FORT WORTH – With hopes of inviting pedestrians to stroll along the Trinity River, architect Bing Thom revealed his sleek preliminary designs for three new bridges that are expected to become signature structures in the Trinity Uptown project.
Thom’s curvilinear bridge supports — sweeping spans of concrete that not only hold the bridges over the river [...]

Two years after taking over as executive chairwoman and leading a turnaround, Vanessa Castagna will leave Mervyns on Feb. 1.
Cerberus Capital Management LP, the New York hedge fund that purchased Mervyns from Target Corp. in 2004, said Thursday that Rick Leto, president and chief merchandising officer for Mervyns, will take over day-to-day management of [...]

Vornado Realty Trust announced that it has completed its previously announced $689 million acquisition of the Manhattan Mall, a mixed use property located on the entire Sixth Avenue blockfront between 32nd and 33rd Streets in Manhattan. The property contains approximately 1.0 million square feet, including 812,000 square feet of office space and 164,000 square feet [...]

A Wilmington architect thinks current plans to develop the Water Street parking deck property squander the last opportunity to design a unique and creative riverfront park and commercial center in historic downtown.
Michael Moorefield said he created a conceptual design for the site to illustrate how all the various interests – park space, parking space and [...]

There’s a place where you can buy tamales, curry, lefse and Somali chocolates, live in a condo with 32-foot ceilings and a killer view of the Minneapolis skyline, or visit the CEO of Allina Hospitals and Clinics — and it’s not downtown or on the hot Mississippi riverfront.
The Midtown Exchange, a massive reworking of the [...]

Behr Browers Architects, Inc is an award winning architectural firm located in Westlake Village, California conveniently located between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, only 20 minutes from Malibu. Our well established and growing firm is widely recognized for producing unique architecture and high-end quality design. In addition, our office is at the leading edge of [...]

As Joe Valerio sees it, architects shouldn’t just shape structures; they should interpret their times. “The most useless term in architecture is `timeless building,’ which I translate into `meaningless,’” Valerio says over lunch at the sleek Blue Water Grill at Dearborn Street and Grand Avenue. “Our job is to do cultural commentary.”
Valerio is hardly the [...]

“Rethink Urban” is Vulcan Real Estate’s trademarked motto for its burgeoning South Lake Union development, and you’ll encounter one startling measure of innovative urban thinking if you ask for valet parking at the flagship 2200 hotel/condo/retail complex: $30 for four hours, please.
But you’ll find more inviting urban ideas (and even a few scraps of free [...]

Community-based design is on the rise, according the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Home Design Trends Survey from the third quarter of 2006. The survey suggests homeowners are seeking developments with greater accessibility options.
“Encouraging clustered retail development with a multitude of services around public transportation and dense residential units has been part of an overall [...]

A local architect who purchased three vacant parcels near Sunshine Street and National Avenue says the property will eventually be developed as three buildings offering a mix of office and retail space.
Jack Hood, president of Hood-Rich Inc. Architects and Engineers, closed on the three lots west of Mexican Villa on East Sunshine this summer. Realtor [...]

Architect and designer Jean-Michel Gathy estimates that he has spent an average of two weeks each month for the past 25 years living in hotels and resorts. “It’s sick, they’re my home,” he says. But resorts have become not just his passion, but his vocation too, with a portfolio of high-end properties to his credit [...]

When James Law wakes up in his Hong Kong apartment, the scene that greets him is not the ring of smog that often blankets the city, but a 15-meter wide panoramic view of a Thai beach, streamed in real time from a friend’s beachfront home and projected to the walls of his apartment.
He selects what [...]