Category: Noteworthy Projects
Noteworthy
Palm Springs ‘Agrihood’ wins top masterplan awards
Miralon, the sustainably designed “agrihood” community in Palm Springs, has received a sweeping set of 2021 Gold Awards, the top honor bestowed by PCBC – representing the best of the building industry. Sharing in the honors are: Robert Hidey Architects (RHA) which also helped conceive Miralon’s progressive land plan as well as the community’s overall design guidelines; ANDERSON | architecture + interiors & MRY, designer of Miralon Club interiors: and C2 Collaborative, creator of multiple outdoor spaces and linking with Miralon’s network of trails and the entire Miralon land plan, highlighted by the transformation of the former golf course.
Read MoreKTGY earns three 2021 Gold Nugget Grand Awards and 11 Merit Awards honors
KTGY announced that the firm has received three Grand Awards and 11 Merit Awards in the 2021 Gold Nugget Awards competition.
Read MoreRedevelopment of Denver Water’s Operations complex named the year’s most outstanding engineering triumph
IMEG Corp.’s Denver Water Operations Redevelopment project has won the 2021 “Grand Conceptor” Award signifying the year’s most outstanding engineering achievement at the 54th Annual Engineering Excellence Awards Gala (EEA) — a national juried competition from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC). The project yielded a 186,000 square foot LEED Platinum, net-zero energy administration building, a 7,400-sf LEED Gold wellness building, a 15,400-sf LEED Gold building renovation, and a 155,000-sf parking structure on the site.
Read MorePrecast/Prestressed Concrete Institute announces 2021 PCI Design Awards winners
A luxury multi-family community, major league baseball stadium, and world-famous causeway highlight the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute’s 2021 PCI Design Awards which were announced recently. “Once again, the precast concrete industry has put its best foot forward and has delivered many inspiring and impressive projects,” said PCI President and CEO Bob Risser, P.E. “Each year, the PCI Design Awards program demonstrates that precast concrete is not only a practical solution to many construction challenges, but also a head-turning aesthetic solution.”
Read MoreAIA honors cutting-edge designs with 2020 Education Facility Design Award
The American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) Committee on Architecture for Education (CAE) is recognizing 11 projects for state-of-the-art designs of schools and learning centers. The Education Facility Design Award jury selected six facilities for its Awards of Excellence and five projects for its Awards of Merit.
Read MoreACI announces winners of Annual Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards
The American Concrete Institute (ACI) announced the winners of the 2020 Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards, who were honored during the Institute’s Virtual Concrete Convention, on October 26, 2020. The highest honor was presented to Kennedy Center Expansion Project, Washington, D.C.
Read MoreASLA announces 2020 Professional and Student Award winners
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) last week announced the 2020 Professional and Student Award winners. Chosen from 567 submissions, this year’s 31 Professional Award winners represent the best of landscape architecture in the General Design, Urban Design, Residential Design, Analysis & Planning, Communications, and Research categories.
Read MoreMBH Architects named Grand Award Winner at 2020 Gold Nugget Awards
MBH Architects announced that they have been named a Grand Award Winner at the 57th annual Gold Nugget Awards. MBH was recognized in the “Best Affordable Housing Community – Under 30 du/acre” category for their work on the Fetters Apartments and Celestina Garden Apartments development in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Read MoreKTGY Architecture + Planning receives 2020 Gold Nugget Award honors
Judges for the PCBC’s 2020 Annual Gold Nugget Awards have recognized KTGY Architecture + Planning at its annual competition in 13 different categories with 15 awards. The award program honors architectural design and planning excellence and draws entries from throughout the United States and internationally.
Read MoreASLA elevates 19 members to the Council of Fellows
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has elevated 19 members to the ASLA Council of Fellows for their exceptional contributions to the landscape architecture profession and society at large. Election to the ASLA Council of Fellows is among the highest honors the ASLA bestows and is based on their works, leadership, management, knowledge, and service.
Read More- PRISM winds down
- Glorya Kaufman Performing Arts Center transforms former temple with EXTECH’s translucent LIGHTWALL system
- HGA-engineered elementary school becomes first Net Zero Energy school in Wisconsin
- ACI Concrete Convention transitions to fully virtual
- Stantec to provide engineering services for Western Australia’s first comprehensive city centre university campus
- Sept. 7 webinar to provide insulating glass units guidance
- New York’s Crotona Park’s historic clock tower lanterns revitalized with EXTECH’s custom glass block assembly
- FGIA offering hands-on demonstration of installation practices during 2021 Hybrid Fall Conference
- Adolfson & Peterson Construction and Douglas Unified School District #27 break ground on Douglas High School expansion and renovation
- Total construction starts move lower in July
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