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In her remarks at the mid-2023 ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new U.S. embassy in Windhoek, Namibia’s capital, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield called it “a symbol of, and testament to, our strong, abiding relationship.”

It took serious coordination and a bit of quick thinking to turn a 95-year-old landmark Toronto hotel into a sustainability showcase while it was fully occupied, but the team on the Fairmont Royal York made it happen.

The multifunctional library enhances academic resources by serving as a hub for studying, research and community engagement.

The project at one of the country’s most noted schools for science and technology includes a lecture hall complex, student housing, a dining hall, laboratories, academic quads, administration buildings, a health care center and infrastructure.

The Dwight School Hanoi is described by the project team as a premium private school in the Vietnam capital designed with a modern urban educational vision that provides space for adaptive areas, flexible learning and social distancing.

The large-scale mixed-use building complex—which integrates comprehensive performance theaters, multi-functional mini-theaters and conference centers—is a landmark and the city’s first comprehensive public cultural building.

This $500-million expansion has more than doubled the facility’s rentable area, making it the largest convention center in western Canada—forecast to deliver an estimated $100 million in annual economic impact, according to the project team.

From 120 contest entries, this year's Global Best Projects judges selected 35 winning projects—located in 19 different countries—for demonstrating construction and design excellence while overcoming tremendous challenges.

Green building groups note barriers to more sustainability upgrades that have limited widespread adoption by owners of most global building stock.

Baseball homebase moved from Oakland, Calif., and set to start construction next year by Mortenson-McCarthy JV, gained unanimous approval from the local stadium authority on Dec. 5.