GCPro™ for Hämeenlinna Provincial Archive in Helsinki, Finland

Located in Helsinki, Finland , GCPro™ for Hämeenlinna Provincial Archive was designed by Graphic Concrete Ltd. The building contains three functional units. Above the transparent and colorful ground floor is a three floor-high solid archive box, which is covered with graphic concrete elements on both the exterior and the interior. According to the architects Heikkinen-Komonen, [...]

Tags: Concrete, concrete technology, Construction, Finland, Graphic Concrete Ltd ., graphic concrete technology, graphic designer, Helsinki, Masonry, Pavements

New Street Station in Birmingham, United Kingdom

The New Street Station designed by Foreign Office Architects is located in Birmingham, United Kingdom.  Plans for the grand redevelopment of New Street station in Birmingham, England, have been unveiled. Foreign Office Architects were the winners of the international design competition coordinated by RIBA on behalf of the funding partners. The final design was chosen [...]

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Lilyfield Housing Redevelopment in Sydney, Australia

Designed by HBO+EMTB, Lilyfield Housing Redevelopment  is located in Sydney, Australia. This new residential project in Sydney’s inner west, has set a new standard for public housing developments in Australia. It demonstrates that highly sustainable public housing outcomes are both realistic and achievable in terms of function, project demographics and housing affordability. The project comprises [...]

Tags: Alternative energy, Australia, Construction, electricity, energy, Energy conversion, Engineering, Environment, Heating ventilating and air conditioning, Passive solar, Photovoltaics, Solar cell, solar energy, solar hot water systems, Solar Umbrella house, Solar water heating, Sydney

LGBT Community Center on Halsted in Chicago, United States

The LGBT Community Center on Halsted designed by Gensler is located in Chicago, United States.  Chicago has long been the center of the lesbian, gay, bisexual,  the Center enables Chicago’s wide array of LGBT organizations to come together to collaborate, extend their reach, and share resources. Literally tens of thousands will be served each year [...]

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Wayne State University Medical Education Commons in Detroit, Michigan, United States

Wayne State University Medical Education Commons, located in Detroit, Michigan, United States, designed by SHW Group has recently completed Wayne State University’s Richard J. Mazurek, M.D., Medical Education Commons, comprised of a 34,000 sq ft addition of the existing medical school facility and a 69,000 sq ft renovation of the existing Vera Parshall Shiffman Medical [...]

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