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Parking Garage Retrofits Impact Kansas City’s Energy Consumption
Parking garages seldom conjure images of glamour and rarely are even considered noteworthy buildings. However, these garages’ size and energy demands represent a fantastic opportunity to showcase...
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Liberty State Park Updates Lighting on Popular Pathways
Built mostly on landfilled tidal flats where two rail lines once terminated, Liberty State Park in Jersey City, N.J., is a natural mecca surrounded by water on three sides. The park, which opened in...
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A Cemetery’s Neglected Chapel Finally Serves Its Purpose
Evergreen Chapel, a neo-Gothic-style chapel, was built in 1939 to host funeral services, but its lack of utilities made it unusable until Lassel Architects completed recent upgrades.In rural Berwick,...
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Special Events Space Meets Sustainability Goals
The Bicentennial Pavilion houses 11 canopies that feature 12,770 square feet of the U-Lite low-slope canopy system.When the Lilly Endowment granted the Indianapolis Zoo $10 million in 2015, it came...
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A Reimagined Avenue Captures the Warmth and Charm of a European Piazza
During the summer, the streetscape hosted an art installation by the Umbrella Sky Project.This streetscape project reimagines the Miracle Mile and Giralda Avenue corridors as distinctive...
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Ware Malcomb Assists with an Architecture-inspired Children’s Museum Exhibit
The “Dream it, Draw it, Build it” exhibit features three activity zones, each representing various aspects of the architectural design process. Ware Malcomb, an international design firm with 22...
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Historic Church Is Adapted to House Women Affected by Domestic Violence
Because no graves could be moved or disturbed, entry into the housing portion was raised 30 inches off the ground with supporting piers placed selectively to avoid grave shafts. The First Reformed...
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An Abandoned Farm Is Reopened as a Public Park, Reconnecting a Suburban...
Germantown, Tenn., is a municipality accustomed to playgrounds and sports fields. The idea of a working farm as a public park felt overwhelming to constituents, but with intensive public involvement...
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Ceiling Donation Makes Dog Adoptions Acoustically Comfortable
Over the kennel area, a suspended ceiling was installed roughly 6 feet below the existing sloped ceiling. CertainTeed Ceilings donated the ENVIRONMENTAL CLASSIC STAB SUSPENSION SYSTEM and SYMPHONY f...
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Sustainable Gardening Is Showcased at Renovated Bartholdi Park
The renovation of Bartholdi Park at the United States Botanic Garden (USBG), Washington, D.C., is a showcase of sustainable gardening. Created in 1932, Bartholdi Park has served as a demonstration...
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A Dingy Chicago Alleyway Now Is Welcoming Public Space with Patterned Lighting
There is a cheerful little alley with playful seating, synthetic turf and warm lighting in downtown Chicago. Its very presence, nestled between 200 and 230 W. Monroe Street, is in sharp contrast to...
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Parking Lot + Shipping Containers = Dining and Recreation Hub
A once dusty parking lot in Philadelphia’s Northern Liberties neighborhood has become a popular dining and recreation spot after Post Brothers, a local real-estate developer, created a pop-up...
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Historic Building Is Adapted for Modern Broadcasting Needs
V Three Studios partnered with KNKX as a design consultant for the renovation of the 7,600-square-foot ground floor. After a momentous fundraising effort provided KNKX with the $7 million necessary to...
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Perkins and Will Demonstrates How Out-of-use School Buses Can Be Retrofitted...
In response to the urgent need for more widespread and rapid COVID-19 testing, Perkins and Will’s New York studio, along with its Denmark studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects and in partnership...
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As Monuments Are Debated and Graffiti Spreads, What Is Important to Commemorate?
Can architects and urban designers help determine the fates of Confederate monuments or Black Lives Matter murals? The angel mural, which appears over a door at Richardson Hall, 55 Laguna Street, was...
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Chicago Adaptive-reuse Project Supports Those Experiencing Homelessness or...
Designed by Wheeler Kearns Architects, the new headquarters for the non-profit The Night Ministry is located in the “Mural Building” in Chicago’s Bucktown neighborhood. This adaptive-reuse project...
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Iconic Conservatory Dome Constructed in 1902 Is Restored
The Enid A. Haupt Conservatory at the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) in the Bronx recently reopened to the public after an $18 million restoration project upgraded the infrastructure of a...
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A Converted Greyhound Bus Creates a Unique Experience for Patrons of a...
It’s not an everyday occurrence to hoist a 1956 Greyhound Scenicruiser bus 10 stories to the top of a hotel, but the Bobby Hotel, a lifestyle boutique hotel located just a few boot-clad steps from...
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More Cats Find Forever Homes because Passersby Can View Inside an Adoption...
MNK Architects specified Banker Wire’s SJD-2 large woven wire mesh pattern to meet the El Paso Cat Adoption Center’s mission of better promoting cat adoptions. In the recent renovation of the El Paso...
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The Milk Bottle: An 87-year-old Fast-food Icon Is Refurbished to Once Again...
The Milk Bottle has been a meeting place and beloved landmark outside Boston Children’s Museum for 43 years. Boston Children’s Museum recently renovated the façade and infrastructure of its iconic...
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