Category: Commercial buildings
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
Pininfarina unveils Torre Designo commercial tower in Mexico City
International design firm Pininfarina is pleased to announce its latest project, a two-tower corporate office building design entitled ‘Torre Designo’ for Grupo Bosque Real, a real estate investment and management company based in Mexico City.
Read MoreSherwin-Williams expands high-performing commercial line with one-part urethane coating
Sherwin-Williams is expanding its high-performing Pro Industrial™ line with the introduction of Pre-Catalyzed Waterbased Urethane, a new single-component coating. Offering tough, flexible protection for a variety of commercial projects, the company stated the new coating has comparable performance to a two-part waterbased urethane with the ease of a single-component product, eliminating the need for on-site measuring and mixing.
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Construction commences on award-winning tower The Wedge
The Wedge, a sustainable new residential tower by Cox Developments in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada has commenced construction. The highly sustainable development was designed to achieve LEED Platinum certification, with numerous eco-friendly elements like water conservation, active on-site power generation, sustainable materials, natural ventilation, daylighting, and strategic sun control to name a few. The Wedge will also offer ground-floor commercial space. The development was designed by San Diego and Vancouver-based AVRP Skyport and is being built by Blackrete Builders Inc. Construction commenced August 1 2020, and is anticipated to be complete early 2023.
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Balfour Beatty celebrates completion of JRTC at LaVilla and ABC Project of the Year, Eagle Award recognition
Balfour Beatty has been recognized by The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of Florida, First Coast Chapter with its “Project of the Year” and Eagle Award in the institutional $25 million to $100 million category for the recent completion of Jacksonville Transportation Authority’s (JTA), Jacksonville Regional Transportation Center (JRTC) at LaVilla. The multi-modal JRTC at La Villa development project includes a 10,000-square-foot, LEED Silver certified Intercity Bus Terminal (IBT) linked to a five-story, 67,000-square-foot transportation hub via an overhead pedestrian bridge.
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Ainsworth & Dunn in Seattle
The historic Ainsworth & Dunn (A&D) Building was built in 1902 as a warehouse for the salmon packing company Ainsworth & Dunn. It embodies the historic relationship between industrial warehouses, their waterfront piers, and the railroad. When the building changed hands in 2015, its new owner sought to honor and preserve the warehouse while integrating it into a larger mixed-use development. The project included the adaptive re-use of, and third story addition to, the A&D Building, construction of a six-story mixed-use apartment building directly to its south, and pedestrian improvements on all sides.
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AIA releases strategies for reducing risk of COVID-19 in multifamily housing
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is releasing a new report today detailing strategies that can help mitigate risk of COVID-19 in multifamily housing. “Strategies for Safer Multifamily Housing” includes a seven-step Risk Management Plan for Buildings that multifamily housing owners and operators can utilize to assess hazards, apply architectural or engineering strategies, and reduce risk of virus transmission in buildings.
Read MoreTubelite INT67 expands interior framing options for retail spaces and commercial offices
Tubelite INT67 expands interior framing options for retail spaces and commercial offices. Tubelite’s INT67 profiles have a 2-inch face and 5-1/2-inch depth, and perimeter trim adapters cover standard 4-7/8-inch metal stud and drywall systems. Supporting green building goals, the aluminum interior framing members can be specified with recycled content.
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Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat announces initial keynote speakers for 10th World Congress 2019
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) announced the initial keynote speakers for the 10th World Congress, which will be held in Chicago from Monday, October 28 to Saturday, November 2, 2019. Speakers include Bjarke Ingels of Bjarke Ingels Group; Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture; Moshe Safdie of Safdie Architects; and Joe Berridge of Urban Strategies, Inc.
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GSky Living Green Walls installs Pro Wall® system for iPic Entertainment in Delray Beach
The Pro Wall® green wall system features one-foot-by-one-foot pre-grown planted panels of durable rockwool, offering a highly customizable palette for vertical exterior designs of small or expansive dimensions. Additionally, the system’s waste-reducing drip irrigation design minimizes water usage. As a major sustainable architectural feature in urban Delray Beach, the Wall cleans the air and muffles sound pollution.
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2018 commercial and multifamily construction starts showed mixed performance across top metros
Dodge Data & Analytics announced the leading U.S. metropolitan areas for commercial and multifamily construction starts registered a varied performance during 2018 compared to the previous year. Of the top ten markets, ranked by the dollar amount of construction starts, four reported greater activity in 2018 while six showed declines. At the national level, the volume of commercial and multifamily construction starts in 2018 was $212.4 billion, up 4%, which represented a moderate rebound after a 3% setback in 2017.
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