Facades+ returns to Dallas on February 23

The Facades+ conference series returns to Dallas on February 23, 2024. The event will take place at the Statler, an iconic mid-century modern hotel in the heart of downtown Dallas. The symposium, led by co-chair Yen Ong, partner and cofounder of 5G Studio Collaborative, will feature seven expert-led presentations. This year’s program also contains an

Cunningham Architects shades office with Accoya wood screens

Brought to you by: Architect: Cunningham Architects Location: Dallas Completion Date: 2023 Dallas-based retailer Half Price Books has constructed a new office complex adjacent to its flagship store on Northwest Highway. Designed by local firm Cunningham Architects, the project consists of four stories and 26,000 square feet of space that will be used for a

SOM’s designs new brick engineering building for Rice University

Brought to you by: Architect: SOM Completion Date: November 2023 Location: Houston Rice University recently announced the completion of a new research facility. The Ralph S. O’Connor Building for Engineering and Science, designed by SOM, replaces the Abercrombie Engineering Lab and provides students and faculty with 250,000 square feet of laboratories, classrooms, offices, and gathering spaces.

Hord Coplan Macht installs metal scrim on facade of CSU Hydro building

Brought to you by: Architect: Hord Coplan Macht Location: Denver Completion Date: January 2023 Colorado State University’s (CSU) Hydro building is one of three recently completed research facilities built for the institution’s Spur program, a satellite campus which is located in the recently redeveloped National Western Center, a complex which was master planned in a

AN.ONYMOUS installs irregularly-patterned brick on facade of a medical clinic

Brought to you by: Architect: AN.ONYMOUS Location: North Richland Hills, Texas Completion Date: January 2022 In North Richland Hills, Texas, a suburb of Fort Worth, L.A.-based firm AN.ONYMOUS has been commissioned to design three new buildings across a three-acre medical campus. In January 2022, the firm completed work on the first of these buildings: the

Facades+ returns to Houston with a program focused on prominent local buildings

Facades+ returns to Houston for the first time since 2015 on April 13. After successful events in Austin and Dallas in 2022, Facades+ is excited to present a technical program that caters to Houston’s local audience. AN has worked with co-chairs Luisina Basilico, principal at Page, and Rives Taylor, principal and co-director of design resilience

David Hotson Architect designs St. Sarkis Armenian Orthodox Church in Texas

Brought to you by: An impressive new complex for the St. Sarkis Armenian Orthodox Church in Carrollton, Texas, opened last year. The facility was designed by David Hotson Architect, a practice based in New York. Hotson’s office came to work on the project through Stepan Terzyan, an Armenian architect who had worked for him on projects

Architects will present the faces of Denver’s rapid growth at Facades+

Facades+ returns to Denver on September 21-22 for its annual gathering of AEC professionals for an event featuring the latest in building enclosure technology and high-performance facades from around Colorado and further afield. Organized by AN and the Colorado Building Enclosure Council (COBEC), this year’s event will showcase a new wave of facade design in

This San Antonio office is a revealing case study in tight building envelopes

Brought to you by: According to the latest estimates, building operations account for 28 percent of global carbon emissions. A report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found that reducing energy consumption by buildings in turn reduces carbon dioxide emissions. One of the best ways to do this is to improve the

A modernist-inspired facade built for desert heat anchors Arizona State University’s Health Futures Center

Brought to you by: Architect CO Architects Executive Architect  DFDG Architecture General Contractor DPR Construction EIFS Stucco Dryvit Outsulation Plus MD system Glass Viracon Landscape Floor Associates MEP Engineer/Lighting Designer Affiliated Engineers (AE) Structural Engineer Advanced Structural Engineering Civil Engineer WOODPATEL Acoustical, Audiovisual, IT  Systems Consultant: Jeremiah Associates Rising three floors in the Sonoran Desert,

Dallas’s new Virgin Hotel creates a diamond-esque view in the Design District

A new Virgin Hotel has risen above Dallas’ growing Design District, with a diamond-patterned aluminum facade that envelopes 268 rooms and over 15,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor event space. Designed by the Dallas-based 5G Studio Collaborative, the hotel is only a block away from the Trinity River, whose future includes a major parks

Marlon Blackwell’s copper-clad “barn” blends tradition with innovation

Part of a larger master plan funded by the North Dallas Lamplighter School’s “Igniting Young Minds for a Lifetime of Learning” campaign, a new Innovation Lab and Lamplighter Barn are aimed at marrying technology and the school’s storied cooperative learning curriculum. Both buildings were designed by Arkansas-based architect Marlon Blackwell and represent his first built works in North Texas. The Innovation

First look at Michael Maltzan’s Moody Center for the Arts in Houston

The Moody Center for the Arts, designed by Los Angeles–based Michael Maltzan Architecture (MMA), is a 50,000-square-foot, $30 million center located on the campus of Rice University. It serves the campus and general public as an experimental platform for making and showcasing works across disciplines through deliberately flexible interior spaces. Facade Manufacturer Endicott (brick units)