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Nemetschek Acquires Bluebeam Software for $100 Million
The German company behind the popular BIM design suite Vectorworks adds a portfolio of PDF-editing, mark-up, and conversion tools to its line-up of AEC products.Read More
- News
The Latest Carnegie Library Redevelopment Designs Struck Down
MGA Architects and Olin submitted updated designs for remaking Washington, D.C.'s 1903 Carnegie Library into a new home for the International Spy Museum, but the city's Historic Preservation Review Board sent them back to the drawing board.Read More
A walk through Shigeru Ban’s Aspen Art Museum and Humanitarian Architecture Exhibit
Shigeru Ban, Hon. FAIA, has spent nearly two decades working in humanitarian efforts to support natural disaster relief. His latest projects and designs are now on display at the Aspen Art Museum and display what he and his fellow architects have accomplished. In this video, take a brief...View
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MAS Context and Luftwerk Light Up Marina City
On a late summer evening in Chicago, the rooftop of one of Bertrand Goldberg’s Marina Towers came alive with a lighting installation designed by MAS Context with Luftwerk.Read More
- Business
Bureau of Labor Statistics Reports America Added 248,000 Jobs in September
Construction added 16,000 jobs, architectural and engineering services added 6,000, and manufacturing added 4,000.Read More
- News
Morning News Roundup: A Shipping Container House in Michigan
A proposed skyscraper that cleans air, another tower by Cesar Pelli in Boston, and more news to wrap up the week.Read More
- Restoration
Society of Architectural Historians Receives Grant to Restore Headquarters at Charnley-Persky House
A 19th-century sewer device blocked a drainage pipe, causing damage to the Chicago house designed by Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright in 1891–1892.Read More
- Design
National Capital Planning Commission Votes to Approve Frank Gehry's Revised Ike Memorial Design
The board voted 10-1 to adopt the latest revision from the Los Angeles–based architect for what has become one of the most embattled projects in Washington, D.C.Read More
- Product Beat
Six Knobs and Pulls to Deck Out Doors and Cabinets
These eye-catching hardware pieces can dress up modest millwork.Read More
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Oakland, Calif.–based Rael San Fratello builds full-scale models out of polymers developed by its materials collaborative, Emerging Objects.Innovative Detail series
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Diamond Schmitt Architects turns a forgettable low-rise building at Thompson Rivers University into a focal point in British Columbia.Up and Running series
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Hanging out your shingle with high-minded design goals won’t mean much if you can’t stay in business. These simple suggestions can help you keep your firm financially afloat.The 2014 ARCHITECT 50
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