Related Links: Enhancing Performance of UN Secretariat Building Curtain Wall Was No Easy Task United Nations Architectural Record: Revival of an Icon The United Nations executives leading the $2.1-billion renovation of the U.N. headquarters on Manhattan's far East Side are known for commanding military-style control over the high-profile, closely scrutinized project. The approach seems to be working.The project's leaders, charged with overhauling 2.5 million sq ft of space within an active 17-acre campus, have about one year to go on the six-year project. To date, though the work is 12% over budget, they have managed to keep a low profile
The sprint to finish Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic Park in time for the 2016 Summer Games began in February, when contractors began earthmoving work and demolition of a racetrack at the site’s center. Construction of the main facilities will start in July.
Photo by Joe Dunn/Flatiron Related Links: Best of the Best Projects 2012 Winners Entries for ENR's First Global Best Projects Competition Are Due Feb. 28 Built Above Wildly Erratic River Levels, Cable-Stayed Giant Rises Over the Flood Considered to be the longest cable-stayed span in North America, the John James Audubon Bridge now connects U.S. 61 to Louisiana Highway 1 as well as the communities of New Roads and St. Francisville, La., on the Mississippi River. Featuring a 1,583-ft-long main span, the 3,186-ft-long bridge is also the only Mississippi River crossing along the 90-mile stretch from Natchez, Miss., to Baton
Photo by Charles Uniatowski Photography The $73.9-million high school provides a technology-rich learning environment for 1,496 students. Related Links: See all of the Best of the Best Projects 2012 Winners Entries for ENR's First Global Best Projects Competition Are Due Feb. 28 Completed 5% under budget and a year ahead of the original schedule, this $73.9-million high school in Salisbury, Md. provides a technology-rich learning environment for 1,496 students. Nautical details are carried through the structure, including an art room with a canted, offset roof that evokes the sails of a clipper ship. The architect's "Main Street" concept for the
Photo by Joe Woolhead Related Links: Best of the Best Projects 2012 Winners Entries for ENR's First Global Best Projects Competition Are Due Feb. 28 Park Captures 'Magnitude Of Sheer Simplicity' The $500-million memorial gracing the World Trade Center site in New York City has an elegant design, which in some ways belies the difficulty in building it.The structure, which features two deep reflecting pools, was physically tough to construct, largely due to logistics. The access road to the site was a single, 40-ft-wide lane, and nine cranes and lifts had to be stored in a small staging area.The judges
Photo courtesy Waldrop+Nichols Studio The project was completed two months ahead of schedule. Related Links: See all of the Best of the Best Projects 2012 Winners Complex Coordination Delivers LEED-Gold Hotel Entries for ENR's First Global Best Projects Competition Are Due Feb. 28 With a tight time frame of just 28 months, the Balfour | Russell | Pegasus joint venture completed the $331.6-million Omni Dallas Convention Center in November 2011. Despite numerous challenges, the team was able to incorporate more than $10 million in additional scope, funded through project savings that were reinvested into the hotel. The team also completed
Photo by Perrenoud Productions, Courtesy of Big-D Construction Related Links: Best of the Best Projects 2012 Winners Entries for ENR's First Global Best Projects Competition Are Due Feb. 28 New Natural History Museum of Utah Opens to Big Fanfare Nestled in the foothills above Salt Lake City, the $102-million Natural History Museum of Utah houses a collection of 1.2 million artifacts, including items from Utah's Native American tribes.The 163,000-sq-ft building is composed primarily of exposed concrete with copper-alloy cladding. The natural patina of the copper alloy blends with the hillside setting and gives the building a stratified but fractured appearance,
Photo Courtesy of Fred Golden The renovation and expansion had to harmonize with existing architecture. Related Links: See all of the Best of the Best Projects 2012 Winners Entries for ENR's First Global Best Projects Competition Are Due Feb. 28 The renovations and additions to the Delta Dental of Michigan headquarters harmonize with not only the existing architecture but also the surrounding environment of Okemos, Mich. To this end, Delta elected to expand an on-site retention basin that supports area drainage as well as a variety of wildlife, an undertaking that required safe removal of the wildlife prior to the
Photo by Aeon Preservation The project required restoration of the tower's cupola and ballroom, and the replacement of more than 350 windows. Related Links: See all of the Best of the Best Projects 2012 Winners Entries for ENR's First Global Best Projects Competition Are Due Feb. 28 Originally completed in 1925, Miami's Freedom Tower has been a community icon ever since the federal government used the 14-story building during the 1960s and 1970s to process, document and provide health-care services for Cuban immigrants. But it was only in 2010 that the structure underwent its first top-to-bottom exterior restoration.The renovation of
Photo by Nick Simonite Many of the old brewery's original features were recycled and re-used. Related Links: See all of the Best of the Best Projects 2012 Winners Historic Brewery Gets a Modern Transformation Entries for ENR's First Global Best Projects Competition Are Due Feb. 28 Originally built in 1883, the Pearl Brewery is one of San Antonio's most visited landmarks. Brewery owners Silver Ventures turned to Joeris General Contractors to update the property and its aging structures.The scope of work included renovations to the historic conveyor and removal of existing foundations and piers in the area. Many of the
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