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Raisbeck Aviation High School (RAHS) in Tukwila, Wash.

Raisbeck Aviation High School (RAHS) in Tukwila, Wash.

Posted by | Sep 30, 2019 | 0 |

Raisbeck Aviation High School (RAHS) in Tukwila, Wash., designed by Bassetti Architects, is adjacent to an airport and located on the Museum of Flight campus. The theme for the school grew out of the district’s proximity to a growing aviation industry that was experiencing a shortage of technical workers and career specialists in the profession. Overall, the new school embodies the culmination of the program’s evolution – from the curriculum to the site design.

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Vitro Glass makes Jewel Changi Airport in Singapore sparkle

Vitro Glass makes Jewel Changi Airport in Singapore sparkle

Posted by | Aug 26, 2019 | 0 |

Jewel Changi airport in Singapore was constructed with Solarban® 72 Starphire Ultra-Clear® and Solarban 70 solar control, low-emissivity (low-e) glasses by Vitro Architectural Glass. The structure’s glittering dome covers 1.7 million square feet of terraced gardens, retail and restaurant space, lodging, terminal operations, and the world’s tallest indoor waterfall.

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Chicago Union Station’s renovate Great Hall features new skylight finished by Linetec

Chicago Union Station’s renovate Great Hall features new skylight finished by Linetec

Posted by | Jul 18, 2019 | 0 |

Soaring 115 feet above the floor, the renovated station’s Great Hall now features a two-tier skylight system: the original restored, 177-foot-long, barrel-vault system and a new, 187-foot long, high-performance system installed approximately five feet above it by Super Sky Products Enterprises LLC. Enhancing the durability and minimizing future maintenance, Linetec finished the new skylight’s aluminum framing in a Bone White, 70% PVDF resin-based architectural coating.

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Officials to break ground on new $1.5 billion terminal at Kansas City International Airport

Officials to break ground on new $1.5 billion terminal at Kansas City International Airport

Posted by | Mar 19, 2019 | 0 |

The new terminal, designed by the Chicago, Ill.-based Skidmore, Ownings & Merrill (SOM), will feature 1 million square feet of space and 39 gates, the construction of which is projected to create 5,000 jobs. Upon opening in 2023, it will reflect the Kansas City region’s identity as a business, visitor and lifestyle destination in the center of the U.S.

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Nature, technology, and community meet in the concept design of Pittsburgh International Airport’s Terminal Modernization Program

Nature, technology, and community meet in the concept design of Pittsburgh International Airport’s Terminal Modernization Program

Posted by | Feb 20, 2019 | 0 |

As part of a special board meeting and the annual State of the Airport event, the Allegheny County Airport Authority Board of Directors approved a visionary concept design for the Terminal Modernization Program at Pittsburgh International Airport. The design team joint venture of architectural and engineering firms Gensler and HDR in association with luis vidal + architects, were awarded the design contract in July 2018. They have been studying the Pittsburgh region and taking their inspiration directly from the rolling hills and rivers, neighborhoods and communities, and new economic diversity that has led to Pittsburgh’s re-emergence over the past few decades.

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Boulder Valley School District opens new sustainable Transportation Center designed to LEED

Boulder Valley School District opens new sustainable Transportation Center designed to LEED

Posted by | Jan 25, 2019 | 0 |

The Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) today celebrated the opening of its new Transportation Center, the first of three major projects to support educational opportunities in the 31,000-student district. Located on a 9-acre site in eastern Boulder, the 40,000-square-foot Transportation Center is designed to follow LEED design principals by the Denver-based Stantec team.

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Zaha Hadid Architects and A_Lab to design two stations on new Fornebubanen metro line in Oslo

Zaha Hadid Architects and A_Lab to design two stations on new Fornebubanen metro line in Oslo

Posted by | Dec 12, 2018 | 0 |

Gianluca Racana, director of Zaha Hadid Architects, said: “It is an honour to be selected by the jury to build two stations in this design competition with many talented architectural practices. The Fornebubanen will be a vital new transport link for the city.” The competition jury assessed anonymous proposals from 14 different teams, stating the design of Fornebu Senter station demonstrated a vibrancy and enthusiasm for designing civic space. The jury also cited the Fornbuporten station proposal as expressing an innovative way of working with light.

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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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