Tuesday
Feb192013
Resilience Isn't Just About Engineering; Social Connections Matter, Too
Gensler's design for the Willowbrook Martin Luther King Wellness Center has been nominated for an A+ Architizer Award. Photo credit: Gensler
Friday
Feb152013
Shanghai Tower: The 4th Anniversary of Construction
by 
Xiaomei Lee
Xiaomei Lee 
Photo credit: Gensler
At 425 meters and 90 floors, Shanghai Tower has just surpassed the neighboring Jinmao Tower, the first of the trio of supertalls in Pudong.
Thursday
Jan102013
Design and Manufacturing: Together Again
by Ben Tranel
Ben Tranel 
Photo Copyright 2012 Solar Innovations, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Last month, I had an eye opening trip to Pine Grove, Pa. There, I visited a factory for Solar Innovations, the company that is building the wood curtain wall and custom doors that will be an integral part of the façade of The Tower at PNC Plaza.
Friday
Jan042013
Toward Resilient Cities
by Lewis Knight
Lewis Knight 
With historic landmarks like the Ferry Building immediately adjacent to the Bay, rising sea levels would have a severe impact on the San Francisco Bay Area." Photo courtesy of Flickr user sirgious.
In November 2012, as the Bay Area hosted Greenbuild—the world’s largest conference dedicated to sustainable building—designers across our region and beyond gathered to evaluate how urban planning solutions can bring value (and stability) to our cities.
Thursday
Dec202012
Incremental Urbanism at the Willowbrook MLK Wellness Community
Photo credit: Gensler
Claudia Carol co-authored this post.
Incremental urbanism is the idea that revitalization efforts in urban environments will only take hold if communities approach such efforts one step at a time.
