The latest AIA economic report estimates that spending for nonresidential projects will reach about $360 billion this year and nearly $380 billion next year.
Read about the AIA's predictions for construction spending here:http://bit.ly/1H2VGlh
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Innovative Detail: Pancho Arena
Located outside of Budapest, the 3,400-seat stadium by Doparum Architects exemplifies Hungarian organic architecture.
Read the full story here: http://ow.ly/QbbN5
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Queen Richmond Centre West, by Sweeny &Co Architects. This 2015 R+D Awards winner uses custom mega delta frames to elevate an 11-story office building 80 feet above the Toronto's historic downtown. Learn more about the project here: http://bit.ly/1MtKGo2
And learn about all of the winners of the 2015 R+D Awards here:http://www.architectmagazine.com/topic/the-2015-r-d-awards
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An infographic on American residential architecture, a tower that's designed to eat smog, and more news for Wednesday.
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Today, Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) released a statement on the reported budget increase and cancellation for the new National Stadium in Tokyo. The firm felt that they should provide their side of the story. See it here:http://bit.ly/1SL92cR
The firm cites early appointment of contractors and rising building costs as the cause of the fall of the project.
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SHoP Architects and WDG Architecture are designing a new building in Washington, D.C., that will house Fannie Mae. bit.ly/1U4h1Ee
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Next Progressives: Snarkitecture
The New York firm of Alex Mustonen and Daniel Arsham injects humor (and removes color) from its products and projects.
Read the full story here: http://ow.ly/Qb4Zs
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Partisans co-founder Alexander Josephson shows us a behind-the-scenes look at how they made the sinuous curves of 2015 R+D Awards winner Bar Raval in Toronto.
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A look inside the office of Richard Meier & Partners Architects. Plus, a giant mural spans across 209 houses in Mexico, and more in our morning news roundup: http://bit.ly/1OyoAPM
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"Rather than churning out drawings for office spaces that warehouse workers in chicken coop-style cubicle rows, why not challenge ourselves to create physical spaces that motivate people to do and be better?" —Architect Peter Busby.
Read the full Q+A about Busby's new book, "Architecture's New Edges," here: http://bit.ly/1MShFAt