| NEWS | DESIGN | BUILDING | DESIGN TOOLS | ENVIRONMENT | CULTURE |
| BUILDING | ||
|
|
Open-Web Steel Joists | |
|
|
Energy Star for Multifamily High-Rises | |
|
BUILDING THIS WEEK |
|
|
Focusing on structural engineering issues involved in the repair, restoration, or adaptive reuse of older buildings for which drawings no longer exist, this article is the eighth in a series about antiquated structural systems that can be adapted or reanalyzed for safe reuse. — Editor Most of the systems that have been discussed in this series are no longer in use because they have been replaced by more innovative or more economical methods of construction.
|
|
ENERGY STAR FOR MULTIFAMILY HIGH-RISES The EPA's pilot program for the Energy Star for Multifamily High-Rises (MFHR) applies primarily to new construction. It was launched in 2006 with projects in New York and Oregon, and was later expanded to Colorado, Georgia, New Jersey, Texas, and Nevada in order to gather data from different climates.
|
|
More Building and Construction Underground Mine Preserves Legacy of Oya Stone — Asahi, 2010.0618An Experimental Approach to Lighting — Metropolis P/O/V (blog), 2010.0617 Blue Sky Thinking — Metropolis, 2010.0616 Open-Web Steel Joists — ArchitectureWeek, 2010.0616 Big Ideas Stuffed into Small Buildings at the Victoria & Albert — Fast Company, 2010.0614 Subterranean Schoolhouse Blues — , 2010.0610 Lake/Flato Warms Up Cranbrook Campus — Architect's Newspaper, 2010.0610 Enclosing a Frick Portico Would Create a Gallery — New York Times, 2010.0610 How the Bubble Bursts — Nature, 2010.0609 Mumbai, Dubai in Race to Build the Tallest Residential Tower — Bloomberg Businessweek, 2010.0609 One World Trade Center Hits the 20th Floor — Wall Street Journal, 2010.0607 Stadiums under the Spotlight — Sydney Morning Herald, 2010.0607 New Home Bucks the Trend with Radiant, Ductless HVAC — Contractor Magazine, 2010.0607 Sydney Opera House Gets $132M Upgrade — CBC, 2010.0606 University of Florida Builds Solar Home for Global Contest — USA Today, 2010.0605 University of Oregon Will Ask State to Sidestep Public Process to Build Massive Football Project — Oregonian, 2010.0603 US Stocks Climb, Boosted by Construction, Manufacturing Data — Press Release a MarketWatch, 2010.0601 Cowboys Stadium Takes Center Stage at NFL Owners Meeting — , 2010.0601 Oregon Town Plans First Tsunami-Resistant Building — Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2010.0531 Risk of Giant Quake Off American West Coast Goes Up — Nature, 2010.0531 Trump SoHo in New York City — New York Times, 2010.0530 Perfect Pitch: Cape Town's Green Point Stadium — Guardian, 2010.0530 Small Dwellings Fill a Niche — Los Angeles Times, 2010.0529 Sky Has a Limit in China, "Supertall" Designer Says — Wall Street Journal, 2010.0528 The Architects with Designs on Dundee — The Times (UK), 2010.0528 Whitney to Break Ground on New Downtown Building in 2011 — Art Daily, 2010.0528 New Green Building for Winter Haven Fire Department — Ledger, 2010.0527 Berkeley Quake Trial Shows Bridge Safety Ideas — San Francisco Chronicle, 2010.0526 Building a Brighter Future in Siem Reap, Cambodia — MIT News, 2010.0525 Seattle's Backyard Cottages Make a Dent in Housing Need — USA Today, 2010.0525
Note: Pages will open in a new browser window Library : more Tools and Construction, Home Design and Building, and Green Building Special thanks to our Sustaining Subscribers BuilderSpace.com, |
|
