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November 17, 2020
 
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Designs revealed for world’s first coral conservation facility
 
Designs revealed for world’s first coral conservation facility
 
Designed by Contreras Earl Architecture, along with engineering and sustainability consultants Arup and Werner Sobek, the Living Coral Biobank aims to nurture over 800 species of hard corals.
 
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Hoefer Wysocki to design new Texas clinic
 
Hoefer Wysocki to design new Texas clinic
 
Kansas City-based Hoefer Wysocki has been selected to design a new community-centered outpatient clinic for the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs in Harlingen, Texas.
 
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With new Philly building, Yazdani Studio is hoping to create an innovative typology for healthcare design
 
With new Philly building, Yazdani Studio is hoping to create an innovative typology for healthcare design
 
The Yazdani Studio of CannonDesign is creating a department-less health building for the Philadelphia Neurologic Institute.
 
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Revealing designs for the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum renewal project
 
Revealing designs for the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum renewal project
 
The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts has approved a new concept design by Reed Hilderbrand and Trahan Architects for the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum in Washington, D.C.
 
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USGBC announces the 2020 Leadership Award recipients
 
USGBC announces the 2020 Leadership Award recipients
 
GG-loop brings biophilic regenerative architecture to urban developments
 
GG-loop brings biophilic regenerative architecture to urban developments
 
Bobrick promotes Matthew Louchheim as president
 
Bobrick promotes Matthew Louchheim as president
 
Ensuring quality in electrical construction
 
Ensuring quality in electrical construction
 
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Timber towers: The future of tall wood design
 
Timber towers: The future of tall wood design
 
From our archives: Design firm Hickok Cole has designed Timber Towers, a conceptual 60-story mass timber skyscraper in Philadelphia, to showcase what is possible with wood.
 
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More about repointing: Matching sand
Failures
 
Successful long-term performance for repointing mortar joints in an existing masonry structure requires the development of an appropriate mortar mix, proper installation, and correct designation of the type and extent of work required. Work on older structures often involves developing a repointing mix that matches the original mortar.
 
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Project News
Colorado museum maintains historic look with curved standing-seam roof
 
Colorado museum maintains historic look with curved standing-seam roof
 
The Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum in Denver, Colorado, boasts of more than 16,908 m2 (182,000 sf) of hangar space full of iconic aircraft, space vehicles, artifacts, and military uniforms. When the existing corrugated metal roof on the structure had reached its useful lifespan, the project team retrofitted it with a curved standing-seam roof.
 
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EVENTS
 
FGIA Annual Conference
Feb 22-25, 2021
 
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Mar 20-21, 2021
 
International Roofing Expo
Apr 14–16, 2021
 
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Feb 28–Mar 3, 2022
 
 
Inside CSI CSI
 
 
LET’S BUILD ATTENDEE PAIGE KNOWLES TALKS ABOUT HOW THE CAMP INFORMED HER CAREER
Paige Knowles is a recent high school graduate who studied plumbing and heating. While in school she worked as a plumbing apprentice and attended the Let’s Build Construction Camp for girls. She also competed in plumbing competitions where she won several titles. Here, Paige talks about her experience at the Let’s Build Camp, and her goal of being her own boss and spreading awareness about the skilled trades.
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PRODUCT MASTERSPEC VS. BSD SPECLINK VS. ARCAT?
I would like to know what services are typically sourced for finding manufacturers specifications. There are many services out there that would like to sell manufacturers like us their services and each claim to have the largest audience. We have had varying levels of success in the past with different platforms but I would like to hear direct from architects and spec writers on the subject. Are proprietary specifications from manufacturers generally frowned upon or are they accepted by your firms?
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Construction underway for Miami’s most expensive, deepest underground garaged
 
 
Adjaye Associates to design Houston university student facility
 
 
The Architectural Team appoints four new principals
 
 
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