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Frank Gehry’s new landmark building for Children’s Institute to break ground tomorrow

Frank Gehry’s new landmark building for Children’s Institute to break ground tomorrow

Posted by | Jan 29, 2020 | 0 |

Children’s Institute (CII), the social impact organization dedicated to transforming the lives of children exposed to adversity and poverty in Los Angeles, announced that the groundbreaking ceremony for their new Watts campus will take place on Thursday, January 30 at 11am. Designed pro bono by architect Frank Gehry, the ceremony celebrates the beginning of construction on the $20 million project at the corner of E. 102nd Street and Success Avenue in Watts.

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Hogs for the Cause Family Center, a sanctuary of healing in New Orleans

Hogs for the Cause Family Center, a sanctuary of healing in New Orleans

Posted by | Jan 28, 2020 | 0 |

One of the original structures on the former 1930s-era U.S. Marine Hospital site, the Hogs for the Cause Family Center designed by EskewDumezRipple, is now a welcome sanctuary of healing for visiting families and patients to New Orleans’ Children’s Hospital. The project is a story of how a community came together to take a long-forgotten tract of land and property, and repurpose and prioritize it for patients, families, and the greater New Orleans region, and in doing so, designing a space that invokes a much larger community impact.

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Cultural and Health Center buildings in Shanghai have topped out

Cultural and Health Center buildings in Shanghai have topped out

Posted by | Jan 26, 2020 | 0 |

Designed by Steven Holl Architects, the Shanghai Cofco Cultural and Health Center has topped out. The project aims at being a social condenser, fostering community among the residents of the surrounding new housing blocks with a public space and park along an existing canal. While the adjacent housing blocks are repetitive, here the architecture is of spatial energy and openness, inviting the whole community in for recreational and cultural programs.

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Arkansas nonprofit received $440K to construct 56-unit housing development

Posted by | Jan 26, 2020 | 0 |

Strategic Community Investments of Fort Smith, Arkansas, was recently awarded a $440,000 Affordable Housing Program (AHP) grant from Arvest Bank and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas). The grant will help fund the construction of Electric Park, a 56-unit apartment and four-plex community for low- to very low-income, special-needs, elderly and homeless individuals.

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Lorin supplies anodized aluminum for unique panels on the CapitaMall LuOne shopping complex in Shanghai

Lorin supplies anodized aluminum for unique panels on the CapitaMall LuOne shopping complex in Shanghai

Posted by | Jan 24, 2020 | 0 |

Lorin Industries, Inc. announces that it supplied the anodized aluminum for the unique shining silver-toned exterior panels for the CapitaMall LuOne shopping complex, located in Shanghai, China. Designed by famed international architect Moshe Safdie, the CapitaMall LuOne’s façade includes a living wall with exterior curtain wall “flappers” made from Custom ClearBrite® and Custom Silver White anodized aluminum provided by Lorin, which move gracefully in the wind.

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ADMARES to deliver 16 floating hotels to Qatar to serve tourists and fans for the FIFA World Cup 2022

ADMARES to deliver 16 floating hotels to Qatar to serve tourists and fans for the FIFA World Cup 2022

Posted by | Jan 21, 2020 | 0 |

The signing of the MOU comes through the commitment of Qetaifan Projects and ADMARES to deliver sustainable solutions with minimum ecological impact as the hotels will be built according to the strictest energy standards – for instance the hotels will rely on solar energy. To ensure the overall functionality and attractiveness of the hotels, the modern and urban buildings have been designed by the award-winning Finnish architect firm, Sigge Architects.

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OZ Architecture designs WellAge Greeley senior living community

OZ Architecture designs WellAge Greeley senior living community

Posted by | Jan 15, 2020 | 0 |

OZ Architecture has designed a new 71,000 square foot senior living community in Greeley, Colorado. OZ was selected for the architecture and interior design of the 92-unit community by Rocky Mountain Senior Housing, a leading developer of senior living communities that are designed to enrich the quality of life for older adults and their families.

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Architecture Design Collaborative breaks ground on Anton NoMa

Architecture Design Collaborative breaks ground on Anton NoMa

Posted by | Jan 15, 2020 | 0 |

The ceremonial groundbreaking on the 1-acre site marked the start of Architecture Design Collaborative’s collaboration with Anton DevCo in the construction of Anton NoMa, a new mixed-use development in the neighborhood of Walnut Creek. The firms states that it will be constructed with a strong commitment to sustainable building by pursuing LEED or Green Point certification.

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Toyota to build Woven City, a prototype city of the future

Toyota to build Woven City, a prototype city of the future

Posted by | Jan 10, 2020 | 0 |

Earlier this week Toyota announced plans to build a prototype “city” of the future on a 175-acre site at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan. For the design of Woven City, Toyota has commissioned Danish architect, Bjarke Ingels, founder and creative director, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). Envisioned as a “living laboratory,” the Woven City will serve as a home to full- time residents and researchers who will be able to test and develop technologies such as autonomy, robotics, personal mobility, smart homes and artificial intelligence in a real-world environment.

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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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