Page B1 . 09 July 2008       
ArchitectureWeek - Building Department
NEWS   |   DESIGN   |   BUILDING   |   DESIGN TOOLS   |   ENVIRONMENT   |   CULTURE
< Prev Page Next Page >
 
BUILDING
 
  •  
  • Super Seismic Medical Center


    AND MORE
      Current Contents
      Blog Center
      Book Center
      Download Center
      New Products
      Products Guide
      Classic Home
      Calendar
      Competitions
      Conferences
      Events & Exhibits
      Architecture Forum
      Architects Directory
      Library & Archive
      Web Directory
      Jobs & Marketplace
      About ArchWeek
      Search
      Subscribe & Contribute
      Newsletter Free
       

     
    QUIZ
     
    NEXT WEEK


    BUILDING THIS WEEK

    ArchWeek Image

    SUPER SEISMIC MEDICAL CENTER

    The Mills-Peninsula Medical Center, currently under construction in Burlingame, California, will be the first "base-isolated" hospital in northern California.

    Built on isolator bearings with seismic dampers, the building was designed by Anshen + Allen to remain operational after a major seismic event. During an earthquake, the building can move up to 30 inches (76 centimeters) horizontally and two inches (five centimeters) vertically without incurring major damage.

    Continue...

    More Building and Construction

    Constructing a "Gehry" — Canadian Architect, 2008.0709

    a Noise within Will Move to Pasadena — Los Angeles Times, 2008.0709

    Wildfire: Oakland Hills, 17 Years Later — San Francisco Chronicle, 2008.0709

    Building Plan to Recharge Rural Wales — Wales Online, 2008.0708

    Suburb 'McMansion' Craze Creeps into the Boroughs — WCBS TV, 2008.0707

    Home Show's Focus Is Eco-Friendly Construction — Modesto Bee, 2008.0707

    Wrangling Neighbors, Building Condos — Daily Journal of Commerce, 2008.0707

    Questions of Size and Taste for Queens Houses — New York Times, 2008.0705

    Housing Braces for Further Pain — The Australian, 2008.0705

    Building Approvals Fall, Return to Trend — Sydney Morning Herald, 2008.0702

    Australia's Building Approvals Decline 6.5% on Rates — Bloomberg, 2008.0702

    House Prices Show Worst Fall for 16 Years — Guardian Unlimited, 2008.0702

    Vancouver's Ugly Home Craze — The Tyee, 2008.0701

    Quantum Consortium Hits House Building Targets — 24Dash, 2008.0701

    Fastest U.K. Home Price Fall in 16 Years — Press Association, 2008.0701

    Construction Spending Drops 0.4 Percent in May — New York Times, 2008.0701

    UK House Prices in Grip of Slump That Experts Expect to Deepen — Telegraph, 2008.0701

    Crisis in Home Building — Herald Sun, 2008.0701

    New Home Sales Weaken in May — News.com.au, 2008.0701

    Construction Begins on University of Wales Newport Campus — BBC News, 2008.0630

    Harvard, Sidwell Embrace Green Design in Labs, Roof — Bloomberg, 2008.0630

    Laws Attacks Leaky Home Plan — Stuff, 2008.0630

    New Zealand's Home-Building Approvals Declined 42% in May — Bloomberg, 2008.0630

    Rethinking Grand Avenue — Los Angeles Times, 2008.0629

    Cranbrook Architect Bill Massie Designs a House — Detroit News, 2008.0628

    Construction Materials Costs Go through Roof — Dallas Morning News, 2008.0627

    Housing May Have Hit a Floor — Barron's, 2008.0627

    Home Builders Add Eco-Friendly Marketing Claims — Arizona Republic, 2008.0626

    The Buildings, They Are a Changin' — China Daily, 2008.0626

    Note: Pages will open in a new browser window
    External sites are not endorsed by ArchitectureWeek.

    Library : more Tools and ConstructionHome Design and Building, and Green Building

    Building Last Week

    Building Department Archive

    Special thanks to our Sustaining Subscribers  BuilderSpace.com,
     
    < Prev Page Next Page > Send this to a friend       Subscribe       Contribute       Media Kit       Privacy       Comments
    ARCHWEEK  |  GREAT BUILDINGS  |  ARCHIPLANET  |  DISCUSSION  |  BOOKS  |  FREE 3D  |  SEARCH
    http://www.ArchWeek.com/building.html
    © 2008 Artifice, Inc. - All Rights Reserved