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Building Types
From stickbuilt housing to the tallest buildings in the world, these stories address wide-ranging aspects of design and construction of commercial, health care, educational and other buildings. |
Latest Headlines
| 11/04/09 | Major Boom in Army Construction Changes Base Appearances As the Army addresses the lifestyle needs and concerns of its soldiers and their families—as defined by a 1983 survey and laid out for resolution in an "Army Family Action Plan"—many residential facilities the Corps of Engineers is designing and building resemble towns and villages rather than military bases. |
| 11/04/09 | Vegas' CityCenter Eyes Rocky Finish $8.5-billion hotel-casino-retail complex set for Dec. 1 phased opening in tough economy. |
| 10/28/09 | SOM To Develop New 'Green' Beijing Central Business District Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Chicago, won a contract to expand Beijing's central business district. The SOM plan calls for three new districts anchored by signature parks and green boulevards. |
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10/14/09 Timing Is Right For Bus Garage10/14/09 Low-Income Housing Project Takes Advantage of Lower Costs
10/14/09 Alabama Federal Building to Go Green With ARRA Money
10/07/09 Faulty Tower’s Implosion Presents Many Challenges
09/30/09 Developer Elects to 'Implode' 31-Story Tower in Texas
09/10/09Work May Start by Year-End On Controversial Brooklyn Arena
08/19/09 First Phase of Songdo Urban Center Is Now Completed
08/19/09 Bangkok Centerpiece Planned
08/19/09 U.S. Military Base Expansion
08/19/09 Big Steel Placed at New One World Trade Center in Manhattan
08/05/09 Tower's Private 'Sky' Garages Bring the Burbs to the 'Urbs'
07/15/09 Wrenches Put In Tower's Works
07/15/09 Flame Towers in Seismic Zone
06/03/09 Staging Machinations
05/20/09 State Court Clears Path For Brooklyn Arena and More
05/18/09 Ft. Bliss Building Complex for Wounded Personnel
04/07/09 Project of the Month: Ballpark Sprints to Opening Day
03/24/09 The Next Project to Stall Could Be Massive CityCenter
03/11/09 Curvy, Hip High-Rise Attracts Condo Buyers Despite Downturn
03/10/09 Amid the Gloom, Builders Start Two New European Skyscrapers
02/25/09 New Energy-Efficiency Standards Questioned by Real Estate Group
02/18/09 New Construction Takes Backseat to Renovation
02/18/09 White-Horse Replica, 50m Tall, May Grace Ground in U.K.
02/04/09 Developer of Latin America’s Future Tallest Tower Stops Work
01/30/09 London Olympic Venues Move Ahead, But Funding Woes Beset Organizer
01/28/09 Work Restarted on First U.S. Green Building Standard
01/28/09 Top of 800-Meter Burj Dubai Up Close, Inside and Out
01/14/09 Stupendous Setting Is Crummy Site
01/14/09 Habitat Apron Cooked Up To Mitigate Impact on Marine Life
01/14/09 Water Treatment and Reuse Reduces Use of Potable Water
01/07/09 Burj Dubai Surpasses 800 Meters
| Past Coverage: | 2009 2008 |
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