Using 80-ksi steel in upper perimeter columns—a first in the U.S.—helped the design team reduce the steel by almost 20% at 320 S. Canal, a 51-floor office tower under construction in Chicago’s Loop.
When complete in spring 2023, the Brown University Performing Arts Center, located in Providence, R.I., will feature a main hall that will be transformable into five different stage and audience configurations—ranging from a 625-seat symphony orchestra hall to a 250-seat proscenium theater to an immersive surround-sound cube for media performance.
The pandemic has stalled architect Snøhetta's plans for a visitors center and exhibit hall at the storage site for 1 million seed samples covering 5,000 plant species.
Almost daily we read articles from suppliers, consultants, influencers and digital pioneers who say they are leading development of building information modeling.
The Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers, which has kicked off the first U.S. campaign aimed at reducing embodied carbon in structural systems, is issuing a call for engineers to join the crusade.
Green Business Certification Inc., the administrator of LEED and other leading green business certifications, is providing funding for 100 people in underserved communities to achieve one of the updated Sustainability Excellence credentials.
MKA specifies new ArcelorMittal steel products to create larger upper-level spaces in the 51-story tower and deal with site issues near Chicago Union Station.