The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) has welcomed Jacques Cattan as its new managing director, quality programs, who will oversee PCI’s programs, including certification activities for precast concrete plants, erectors, and personnel.
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11NOHO, located in the popular NOHO Arts District in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, offers a fresh perspective on historical South Californian courtyard apartments with a modern mixed-use development, designed for sustainability and an increased sense of community, balanced with privacy.
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The Spiral, a 66-story commercial high-rise designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), was crowned the world’s best tall building by The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). The ziggurat-inspired building features a unique facade featuring green cascading terraces on its exterior.
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The 4,645-m2 (50,000-sf) TheatreSquared (T2) building in Fayetteville, Arkansas, is an architectural gem, combining two theatres, artist apartments, rehearsal spaces, offices, educational areas, and community spaces, designed with innovative materials that create a distinctive identity fit for a cultural center within the city.
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A proposal has been put forward to transform the underutilized Washington, D.C. landmark, Robert C. Weaver Federal Building, which is the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD’s) headquarters since 1968, into a mixed-use space offering 300 housing units.
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Global architecture firm, Perkins&Will, in partnership with the nonprofit research organization, Healthy Building Network, has released two reports that aim for the adoption of low-carbon gypsum drywall, flooring, and insulation materials for AEC professionals.
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The Sandi Simon Center for Dance, located at Chapman University in Orange, California, is a remarkable example of architectural adaptive reuse. Originally a historic orange packing house, the building has been ingeniously transformed by Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects (LOHA) while preserving its external character.
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The facade of the ARRIVE hotel in Austin, Texas, playfully responds to building regulations that mandate a specific relief for structures longer than 30 m (100 ft), which requires buildings above this height to have a 0.6 x 6 m (2 x 20 ft) relief.
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Climate Pledge Arena, home to the NHL’s Seattle Kraken, WNBA’s Seattle Storm, and world-class entertainment, has made history by becoming the world’s first arena to receive Zero Carbon Certification from the International Living Future Institute (ILFI).
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Magazzino Italian Art’s Robert Olnick Pavilion in Cold Spring, New York, features a minimalist industrial design that enhances its postwar and contemporary Italian art exhibits. A notable space in the building is Gallery 2—the isotropic room—designed as a perfect cube with corner square windows.
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