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Friday Fun: A Tiny Slice Of NYC
Artist Heather Kocsis has created striking dioramas of reclaimed wood, each depicting a slice of life in New York City, which are both adorable and sustainable. The Need for Old Buildings (Image:...
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The Best Bricklayer in the World — 2013
2013 SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500® National Bricklaying Championship Twenty bricklayer teams from the United States, Canada, England and Australia, competed on January 25th at the 11th annual SPEC MIX...
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Spending Up in Construction According to Turner Index
The company that measures costs in the non-residential building construction market in the United States, the Turner Building Cost Index, has increased its value, which means spending in some parts of...
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Nearly 800 Architects Press Congress to Protect Small Businesses
Nearly 800 architects headed to Capitol Hill this week to ask legislators to pass tax reform that would enable thousands of small businesses to prosper rather than wind up paying higher taxes....
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USGBC Seeks Emerging Green Building Leaders
The U.S. Green Building Council is on the hunt for four volunteer Emerging Professionals National Committee Strategic Initiatives Chairs to help revitalize its Emerging Professionals program and...
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The Fastest Trowel on the Block
The 2013 SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500® National “Masonry Madness Day” at the World of Concrete/World of Masonry in Vegas. The 2013 Fastest Trowel on the Block Competition sponsored by the National...
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NYC’s Oldest Farmhouse Getting New Addition
Image: nARCHITECTS with Nancy Owens Studio (landscape) Built in the 1650’s, the Wyckoff Farmhouse, located in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn, is the oldest remaining house in New York City. Soon the...
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Shiller: Housing Market is ‘Great Unknown’ in the Long Run
The leading economist on the housing market told Moneynews.com that the housing market is the ‘great unknown’ in the long run. In fact, Yale economist Robert Shiller urges caution and says it’s...
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NYLO Hotels Releases Design Details of Upcoming NYLO New York City
NYLO Hotels LLC announced plans to open NYLO New York City at 77th and Broadway on the upper west side. The hotel will have a jazz theme as a tribute to the roaring 20″s. Architecture and design firm...
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Building Permits Increase between January and February 2013
The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly announced the following new residential construction statistics for February 2013. SINGLE-OWNED HOUSING UNIT and...
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Case-Shiller Index Out
The housing market is continuing to show signs of substantial improvement. The most widely followed measure of home prices, the S&P/Case-Shiller indexes rose at its fastest rates since the summer...
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The 2013 SPEC MIX TOUGHEST TENDER®
One of several competitions held on “Masonry Madness Day” at the World of Concrete/World of Masonry in Vegas – an event created by SPEC MIX®, Inc. and for the second year in a row, Platinum sponsored...
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Video: A Talk With Architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen
Award-winning architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen is perhaps best known as the “gentleman architect of beautiful private homes,” many for celebrity clients like Jackie Onassis, Meryl Streep and James...
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More Good News on Home Sales
There is more good news for the housing market. The Associated Press said Wednesday fewer Americans signed contracts to buy homes in February, but the level stayed near a three-year high, and analysts...
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AIA Awards: Harvey B. Gantt, FAIA Named Recipient of 2013 Whitney M. Young,...
The American Institute of Architects has named Harvey B. Gantt, FAIA, the 2013 recipient of the Whitney M. Young Jr. Award. The award was established in 1972 to honor architects and organizations that...
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Group Petitions For Pritzker Recognition For Denise Scott Brown
Image: Tim O’Connor Denise Scott Brown, FAIA, urban designer and longtime partner and collaborator of architect Robert Venturi, wants to be retroactively recognized for her contribution to the projects...
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Know How To Buy: Online Construction Equipment Auctions
There’s a lot of used equipment out there – a surge in fact. Equipment supplies are low and demand is high for just about everything when it comes to large equipment and things that contractors need....
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Repairs on Broken Bay Bridge Rods Could Prove Tricky
Emergency repairs are taking place on the billion-dollar San Francisco-Oakland Bay Ridge bridge. Details about the construction project here:...
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