corporation (AHC), Mableton, Georgia, was elected SCMA president. Cassie Lewis, Turn Bull Lumber Company, Elizabethtown, North Carolina, was elected SCMA vice president.

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Cradle to Cradle Certified products

The Cradle to Cradle program certifies products based on five quality categories—material health, material reutilization, renewable energy and carbon management, water stewardship, and social fairness. Click here to see a list of building supply & materials, as well as other products, that are Cradle to Cradle certified.

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