Dubai · 2007.0110
Atlanta, Georgia-based Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates (TVS) has revealed its design for Dubai Towers in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The four towers, ranging from 54 to 97 floors in height, are clustered in a form inspired by the movement of candlelight. The buildings will combine residential, commercial, retail, and hospitality functions as the centerpiece for The Lagoons, a new urban development. Completion of the Dubai Towers complex is planned for 2010.
Boston · 2007.0110
The new FanZone sports merchandise store at TD Banknorth Gardens in Boston, Massachusetts, includes features that allow the store to switch between Boston Celtics basketball team and the Boston Bruins hockey team merchandise to reflect which team is playing on any given day. The joint-venture design team of ICON architecture, inc. of Boston and Partners by Design of Manchaug, Massachusetts, developed a rotating panel fixture for the perimeter system to allow store staff to change merchandise quickly and easily. The storefront also features a backlit acrylic panel system with changeable projected team logos and color lighting in yellow (Bruins colors) or green (Celtics colors). A seamless white rubber floor evokes the ice of a hockey rink, with nine-foot- (2.7-meter-) diameter basketball disks suspended from the opened-cell ceiling system above.
San Diego · 2007.0109
Construction is complete for the Qualcomm, Inc., Building W Campus in San Diego, California. Architects | Delawie Wilkes Rodrigues Barker of San Diego handled programming, design, contract document preparation, and construction administration for the project, which is being submitted for LEED Gold certification. Energy-efficient features include high-efficiency lighting, boilers, and water heaters, and high-performance insulated glazing. The 10.7-acre (4.3-hectare) campus comprises a 12-story engineering office building, a two-story computer chip-testing facility, a 4.6-megawatt power co-generation plant, and a seven-story parking garage. M. Andrew Rodrigues, AIA, served as principal-in-charge for Architects | Delawie Wilkes Rodrigues Barker.
New York · 2007.0108
Norman Rosenfeld, FAIA, FACHA, founder and managing principal of New York City firm Norman Rosenfeld Architects LLC, has joined Stonehill & Taylor Architects, P.C., also of New York City, as a consulting principal. Rosenfeld brings to the position almost four decades of experience in the programming, planning, and design of acute-care hospitals. His imprint can be found on many of the major medical facilities in New York and throughout the East Coast, including projects at Mount Sinai Medical Center, St. Luke's/ Roosevelt Hospital Center, Staten Island University Hospital, North General Hospital, and New York Downtown Hospital.
Dallas · 2007.0108
Dallas, Texas-based IA Interior Architects has promoted two staff members to principal, nine to senior associate, and 13 to associate. The two principals are Chris Nguyen, at the IA corporate headquarters, and Mary Lee Duff, at the firm's San Francisco, California, office. Duff has 21 years of professional experience, including 15 years at IA, specializing in workplace strategies. She recently worked on the Old Navy headquarters in San Francisco, and is currently working on Bancolombia headquarters in Medellin, Colombia, and ongoing projects for Chevron in San Ramon, California, including a Bay Area Portfolio Master Plan. Nguyen, the controller in IA's finance department, has been with IA for over seven years.
Miami · 2007.0104
Construction is complete on Oak Plaza in Dacra Development's Design District of Miami, Florida. The project comprises three new low-rise buildings and a converted warehouse around an urban plaza and new pedestrian thoroughfare. Khoury & Vogt Architects of Miami designed a stucco masonry building with a second-story loggia. Keenen/Riley Architects (K/R) of New York City designed the adaptive reuse of the warehouse into a 5,000-square-foot (470-square-meter) restaurant. Cure & Penabad Studio of Coral Gables, Florida, designed the L-shaped Loggia Building and an additional stucco building, as well as the remaining features, including transforming an existing asphalt parking lot into a plaza of Caribbean limestone. Three clusters of 200-year-old white oak trees will remain in place. The Loggia Building, which will house another restaurant, is clad in blue and green glass Bisazza tiles.
Charlestown · 2006.1229
Carter & Burgess, Inc. has appointed Paul D. Moyer, P.E., as its Boston, Massachusetts, area leader, based in the firm's Charlestown office. Moyer has 27 years of experience in design and management. Previously he served as vice president and branch manager for the Boston office of Dewberry. His experience includes buildings, municipal services, higher education, and federal programs.
El Cajon · 2006.1222
Acoustics expert Daniel R. Raichel of Fort Collins, Colorado, died in El Cajon, California, on December 22, 2006, at the age of 71. A mechanical engineer, Raichel studied sound in a variety of contexts, from music halls to airports, and consulted on industrial noise control. He wrote a significant textbook, The Science and Applications of Acoustics; was director of the Acoustics Research Center at Cooper Union in New York City; and taught at Cooper Union, the Pratt Institute in New York City, the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, and Case Western Reserve in Cleveland, Ohio.
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