U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Louis B. Susman, and acting director of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, Adam Namm, announced that KieranTimberlake of Philadelphia has won the design competition for the New London Embassy. KieranTimberlake’s design met the goal of creating a modern, welcoming, timeless, safe and energy efficient embassy for the 21st [...]

The 2010 Winter Olympics begin in two days in Vancouver, B.C., and for the past few years the city has been busy preparing for the games and festivities. These preparations include a number of new construction and renovation projects and sustainability and energy efficiency were key to several. The Vancouver Convention Centre West (VCC), designed [...]

Designed by Handel Architects, Trump SoHo™ New York is the Trump® Hotel Collection’s first hotel in Downtown New York, and is set to open its doors early this year. The dramatic, 46-story, 391-room tower is clad in a silver glass curtainwall. Architects describe the tower saying, “As a 24-hour building type, hotels have the unique [...]

The Burj Khalifa, formerly known as the Burj Dubai, was unveiled January 4 and now stands as the world’s tallest building at 2,716.5 feet. Developed by Emaar Properties, glass was a dominant element in the design and construction of the tower. More than 60 consultants including South Korea’s Samsung Corporation and New York-based Turner Construction [...]

The recently opened Marine Mammal Center at the New England Aquarium features an outdoor exhibit area that’s surrounded by wood and glass, creating an ideal environment for the aquarium’s long anticipated new addition. The exhibit is surrounded by a glass windscreen and glass panel system that was fabricated by JE Berkowitz LP. This new exhibit [...]

A ribbon cutting ceremony will take place December 8, 2009 at the Van Andel Institute’s Phase II Expansion project. The project, designed by architect Rafael Viñoly, was completed two months ahead of schedule and within budget. The new medical research and education facility is 242,000 square feet on eight levels and triples the lab space [...]

Abu Dhabi’s Capital Gate, which leans 18 degrees—14 degrees more than the Leaning Tower of Pisa, recently topped out its central core and reached its final height of 525 feet. The project is being developed by Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) and has been designed by global architects RMJM, with a North American division [...]

The Seattle-based Terry Thomas Building was recently recognized as an American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) 2009 Committee on the Environment (COTE) Top Ten Winner due to its excellence in sustainability and design quality. In addition, the 64,600 square-foot building achieved LEED Gold certification for its shell and core and cost a total of $11.2M to [...]

A comment such as “What glass?” isn’t always what a project’s architect wants to hear, especially when glass is the dominant design element. But for Bill Blankenship, president of architectural firm Blankenship & Partners LLC in Knoxville, Tenn., there was no better compliment than “what glass?” when it came to renovations at Knoxville’s Thompson-Boling Arena, [...]

The Society of American Registered Architects (SARA) recently announced that 40 Bond in New York has been awarded a 2009 Professional Design Award. The award recipients will be honored at SARA’s 2009 National Conference in October.    Handel Architects worked with Herzog & de Meuron (design architect) as architect of record to realize their first [...]