A massive, colorful, moving mural creatively conceals a newly opened, four-level, 520,000-square-foot parking garage for a global technology company in Mountain View, California. Linetec finished 111,692 individual metal flappers in 35 different colors to compose the wind-activated KINETICWALL system manufactured by EXTECH/Exterior Technologies, Inc.
Reimagined student social spaces and academic areas at Quinnipiac University offer inspiring settings for learning and collaboration, fostering interdisciplinary engagement and connectivity
Reimagined student social spaces and academic areas at Quinnipiac University offer inspiring settings for learning and collaboration, fostering interdisciplinary engagement and connectivity, thanks to the creative work by architecture, art and advisory firm Svigals + Partners.
The leading women’s advocacy organization Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation has announced a leadership change, as architect and innovator Cynthia Phifer Kracauer, AIA, the organization’s executive director for the last seven-plus years, plans to leave the post by the end of this year.
Historic Alabama settlement of formerly enslaved Africans reimagined with new urban realm and public garden, training school, housing and a historic ancestral gateway; winning team includes Victor Body-Lawson, Elizabeth Kennedy Landscape Architecture, Brandt:Haferd, Nigeria-based Total Consult and WXY architecture + urban design
A historic Alabama settlement of formerly enslaved Africans has been reimagined with a new urban realm and public garden, training school, housing and a historic ancestral gateway.
The Minnesota Zoo Treetop Trail, the world’s longest elevated pedestrian loop, is now officially open to the public. The 1.25-mile walkway, made by adapting a monorail structure, takes guests up to 32 feet above the ground to gain new perspectives of the zoo’s many animals, including tigers, moose, bison and camels.
Linetec has added Aaron du Pont as a client development manager serving Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi. He will assist manufacturers of architectural aluminum components, products and systems with their selection and specification of paint coatings, anodize and specialty finishes.
Continuing its commitment to sustainable design excellence, SGA - a leading, multidisciplinary architecture, design and planning firm - has announced that Sadaf Jafari, LEED AP BD + C, CPHC, has joined the firm’s Boston office as the director of sustainable design.