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BNIM’s glass-shrouded Fine Arts + Design Studios settles into the Great Plains
<►>Completed in 2019, BNIM’s Fine Arts + Design Studios is the newest addition to the campus of Johnson County Community College. (Nick Merrick | Hall+Merrick) Overland Park, Kansas, is a small...
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Architects and manufacturers discuss glazing and new code requirements
Over the past year and a half, several states, including New York, Massachusetts, and Illinois, have adopted the measures of the 2018 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) for buildings in...
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Elkus Manfredi Architects restores and enhances the Little Building with UHPC...
<►>The building’s light wells were transformed into usable space through the insertion of glass volumes. (Elkus Manfredi Architects) As one of the oldest cities within the United States, Boston...
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Steven Holl Architects’s scalloped Winter Visual Arts Building showcases the...
<►>The design is made possible through a lightweight, two-story ‘box-kite’ steel frame where the entire roof structure is exposed. (Photography by Paul Warchol) The new Winter Visual Arts...
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Houston’s Ion will transform a disused Sears into an Rice University-led...
<►>The retrofit included the partial demolition of the concrete mass to allow for the insertion of new curtain wall. (Courtesy Walter P Moore) The decades-long decline of retail across the...
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Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s Rubenstein Forum features gargantuan bird-safe...
<►>The Rubenstein Forum, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, is the newest addition to the University of Chicago campus. (Brett Beyer) Under present circumstances, the act of gathering through...
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Pendry West sets a ripple through Manhattan’s Hudson Yards
<►>The waveform edges of each concrete slab will eventually support the building’s distinct facade. (Photo by Pavarini McGovern) In an age where healthcare design is rapidly embracing new...
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Studio Gang crowns St. Louis with a new crystalline residential tower
<►>The unitized curtain wall system features argon-filled insulated units with a low-e coating. The glass is interspersed with clear anodized aluminum panels (Credit Tom Harris) Though it’s been...
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Baltimore’s National Aquarium will make its iconic glass pyramid bird safe
The National Aquarium in 2016 (Theresa Keil/© National Aquarium) In keeping with its conservation mission, the National Aquarium in Baltimore has announced plans to make all of the glass in its...
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The Hans Rosling Center’s glass and aluminum fins embody the university’s...
<►>The east side of the building features smaller aluminum fins which help blend the structure into the surrounding campus buildings. (Photo by Kevin Scott/Courtesy Miller Hull) ArchitectThe...
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Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s Columbia Business School carves out a niche with...
<►>Columbia Business School’s new Manhattanville digs span approximately 490,000 square feet across two buildings: Henry R. Kravis Hall (pictured) and the East Building. (Timothy Schenck)...
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The historic Menokin House gets a novel rewrapping in structural glass
<►>Apart from stabilizing the existing masonry (currently underway), the restoration strategy hinges on a new steel armature capable of supporting a glass roof, enclosure, and even floors....
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