Axis Technologies Group, Inc. announced today that Kirchhoff Construction will join the company as an efficiency advocate in energy saving partnering. Kirchhoff, a leader in innovation, recently installed in their own facility the energy efficient lighting fixtures by Crescent/Stonco, a division of the Genlyte Group, Inc. that is equipped with the Axis Dimming/Daylight Harvesting [...]

HDR is part of a team that was selected to provide construction management for a project to extend the Number 7 Subway Line in New York City. The contract was awarded to Hill International, LiRo Engineers, Lemley International and HDR, a Joint Venture. The team was selected by MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority), NYC Transit and [...]

Strong commercial and industrial growth helped contractors continue to build on another record construction year in Waterloo during the first three months of 2007.
In Cedar Falls, construction value for the first three quarters is running 22 percent behind last year’s totals.
“There were some large commercial projects that went down already this year with contractors wanting [...]

Not only is the Goldman Sachs building at 30 Hudson St. in Jersey City the tallest in the state. It is also distinguished by its design and use of wood products and energy-saving measures that help protect and sustain the environment.
That helps make the financial giant a leader in building construction and in corporate [...]

Design build firm MetroPartnership is seeking loft design entries, due March 9, to the Interior Motives Design Competition (pdf). Applicants will propose luxury living and working interiors for three raw lofts at Lofts at Metro92 in Yonkers, New York.
Open to designers, design firms, schools, and students, the contest is an opportunity for free publicity. On [...]

In his design for a 52-story tower across the Hudson River from Manhattan, internationally acclaimed architect Rem Koolhaas wants to inspire social interaction, life and energy.
The building’s design — three rectangular slabs stacked perpendicular to each other — allows for a mix of uses: condominiums, a hotel, artist lofts and studios, gallery and retail space.
“I [...]

Olana, named by Frederic E. Church and his wife, Isabel, for an ancient Persian “fortress treasure house,” is a work of art in itself, on the order of Claude Monet’s house in Giverny, France, or Albert Barnes’ gallery and arboretum in Lower Merion, Pa. Inspired by a trip to the Near East in the late [...]

CoWare®, Inc., the leading supplier of platform-driven electronic system-level (ESL) design software and services, and Tensilica®, Inc., the leading provider of configurable processor cores, announced they have collaborated to deliver a comprehensive ESL design environment with CoWare’s Platform Architect for Tensilica’s processors. CoWare will distribute a SystemC-based Processor Support Package (PSP) with the flexibility to [...]

This may be the year when environmentally focused architecture gets serious, driven by global climate change. Even smog-swaddled China is jumping on the eco-bandwagon.
Several U.S. cities — including San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and Austin — now require use of guidelines developed by the U.S. Green Building Council for public projects. (Called LEED, the guidelines encourage [...]

Intricate Islamic architecture can be found the world over. The delicate mix of art, space concepts and construction styles have combined to give it a unique identity.
MENTION Islamic architecture and the familiar dome and minarets come to mind, two structures which define and identify a faith embraced by over a billion people all over the [...]

The cumulative effects of the regional construction boom, pegged at $1 trillion, have boosted interest in allied sectors as a host of interior designers, landscaping professionals, architects, design consultants, chefs and lifestyle participate in the Dubai Ideal Home Show. The expo is scheduled to be held at Airport Expo Dubai from Nov 30 to Dec [...]

The cumulative effects of the regional construction boom, pegged at USD1 trillion, have boosted interest in allied sectors as a host of interior designers, landscaping professionals, architects, design consultants, chefs and lifestyle experts are headed for the emirate to participate in the Emirates Today Ideal Home Show.
The event scheduled to take place at the Airport [...]