Architecture & Design

Innovation Triumphs in KTGY Award Winners

KTGY Group Inc. Architecture + Planning recently captured nine Gold Nugget Award design and planning competition Awards of Merit for seven of its projects.

WDG-Designed Mixed-Use Project Gets Green Light in Bethesda

Bethesda, Md.—The proposal for Woodmont Central, a 585,000 square-foot mixed-use project in Bethesda, Md.’s Woodmont Triangle neighborhood, has been approved.

WDG-Designed Mixed-Use Project Gets Green Light in Bethesda

Bethesda, Md.–The proposal for Woodmont Central, a 585,000 square-foot mixed-use project in Bethesda, Md.’s Woodmont Triangle neighborhood, has been approved.

The Truth about Accessibility Requirements

People still have misconceptions about accessibility required by the Fair Housing Act, but it’s worth getting up to speed on the subject.

Ground Breaks on Southern California Community Designed for 21st-Century Seniors

Long Beach, Calif.–Work has gotten underway on the Long Beach Senior Arts Colony, a 200-residence affordable housing community in Long Beach, Calif., designed by architectural firm Studio One Eleven to tailor to the demands of today’s seniors.

Marketer’s Partnership with Furniture Retailer Closes Condo Deals

Brooklyn, N.Y.–Many people have to “see it to believe it,” and for some prospective buyers at Oro in downtown Brooklyn, seeing the curved-wall condominium residences decked out by trendy upscale furniture retailer BoConcepts made them believe they could see themselves making a home in one of the architecturally unique units at the rounded glass and brick tower designed by Ismael Leyva Architects.

Designing for Dignity

The goal of every program that seeks to alleviate homelessness is to provide the individual with both stable housing and a support net of services, the convergence of which is best realized in permanent supportive housing.

Apartments to Rise on Site of Failed San Diego Condo Development

San Diego–Alliance Residential Co. has acquired a 1.3-acre development site in the Little Italy district of downtown San Diego and is planning 201 apartment units for it.

Suburban Boston Apartment Project to Take Its Cue from Rehabilitated 19th Century Building

Melrose, Mass.–In a $52.5 million endeavor, Wood Partners plans to mix some of the old with a bit of the new to create Alta Stone Place, a multi-structure apartment community in Melrose, Mass.

A More-Comprehensive Approach to New Energy Codes

The latest energy codes for multifamily and commercial construction will require builders to adapt to more cost-effective and energy-efficient design.