Articles Tagged with ''building''

The future of the iconic Fannie Mae property in northwest Washington, D.C., with a mixed-use “urban village” redevelopment plan that includes residences, hotels and commercial space.

After massive fires in Waltham, Mass. and Boston destroyed large residential complex employing wood-frame construction this summer, officials from both municipalities are questioning the safety of wood-frame construction for large apartment complexes and urging the state for stricter regulations on the size of such building.

A day before it was slated to have its fire-alarm inspection, a nearly completed 83-unit mixed-use building in Boston went up in flames.

A group of students and researches at Harvard University are renovating a building on Harvard’s campus as a prototype for ultra-efficient retrofits.  

Collaboration between CBT Architects and Skanska construction teams accelerated construction of an elliptical building built over a tunnel that distinguishes itself in Boston’s booming Seaport District.

With a slight shift from residential to the industrial and higher-education sectors in 2016, New England’s construction market will continue to look up in 2017, especially in Boston.