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Vetrotech Saint-Gobain, Greenlite Glass provide key element to Salesforce Transit Center: Daylight

Vetrotech Saint-Gobain, Greenlite Glass provide key element to Salesforce Transit Center: Daylight

Posted by | Sep 20, 2018 | 0 |

Pelli Clark Pelli Architects designed the Salesforce Transit Center with “soaring light-filled spaces” to give “San Francisco a grand entrance that befits its status as one of the world’s great cities.” Inside the airy and spacious Grand Hall, sunshine is filtered more than 100 feet below the center’s above-street-level park by the Contraflam Liteflam XT-120 walkable fire-rated glass floor and skylight. More than 4,000 sheets of glass make up almost 300 panels, providing daylight for the Grand Hall. A second installation brings natural light down below street level.

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Hoefer Wysocki Designs New Northglenn Justice Center

Hoefer Wysocki Designs New Northglenn Justice Center

Posted by | Sep 20, 2018 | 0 |

Hoefer Wysocki, an interdisciplinary architecture and design firm, has completed the design for the new Northglenn Justice Center, a 45,000-square-foot facility designed to provide an up-to-date space to house the Northglenn Police Department, along with the city’s municipal court and a crime lab. Highly visible from I-25, the new $20 million building sits at the highest natural point of Adams County at 50 W. Community Center Drive in Northglenn, Colorado.

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SEPTA Downtown Link features glass block “active” wall system by EXTECH

SEPTA Downtown Link features glass block “active” wall system by EXTECH

Posted by | Sep 19, 2018 | 0 |

This summer, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) completed the first phase of the Downtown Link, its Center City concourse improvement program to upgrade the underground pedestrian tunnel network. Significant architectural enhancements were made during this phase including an innovative, backlit, glass block “active” wall system by Exterior Technologies, Inc. (EXTECH).

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DAS Architects-designed The Harper, tops out at 24 stories

DAS Architects-designed The Harper, tops out at 24 stories

Posted by | Sep 19, 2018 | 0 |

“The interior design of The Harper celebrates the essence of posh Rittenhouse Square location and its place in the history of the City,” said Susan M. Davidson, IDC, co-founder and principal of DAS Architects.  “For the entry courtyard, Pearl commissioned Linda’s Symphony, a stunning two-story mural by Philadelphia artist Edward McHugh that draws the natural setting of Rittenhouse Square from the courtyard through the length of the interior lobby. We designed a motion-inspired paving pattern with soft, modern furnishings and materials for the ground floor, with a large reclaimed truss above as a playful structural reminder of the site’s rich history.”

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IMC Construction Builds Center for Social Impact

IMC Construction Builds Center for Social Impact

Posted by | Sep 18, 2018 | 0 |

A bridge will connect the student drop-off area to the new 3-story steel structure clad in brick, cast stone and glass curtainwall. Inside, sunlit common areas will encourage informal gathering, conference rooms will house group meetings and a grand stair will serve as amphitheater seating as well as connecting the first and second levels. Classroom spaces with moveable, writable walls will help to integrate science, technology, engineering, arts and math studies.

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Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Previews ANSYS Hall at Carnegie Mellon University

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Previews ANSYS Hall at Carnegie Mellon University

Posted by | Sep 17, 2018 | 0 |

Architecture firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson (BCJ) July 11, announced their design for ANSYS Hall at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). Designed for collaborative research and maker-based learning, ANSYS Hall will be utilized by faculty, graduate and undergraduate students across multiple disciplines, and underscore university-corporate partnerships.

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London Hotel Undergoes a Stunning Transformation with Lumiflon FEVE Resin

London Hotel Undergoes a Stunning Transformation with Lumiflon FEVE Resin

Posted by | Sep 17, 2018 | 0 |

The Novotel dons a visually-stunning exterior façade, which features protruding box windows that give the hotel a more dynamic look. This aesthetic is furthermore enhanced with the utilization of ALUCOBOND® Plus Spectra Cupral, an aluminum composite material that contains color-changing properties. The shifting hues are due to a high-performance coating system that was finished with a Lumiflon-based topcoat.

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Willis Tower’s “Altitude” Amenity Space Provides Comfort, Elegance for Workers

Willis Tower’s “Altitude” Amenity Space Provides Comfort, Elegance for Workers

Posted by | Sep 13, 2018 | 0 |

The new tenant amenity spaces are part of Willis Tower’s more than half billion dollar renovation project aimed to evolve the historic building from a skyscraper into a first-class workplace destination. The renovation is the largest in Willis Tower’s 43-year history, and will add more than 300,000 square feet of new retail, dining and entertainment space at the base of the tower, 150,000 square feet of new tenant amenity spaces, and a 30,000 square-foot outdoor deck and garden. The next stage in the building’s transformation will take place far below the clouds on the ground floors, with developments at the base that are due to debut in 2020.

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Custom window retrofit improves energy efficiency, comfort at “Grand” Chicago restaurant

Posted by | Sep 13, 2018 | 0 |

Renovate by Berkowitz, LLC, (RbB) announced the completion of a window retrofit project at the Grand Lux Café in the 600 N. Michigan Avenue building in Chicago. Working with Clifton Architectural Glass and Metal, the project’s glazing contractor, RbB designed a customized glazing solution to improve the restaurant’s energy efficiency and indoor comfort.

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150M High Tech High School Opens in Secaucus, NJ

150M High Tech High School Opens in Secaucus, NJ

Posted by | Sep 12, 2018 | 0 |

Hudson County’s newest High Tech High School is open. Set on the 20-acre Frank J. Gargiulo Campus, the new $150 million facility will educate nearly 2,000 students in more than 70 leading-edge classrooms and specialty spaces. The Hudson County Improvement Authority (HCIA) managed the design and construction process for Hudson County Schools of Technology (HCST) and partnered with RSC Architects, DMR Architects, MAST Construction Services and Terminal Construction Corp. to design and build the new 350,000-square-foot school.

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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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