Public housing developments across the United States are aging – according to the Urban Institute, 51 percent of public housing units were built before 1975. This means buildings can lack basic features like adequate insulation and air conditioning that are important for keeping residents healthy and comfortable.
The luxury retail architect and design firm AZA has been tapped to conceive a new, freestanding specialty center for the world’s best watches and timepieces in Lower Gwynedd Township, Pennsylvania.
Niles Bolton Associates recently renovated its corporate headquarters in Atlanta’s Buckhead Plaza. The 25,605-square-foot, two-level office renovation updated physical space and technological systems to support the 158-person Atlanta office. The firm provides architecture, interior design, landscape architecture and planning services for clients’ residential, hospitality, corporate office and other commercial projects.
With stricter energy codes on the horizon in cities nationwide, real estate leaders are more focused on sustainability and energy efficiency than ever before – and they are relying on creative, forward-looking architects to ensure both new and renovated buildings will meet both upcoming mandates and their own green design goals.
Everyone knows that companies want more employees to come back to in-person work, but many may not be aware of the innovative and aggressive ways they are pursuing their goals.
A newly renovated live performance venue unites an iconic historic building and interior with state-of-the-art sound, production and stage design at the UCLA Nimoy Theater.
There is increasing recognition among businesses that an office needs to be a desirable environment to inhabit. In order to recruit and retain employees, today’s office has to be humanly functional, comfortable and good-looking.
Architecture and interiors firm The Architectural Team has announced the completion of The Cordwainer, an innovative, new, 54-unit all-memory-care community in Norwell, Massachusetts. By focusing entirely on a population with specialized care needs, the project fills a crucial gap in the assisted living world.
Komatsu Mining Corp., one of the world’s largest manufacturers of construction and mining equipment, recently opened its new South Harbor headquarters in Milwaukee.
When Phillip Carr discovered that the drab, 1950s ex-pawnshop he’d bought to house his management company was actually an ornate historic building dating from the 1880s, his renovation plans changed.