To meet the challenge of designing the “greenest education centre ever built”, the design team brought together an interdisciplinary team that not only included architects, engineers, and interior designers, but…
As stewards of large public institutions, educators of future leaders, and active participants in the search for ideas and solutions that will shape our common future, universities have a critical…
The Algonquin Centre for construction Excellence, designed by Toronto-based Diamond Schmitt Architects, is targeting LEED Platinum designation. To date there are only 43 LEED Platinum buildings certified by the Canada…
The CANMET Material Technology Laboratory, which is striving for LEED Platinumcertification, was designed by Diamond and Schmitt Architects for Natural Resources Canada, a federal agency.This 15,400-square meter (165,000-square foot) facility will host metallurgical…
The goal in developing the Center for Life Science | Boston (CLSB) was to address a serious, unmet need for flexible, state-of-the-art research space in the Longwood Medical Area (LMA),…
Every industrial energy system inscribes its technological order into the urban fabric. Therefore, what shall be the shape and the fingerprint of the next zero carbon economy in the big…
Founded in 1995, Dogfish Head creates some of this country’s most fascinating and adventurous craft beers. After outgrowing its Rehoboth Brewpub, the company adopted a 104,000sf cannery in Milton, Delaware…
Just a few days ago, Foster + Partners revealed their plans for the Kuwait International Airport, a project designed to attain a LEED Gold standing for the passenger terminal, marking the first…
Adrian Lo, a budding architect, shared with us his first prize winning proposal for the Tropical Architecture Design Competition for Institutes of Higher Learning. His concept, “Architoptoe,” is defined as any…
Gardens by the Bay will be Singapore’s largest garden project and is central to the country’s continued development of Marina Bay. Managed by the Singapore‘s National Park Board, the gardens were designed…