G&M Contracting Inc, and ABC’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition Go Green in Hyattsville, MD

G&M Contracting builds extreme green on “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” ABC Television’s Emmy-award winning hit reality show in the nation’s capital. The TV event airs on ABC February 14th at 8pm EST. G&M and thousands of volunteers worked 24/7 for one week to construct one of the most energy efficient homes ever built for the “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” television show. Some of the green elements of this build are... 

HDR CUH2A Volunteer Initiative Receives Award for Work in Tanzania

Design 4 Others, (D4O), a volunteer organization of HDR CUH2A professionals designs and oversees the renovation and modernization of medical diagnostic laboratories in Tanzania, Africa. These projects were selected for “Honorable Mention” in the first “Inspirations Awards” program held by Contract Magazine. The Inspirations Awards recognize socially responsible design and actions by the commercial architecture and design communities.... 

Pentons Fire Chief Magazine Announces 2008 National Station Style Design Award Winners

Penton Media’s Fire Chief® magazine announces the winners of its eighth annual Station Style Fire Station Design Awards program, which recognizes outstanding architecture and design from fire departments nationwide. Gold, silver, and bronze awards were announced in five categories: volunteer departments, career departments, satellite stations, shared-facilities, and renovated fire stations. All participating entries will be published in the November... 

State and Local Architect Groups Support California Fire Survivors With Important Rebuilding Resources and Warn Against Fraud and Re-Entering Homes Prematurely

The American Institute of Architects, California Council (AIACC) and local chapters, AIA Santa Barbara, AIA Los Angeles, AIA Inland, and AIA Orange County are again actively working with city and county building officials to simplify and facilitate the process of rebuilding the communities devastated by the wildfires. John Grounds, AIA, president of The AIACC, states, “As we’ve learned from post-fire recovery in the past, this is not the time... 

Pentons Fire Chief Magazine Announces 2008 National Station Style Design Award Winners

Penton Media’s Fire Chief® magazine announces the winners of its eighth annual Station Style Fire Station Design Awards program, which recognizes outstanding architecture and design from fire departments nationwide. Gold, silver, and bronze awards were announced in five categories: volunteer departments, career departments, satellite stations, shared-facilities, and renovated fire stations. All participating entries will be published in the November... 

Men’s and Ladies’ Comfort Station: 2019 North Stockton

Located in Lincoln Park on the city’s north lakefront, this building is an excellent and unusual surviving example of Chicago park architecture. Built in 1888 and designed by important architect Joseph L. Silsbee, the comfort station draws from the tradition of Victorian-era picturesque architecture. The Lincoln Park Zoo undertook the renovation of the building, and the project was funded in part with a Save America’s Treasures grant administered...