A typical hospital is an assault on the senses, says architect Mackenzie Skene, a partner in the Seattle office of NBBJ.

“Who wouldn’t want to work on a Bunshaft building?” asks architect Rod Kruse, a principal at BNIM.

Gutenberg’s introduction of movable type six centuries ago was a true revolution. The development forever altered the way information was received and disseminated, democratizing knowledge. Printing’s recent move beyond two dimensions could be similarly transformative.

After more than four decades, a congregation in New York finally gets a synagogue taliored to its needs.

Jason McLennan says green building is not about putting on a sweater when you’re cold. It is about creating better buildings. For two decades, his mission has been helping the design and construction industry do just that.

By manipulating materials and the land, designers merge a rustic house and its distinctive site.

The ambitious environmental agenda of a new elementary school by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) on Staten Island, New York, is obvious from the first encounter: almost 1,600 photovoltaic (PV) panels cloak the 68,000-sqare-foot, two-story structure, covering the south facade, extending over its roof, and cantilevering out to float above a playing field.

Gensler’s new 545-foot-tall Tower at PNC Plaza is hardly the tallest skyscraper in downtown Pittsburgh.