Built to maximize daylight with minimal heat gain, the New College of Law at Qatar University features a 20-m x 50-m skylight made of low-E glass, with extensive use of low-E fritted glass on the exterior.

This year’s Best Projects contest covered work completed between May 1, 2020, to May 31, 2021. In other words, the period of time that saw the COVID-19 pandemic at its most virulent and impactful to broad sections of the U.S. economy, including the construction industry.

Located on a busy campus intersection, the Calvin and Tina Tyler Hall Student Services Building offers a new gateway to Morgan State University’s Baltimore campus. 

Robert P. Madison started the first African-American-owned architecture firm in Ohio and only the 10th in the U.S., served in the 92nd infantry during World War II and fought in Italy, studied under Gropius and Le Corbusier and designed some of the most iconic buildings in Cleveland as well as major projects in places as far away as Senegal. Please join us in honoring him with ENR Midwest's Legacy Award December 3 at the Renaissance Chicago.

An elegant structural solution elevates Northwestern University and its new practice facility.

Located in the heart of the University of Miami’s Coral Gables campus, the Frost Music Studios project is part of a $61.5-million master plan that will nearly double the school’s space while preserving its historically significant architectural elements.

North Carolina State University’s four-story Talley Student Union features a 150-ft tall steel structure dubbed the Technology Tower.

Georgia State University’s $63-million, 200,000-sq-ft law college—its first dedicated legal education facility—includes 21 classrooms, a conference center, a 230-seat ceremonial courtroom and a two-story law library and sits on a tight, 2.4-acre site in downtown Atlanta.

Auburn University’s Wilford and Kate Bailey Small Animal Teaching Hospital—one of the largest teaching and referral veterinary hospitals in the U.S.—proved a challenge for construction manager Brasfield & Gorrie.

Housing the world’s first wind-wave storm-surge simulator, the Marine Technology Life Sciences Seawater Research Building features an 8,520-sq-ft Surge Structure Atmosphere Interaction research facility designed for the study of hurricane physics.