Construction is of the new 270,000-square-foot, 828-space parking structure and adjacent 5,108-square-foot police substation at San Diego Miramar College is now complete. Architectural firm Harley Ellis Devereaux, served as the architect for the police substation, and International Parking Design provided architectural services on the parking structure component. Among many sustainable features, the substation features a [...]

PPG Industries has announced that its Architectural Glass Configurator is now available as a downloadable desktop widget for Windows® and Mac® computers. The glass configurator was created to help architects identify the best architectural glass for their projects, enabling them to view and compare the aesthetics and performance data of every PPG glass product. By [...]

A wave-shaped glass building is now home to the new Rocco Forte Hotel Abu Dhabi, the first hotel in the Middle East from Europe’s luxury hotel brand Rocco Forte Hotels. The hotel opened its doors earlier this month and includes 281 bedrooms, four restaurants, two bars, a large spa, ballroom and meeting rooms. A third [...]

The SunGuard mobile app is one of the latest developments from Guardian Industries. Designed for use in iPhones, Android devices and iPads, the app is available in Apple’s Store and Google’s Android Market by searching for Guardian SunGuard. The new app allows users to browse and interact with hundreds of projects worldwide, while the Guardian [...]

The design team of Danish architectural firm BIG and the Paris-based architects OFF, engineers Buro Happold, consultants Michel Forgue and environmental engineer Franck Boutte was selected to design the new 15.000 m2 research centre for Sorbonne’s Scientific university Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris. The new multidisciplinary research centre, Paris PARC, located between Jean [...]

Two Chicago firms have embraced eco-friendly design tactics by using recycled glass products in their interiors. Both the Dana Hotel and Spa and Thomas Interior Systems have recently installed flooring and countertop materials from Plano, Texas-based Glass Recycled, which creates environmentally-friendly floor and countertop materials from recycled glass and porcelain products. The Dana Hotel and [...]

The installation of new windows on the south side of Terminal 1 at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport is now underway. More than 300 lites of glass were damaged in Terminal 1 during the April 22 tornado this past spring. Hilboldt Curtainwall Inc. of St. Louis, which is owned and operated by Jane and Denny Hilboldt, [...]

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has added 31 documents to AIA Documents-on-Demand, bringing the total number of documents available through this service to 79. This addition includes most of the G Series forms for contract administration and project management, as well as other documents to support design and construction projects. AIA Documents-on-Demand is a [...]

The 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prize Ceremony will be held in Beijing, China on May 25, 2012. The joint announcement was made by Guo Jinlong, the Mayor of Beijing, China and Thomas J. Pritzker, chairman of The Hyatt Foundation. “Over the three decades of prize-giving, we have held ceremonies in 14 different countries, in venues ranging [...]

The windows of the New York Stock Exchange building, a designated National Historic Landmark, have received an energy-efficient upgrade. Serious Energy Inc.’s SeriousGlass commercial glass was installed recently in the 104-year-old building to help reduce energy use while maximizing natural daylighting and improving year-round comfort. According to the announcement, the SeriousGlass retrofit will increase the [...]