Retrofitting and adaptive reuse of older buildings is often an ideal eco-friendly solution — bringing existing structures up to modern energy efficiency standards without the resource consumption of new construction.
In October, Western’s San Francisco Branch was named a 2021 International Concrete Repair Institute Project of the Year Award Finalist (Historic Category) for renovation and repurposing of the SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity in Sacramento, Calif.
Interior design, procurement, capital management, and project management firm Premier announced a new architecture service offering for ground-up construction and full renovation projects.
Providing natural light, while promoting a comfortable, creative and productive interior, interlocking polycarbonate translucent wall system replaced the brick exterior's broken and empty window openings.
While the cause of the collapse of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Fla. has yet to be determined, the question of safety, building codes, concrete and high-rise structures has been the topic of discussion as of late, and likely will be for some time to come.
Building Enclosure’s Editor, Lindsay Lewis, sits down with Daniel Overbey, the Director of Sustainability for Browning Day, to discuss a hot topic as of late: embodied carbon.
Starting in 2017, Beebe Healthcare undertook an aggressive expansion program for its facilities in southern Delaware to better serve the community’s needs.
Back in 2017, Allina Health Mercy Hospital had a problem. The Minnesota health care location had simply run out of space. The solution involved relocating and enlarging the main entrance, reconfiguring the hospital’s interior and adding a parking garage.
Transforming Bernard Becker Medical Library into an education service and technology hub was one of the initial steps in a five-year plan by Washington University School of Medicine to better integrate its St. Louis campus.
New York Metro Branch was honored virtually on Oct. 22 with a 2020 International Concrete Restoration Institute Award of Merit for façade restoration of historic Christ Church United Methodist in New York.
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