Various initiatives around the country are showing how the built history of a community can play a role in helping uplift the stories of African American and Black people today.
Think of Las Vegas and your mind most likely conjures visions of tourist destinations along Las Vegas Boulevard – aka “The Strip.” But year-round residents to the booming city aren’t necessarily drawn to the casinos that attract tourists from around the globe.
Artificial intelligence is all the rage. Watch the news, skim your social media sites and that may be all you see. AI — and specifically ChatGPT — can create marketing plans, write our kids’ college essays and even compose music.
Often referred to as one of the most picturesque and fan-friendly college baseball stadiums in the nation, Western Specialty Contractors – Orlando Branch recently completed improvements to Stetson University’s Melching Field stadium in DeLand, Florida.
The choices a designer makes for their own facility speak volumes. In the case of House Sprucing, a firm located in North Dallas, Texas, that does both residential and commercial design, their taste is on full display in their office and retail showroom.
Construction is completed at Kirwan Apartments in Waukegan, Illinois. McShane Construction Company provided design-assist construction services for the development on behalf of their client, Over the Rainbow. The 24-unit affordable housing residence allows adults with physical disabilities to live independently.
“God is in the details” is a phrase often attributed to the great modernist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and it certainly seems to apply to a recently transformed derelict printing plant that is now a Grand Rapids, Michigan-based architecture firm’s new headquarters.
The new facility’s glass and metal façade showcases Alumicor’s high-performance curtainwall and balances transparency, daylight and comfort with a blend of modern and historical style
Honored with a 2023 Global Future Design Awards’ gold winner for cultural architecture, La Place des Arts du Grand Sudbury also celebrated its one-year anniversary of serving as Northern Ontario’s first multidisciplinary art center focused on French-Canadian culture and community empowerment.
Ware Malcomb announced March 23 that construction is complete on Indigo Rideau Centre, a new flagship retail location for the Canadian-based retailer in Ottawa, Ontario. Ware Malcomb provided architect of record and engineering services for the two-story, 18,000-square-foot project.
One of the country’s oldest and largest Black-owned construction and real estate enterprises, Cruz Companies, has announced its support and involvement in a range of regional initiatives and community activities on the occasion of Juneteenth.