Material Witness
Products are the stuff of architecture, in a very literal sense, and yet it's fair to say that the building products industry and the profession of architecture maintain an awkward alliance.
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Skanska at Alley24, Seattle
When the Seattle office of Skanska—a global company with expertise in construction and project development—decided to move its operations from its previous home of 30 years, a traditionally styled...
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The Rise of the RN
With healthcare construction booming, architecture firms are hiring from an unexpected talent pool—registered nurses.
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Jorge Gomez on how to foster your firm's leaders
Jorge Gomez, an ace mentor at NBBJ, offers tips on how to foster your firm's future leaders.
View ArticleNBBJ and Chan Krieger Sieniewicz to Merge
One of the nation's largest multioffice architecture firms, NBBJ, based in Seattle, announced today that it is merging with the well-regarded and far smaller architecture and urban design office of...
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Shopping Spree
The past year has seen an uptick in A/E M&A activity. We look at three transactions to learn what motivated each side to agree to a union.
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Recovery Rooms
Designers are building substance-abuse treatment facilities with an eye toward evidence-based trends and livability.
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Under the Hood
Software is crucial to design, but a program is only part of the story. Plug-ins, updates, and other customizations are key to getting work done.
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Gathering Spot
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation converts an asphalt parking lot into a LEED Platinum campus that aims to offer a more natural site.
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Revisiting Rem Koolhaas's Central Library and Peter Bohlin's City Hall in...
Rem Koolhaas's Seattle Central Library has gotten all the hype. But Peter Bohlin's City Hall, just a few blocks away, may have the more lasting legacy.
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Going Green, but with Missteps Along the Way
China's national commitment to clean tech is backed with government-imposed actions. Can the U.S., mired in political inaction, learn from the stands?
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Proposals for Washington Post Headquarters Unveiled
'The Washington Post' has a new owner in Amazon chief Jeff Bezos, but its plans for a new headquarters are only beginning to materialize.
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Morning News Roundup: Steven Holl in China, NBBJ in Seattle, Apple Versus...
More developments for NBBJ's biospheres, Steven Holl in a Nanjing forest, and what McDonald's could stand to learn from Apple.
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Setting a Standard in Building Information Modeling
The United States is behind in embracing national BIM guidelines. Here’s a look at the industry leaders who are trying to effect change and why architects should care.
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NBBJ Develops a Sunshade Prototype
The Seattle-based design firm tackles solar radiation and sunlight with a user-controlled, responsive sunshade that swaps window blinds for cantilevered shelves.
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Improving the Performance of Your Firm and Projects with the Cloud
NBBJ’s digital practice–BIM leader checks out how hosted solutions by Sefaira, Inview Labs, and Autodesk can help with design workflow and building modeling.
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Best Practices: Revamp Your Firms' Website
Architects' sites tend to suffer from the same set of problems. Here's a guide to avoiding those mistakes and ensuring that your practice puts its best face forward online.
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Morning News Roundup: Jan. 15, 2015
NBBJ revealed preliminary renderings of Cleveland's mixed-use nuCLEus development, a chapel designed by the late architect Antoni Gaudí will be built 90 years after the architect's death, and more...
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Kate Diamond Joins HDR as Design Principal
Diamond will oversee design for civic, science and technology, and academic projects, as well as recruit employees, mentor teams, and focus on career development in the firm.
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