How to Choose an Architect for Your Project
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Sir Nicholas Grimshaw: Architects as Social Engineers / Knowledge vs Vision
On architect-client relationships, always questioning projects to test their necessity Architecture vs Politics a balance of technical knowledge vs. crea...
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Brand sculpture for Noji Architecture, Dublin, Ireland: It started with four letters and a perfect cube. Once noted that the letters of the brandname #39;Noji #39; ...
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View Larger The Bottom Line Other Business Features Local Stories from ThisWeek By Tim Feran The Columbus Dispatch Wednesday February 19, 2014 8:07 AM
McGraw-Hill Education and Persistent Systems are in different industries, but the companies have something in common. Their Columbus offices have been redone recently to encourage workers to put their heads together.
The term were using is resilient work space, said Tim Hawk, president of WSA Studio and adjunct professor of architecture at Columbus State Community College, who designed the new offices for both educational publisher McGraw-Hill and technology company Persistent Systems.
Four decades ago, architects began designing open-plan offices for clients who sought increased employee communication and reduced renovation costs.
But there were downsides. In study after study, employees complained about distractions from noise and lack of privacy, two things that paradoxically would slow employee output even though the design was intended to speed productivity.
Today, architects have perfected open offices or resilient work spaces by taking into account past complaints. Thus, the trend is very much driven by employee needs, Hawk said.
In the past, jobs were focused on a singular task and could, therefore, be focused on one desk in one office.
The idea for many companies today is multi-tasking, working fluidly, working at home, working at lunch or not, Hawk said. As a result, workplace design needs to be more open and flexible and easily able to adapt. Were seeing this all over the place.
At McGraw-Hill Education, employees know that the industry is moving very rapidly, said Peter Cohen, president of the Columbus-based textbook giant. A century ago, the company would work with a state to meet educational requirements and then create a textbook that would be a benchmark for four years or more.
Today, new editions are published annually or even more often, and content is moving to digital media that can be updated on a continuing basis.
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By Kylie GalbraithFeb. 20, 2014, 4 a.m.
ARCHITECTS design buildings, right? But theres a lot more to the profession than meets the eye, with all to be revealed at a unique event in Tamworth.
ARCHITECTS design buildings, right? But theres a lot more to the profession than meets the eye, with all to be revealed at a unique event in Tamworth.
Architecture on Show is at Ray Walsh House tomorrow night and is a chance for members of the public to hear from local architects and view the work of the winners of the recent Australian Institute of Architects Country Division Awards.
Its the first time an event of this kind has been staged in the city, and Tamworth architect and seminar co-ordinator Nick Brown, from Studio Two Architecture, is excited about sharing his passion for his profession.
Hell be joined by Carolyn McFarland (nee Austin, a former Tamworth girl) from Austin McFarland in Wingham; Michael McPhillips, from Magoffin and Deakin in Armidale; and Virginia Wong-See, of Armidale firm Virginia Wong-See Architects.
Each of the architects will be making a 15-minute presentation, with some slides of their work, to illustrate what theyve done in the local community and why.
There are so many people interested in design and architecture in regional Australia, so hopefully they can come along and enjoy an informative night and ask a lot of questions, Mr Brown said.
Architecture on Show began in 2010 as an open day during the Sydney Architecture Festival.
Since then the program has grown throughout the metropolitan and regional areas of NSW to include 20 local councils.
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Be fascinated by architecture
Ten years ago, Bend architects Mike Gorman and Jim Landin took that big leap of faith: starting a new architecture firm. Looking back at this new vision and direction, they are quite proud of their accomplishments and the wide range of projects they have designed, which now blanket Central Oregon.
Weve done everything from a goat farm in Tumalo to the Oxford Hotel in downtown Bend, says Landin, who loves to introduce himself with that remark whenever asked about his firm.
Gorman and Landin began the firm as GGL Architecture in February 2004. When GGL began, the economy in Central Oregon was thriving, recalls Gorman. It was a great time to be an architect. After five solid years of business, the local market became part of the globalize recession and construction came to a halt. We saw it coming and prepared for it.
In 2005, the firm developed and built its own 7,000 square-foot building in Bend on Emkay Drive. Prior to the recession, the firm grew to 15 professionals. We had an amazing and talented staff of professionals that helped put our name on Central Oregon, recalls Landin.
GGL began collaborating with Tacoma-based BLRB Architects on multiple projects. BLRBs managing principal at the time, Tom Bates, was a University of Oregon fraternity brother of Gorman. In 2010, they formalized their relationship by merging as one firm.
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Demand for space in shopping centers and other types of retail buildings boosted 2013 to the best year for retail real estate in the Albuquerque metro area since the 2000s, according to the latest Retail Marketview report from commercial real estate services firm CBRE.
The vacancy rate for the broad retail market dropped from 11.5 percent at the end of 2012 to 11.1 percent at the end of last year, despite 2013 ending with the closing of a 84,000-square-foot Kmart store and another roughly 100,000 square feet going empty from seasonal store closings.
Strong space demand led the market to an annual net absorption of 378,330 square feet (of retail space), which is the highest since 2007, the CBRE report says. Construction completions exceeded 300,000 square feet, which is the highest since 2009.
For comparison, the average retail vacancy rate nationwide was 12 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to CBRE Econometric Advisors.
Locally, more than a third of last years gross retail activity was concentrated in the Uptown submarket off the Louisiana NE and Interstate 40 interchange. The free-standing 155,481-square-foot Target store opened in 2013, as did Gordmans and Dicks Sporting Goods stores at Coronado Mall.
While retail real estate is continuing to recover, it does not appear to be generating much in the way of jobs, according to state labor data. The metros retail employment sector gained 100 jobs year over year as of December but at 41,800 workers, retail employment was still 11 percent below the peak of 47,000 jobs in December 2007.
From a bricks-and-mortar perspective, the retail market is expected to continue to improve in 2014 as national retail chains expand their existing presence or enter the metro.
Redevelopments of older centers will house new anchor tenants and the activity level is expected to remain steady, creating downward pressures on vacancy rates, the CBRE report says.
Asking lease rates varied at the end of 2013 from $8.50 a square foot to $29.50 a square foot, depending on the type and quality of the retail property, CBRE reports. The range was tighter at both the low and high ends compared to the end of 2012.
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BANGOR, Maine A Bangor commercial real estate developer hopes to build a restaurant and retail space near Bangor Mall Cinemas 10.
Carol Epstein, a partner in ERG Realty, LLC, which owns the property including the theater and its surrounding land, said Tuesday that ERG wants to build a 2,200-square-foot restaurant space and a 6,000-square-foot retail building in an underused parking lot near the theater.
What businesses would move in remains to be seen.
Weve had a lot of interest, Epstein said in a phone interview. We havent even announced the project or done a lot of marketing on it yet.
She declined to say who the interested companies were.
The pair of buildings would be built between Stillwater Avenue and the movie theater, according to Epstein. The projected cost of the construction project wasnt immediately available, she said.
The area has seen a boom in growth in recent years, with new businesses from Buffalo Wild Wings and Hobby Lobby to Sweet Frog and Kobe hibachi grill popping up in nearby developments.
Theres a real strength in the retail market again, which we havent seen since before the Recession, Epstein said.
The ERG-proposed buildings would be built near Stillwater on an underused parking lot extension for the cinema.
In an ideal world, Epstein said, construction should begin in May and wrap up in October or November, making way for the tenants. Epstein Commercial Real Estate will be the brokerage for the new development.
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Lisle has approved a letter of intent with Naperville-based Marquette Companies for the sale and development of the old village hall site at Main Street and Burlington Avenue in downtown. The property has been vacant since 2003.
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More than a decade after Lisle demolished its old village hall, officials are hoping to sell the downtown property to a company that would construct a mix of apartments and retail space.
Village board members this week approved a "letter of intent" with Naperville-based Marquette Companies for the sale and development of the former village hall site at Main Street and Burlington Avenue. The village-owned property has been vacant since the previous municipal building was razed in 2003.
Lisle Mayor Joe Broda said the proposed development could help rejuvenate downtown.
"I want to see people downtown and I want to see businesses come to the downtown area," Broda said.
Village officials say the letter of intent isn't a binding agreement. Instead, it sets the parameters in which Marquette and Lisle will work to complete a formal redevelopment agreement.
Marquette, which is developing the Water Street District in downtown Naperville, became interested in the Lisle site because it's a downtown location near the train station.
"It (Lisle) has a charming downtown," said Jeff Prosapio, Marquette's director of development. "We think the development of this site will add to it, enhance it and help it grow to its natural vibrancy."
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