Slip-form construction of thyssenkrupp Elevator’s Innovation and Qualification Center (IQC) and elevator test tower has been completed. The IQC is part of thyssenkrupp Elevator’s new North American headquarters at The Battery Atlanta and, at 420 feet tall, will be the tallest building in Cobb County as well as the tallest elevator test tower in the Western Hemisphere.
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The new owners of Mountain View Corporate Center in California, Rockwood Capital, invested in updating three buildings from concrete exteriors to a modern copper-colored metal panel façade. Linetec finished more than 23,000 square feet of aluminum panels in its proprietary Copper Anodize. Along with the high-tech aesthetic, the durable anodize supports the property’s sustainability goals and protects the aluminum panels fabricated by Morin Corporation and installed by Sheet Metal Systems (SMS).
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Morphosis will design a new corporate home, the Store Support Centre, for lululemon, the healthy lifestyle-inspired athletic apparel retailer in Vancouver, British Columbia. Morphosis will collaborate with L.A.-based architecture and interior design firm Clive Wilkinson Architects and Vancouver-based Francl Architecture for the project. The exterior façade will feature a high-performance brise-soleil system that limits solar heat gain to reduce energy consumption and to modulate the interior building climate for occupants, while also opening views of the surrounding environment.
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Zaha Hadid Architects has been selected to build the new Shanghai headquarters of the China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group (CECEP). The project has been designed to be the ‘greenest’ building in the city with sustainability embedded into every aspect of its design and construction to achieve more than 90 credits in China’s exacting Three Star Green Building Rating system – the highest score for any building in Shanghai.
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Josh Tremblay, IIDA has joined DLR Group as a principal and leader in the Workplace Studio. Based in Chicago, Tremblay is responsible for collaborating with workplace clients and design teams to deliver solutions that meet the ever-changing needs of the industry.
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When visualizing an environment to house an advanced staff of researchers and scientists, the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) enlisted the expertise of NELSON Worldwide to conceptualize the infrastructure for the future labs and equipment the company would require to develop automated vehicle technology and robotics and analyze their performance.
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Perkins and Will and lauckgroup celebrate their coming-together with the grand opening of a custom-designed workplace at The Foundry, a vibrant mixed-use destination in the heart of East Austin. The new studio, located at 1501 East 4th Street, strengthens the practice’s presence in Austin and enhances creative collaboration.
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As an established and expanding design, branding, and procurement firm, Interior Image Group (IIG) recently outgrew its 4,900-square-foot headquarters and went to seek out a new space that would accommodate its growing team and divisions. President and CEO Patti Tritschler chose to relocate her firm to an expansive, 8,000-square-foot new office in Crown Point, Indiana that would house her team in a comfortable yet creative space that emphasized IIG’s design aesthetic, expertise, and innovation in hospitality.
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For its Ontario headquarters, Plexxis contracted Sesco Design Build Inc. “to provide a full turn-key service – design, permits, buildout, etc. All design was done in-house,” said Sesco Group’s project manager Domenic DeFrancesco, HBA. Sesco Design Build’s project scope included responsibility for all of the ceiling design, layout and specification. DeFrancesco noted, “All of the ceiling systems were specified by Sesco with the assistance of Ryan (Hillier-Spurr at Arrlin Acoustic Supply Inc.) and Rockfon.”
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MAI Construction, Inc., a Bay Area commercial general contracting company, is pleased to announce that they have completed a 4-phase tenant renovation and expansion project for Novo Nordisk in Fremont, California. With a budget of $5.1 million-plus and four months to complete the work, the project included renovations to the Novo Nordisk office and collaborative spaces, break rooms, delivery areas and stem cell research and manufacturing laboratories.
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