2020

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In an effort to modernize the Free Library of Philadelphia’s main building into a more accessible public destination, architect Moshe Safdie envisioned a design to nearly double the amount of space available to library-goers. 

The natural gas-fueled combined-cycle electric generation CPV Fairview Energy Center was adapted to blend natural gas and ethane, which Kiewit claims makes it the only power plant of its scale in the world to use that combustion mix.

Located in the heart of William & Mary’s campus, the new West Utility Plant restores full capacity—and provides redundant capacity—to the Swem Plant, which heats and cools the William & Mary Arts Quarter. 

Completed in June after nearly three years of construction, the high-efficiency, 485-MW natural gas-fired plant provides much needed energy for the region and is a springboard for future economic development.

The latest green building technology transformed a dilapidated 60-year-old cinder block maintenance building on a former brownfield into an 8,700-sq-ft multi-use facility dedicated to sustainability and the physical well-being of occupants and visitors.

The supreme commander of allied forces in Europe in World War II would have been proud of the strategy to transform a four-acre site into the first national presidential memorial of the 21st century.

Acting as an emblem of Pittsburgh’s transformation from steelmaking to cutting-edge technology development, the three-story, 95,617-sq-ft building was constructed within the shell of a former mill building.

Quality and craftsmanship were hallmarks of the General Dynamics headquarters project, according to Best Projects judges.

In just 14 months, a 350,000-sq-ft former steel foundry once slated for demolition was transformed into an efficient, multiline production and maintenance facility for advanced military aircraft.