McGraw-Hill Construction’s GreenSource, a publication devoted to sustainable design and construction, won the Jesse H. Neal Award for Best Start-Up Publication at the American Business Media’s annual Neal Awards event. McGraw-Hill Construction, a unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) , also received two awards for ENR.com (http://www.enr.com/), the website of Engineering News-Record. The website [...]

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 [...]

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle has awarded over $300,000 in Affordable Housing Program grants for two projects being developed by the YWCA of Seattle-King County-Snohomish County and Habitat for Humanity of Seattle/South King County. The winning grant applications were sponsored by Seattle-based HomeStreet Bank, one of the largest privately owned banks in the [...]

Avery C. Faulkner, 78, scion of a distinguished family of Washington architects and the designer of numerous structures in the Washington-Baltimore area, including buildings for George Washington and American universities, died Feb. 21 of complications of a stroke at Delray Medical Center in Delray Beach, Fla. He lived in the Washington area for 51 years [...]

A new roof clip, developed by injection moulders Koves Plastic Industries Ltd. of New Zealand, is made of glassreinforced DuPont™ Zytel® nylon, which was selected for its strength and durability. An integral part of the ‘Dimondek 630’ concealed fixed roofing profile from Dimond, the Zytel® clip replicates the strength of its metal predecessor whilst offering [...]

Regalia Holdings has commissioned Bernardo Fort-Brescia as architect of Regalia in Sunny Isles Beach.
“We took a different approach that wasn’t purely architectural,” said Fort-Brescia. “We gave it a sense of movement; it is an organic building shaped by natural forces.”
Fort-Brescia includes 500 architects in offices [...]

WIN TICKETS AND EXPERIENCE AMAZING HOUSES OF THE FUTURE AT THE 2007 IDEAL HOME SHOW
9 March – 1 April 2007, Earls Court, London
This spring on March 9 2007, the Ideal Home Show will bring together the very latest in home design, must-have products and accessories, exciting innovation and expert advice from the UK’s interior design [...]

Village officials recognized five Algonquin businesses Monday night for their economic impact, community service, and architectural design.
“While a lot of people think we focus on recruiting business, we also want to retain the ones we have,” Village Planner Katie Thornton said. “These awards are one way of doing that.”
JC’s Guitars, 2212 E. Algonquin Road, was [...]

A NEW community building has struck a blow for down-to-earth design in skyscraper-dominated Leeds.
The Little London Children’s Centre was a double winner at the city’s annual Architecture Awards, at the West Yorkshire Playhouse.
It scooped the New Building Award and the People’s Award, the latter of which is decided by a public vote.

Architect Rodolfo Machado likes what he sees of the University of Wisconsin’s Chazen Museum of Art.
What he sees in his architectural dreams will determine the shape of the museum’s new expansion.
That structure will double the size of the state’s second-largest art museum. And it may turn what was considered a crown jewel building on the [...]

San Francisco Architects Receive Funding from The American Institute of Architects, Celebrating its 150th Anniversary The American Institute of Architects San Francisco Chapter (AIA San Francisco) has been awarded $5,000 of grant funding from The American Institute of Architects (AIA) in Washington, D.C. to develop a pioneering initiative that provides residents, developers and builders detailed [...]

Rob Faucett is a rare combination. He’s an architect, but has built a career in construction after jump starting his company with a successful design project.
Faucett grew up in Clinton Township and got involved in construction after high school. He worked for several people, then took on some small jobs by himself. In his mid-twenties, [...]