Morgans Hotel Group Announces the Opening of Ames

Morgans Hotel Group Co. opens Ames in Boston, the latest addition to the company’s collection of Originals. Benjamin Franklin meets a supermodel with Morgans Hotel Group’s newest property, Ames in Boston. Morgans Hotel Group, known for introducing the boutique hotel with the opening of Morgans in 1984, is making its next bold move by bringing its provocative style to this rich and historic city. Ames represents a singular and authentic addition... 

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Villanueva Public Library by Alejandro Piñol, Germán Ramírez, Miguel Torres and Carlos Meza

If sustainable buildings can be understood as the resourceful result from the use of local materials, local workforce, economical restrictions, climatic particularities and a projected low maintenance, the Public Library for the tropical city of Villanueva in Colombia can be understood as such. Before the project had to face with such realities, we began intuitively with a strong urban spatial proposal, dressed in a minimal handcrafted technical solution.... 

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Old Edgebrook District: 6316 North Louise

Located in the far northwest side of the city, this district was originally developed in the 1890s as a railroad suburb. It has large lots and is surrounded by the Billy Caldwell Cook County Forest Preserve, giving the neighborhood a rural feel that is unique for the city. This house was constructed in 1937 and had a one-story sun porch located at the rear that was enclosed some time in the past. The owners expanded their master bedroom with a new... 

The Chino Hills Government Center: Aggressive construction schedule calls for innovative solutions

Chino Hills’ first permanent Government Center is under construction at City Center Drive in Chino Hills. The $91 million project includes a new city hall, library, police station and fire administration headquarters as well as a parking structure with subterranean and four stories of above ground parking. T.B. Penick, one of Southern California’s largest and most trusted contractors, was selected to do the structural concrete work for the Chino... 

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