Design + Engineering
Thinking Outside the Brace
By Jason R. Blankenship, PE, SE What do you do when you need to brace over 100 tons of concrete panels 70 feet in the air, and the longest standard brace available will only reach Read more…
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Architecture & Design
Chapel of St. Ignatius in Seattle Wins AIA’S 2022 Twenty-Five Year Award
By Mitch Bloomquist Images by Paul Warchol The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is honoring the Chapel of St. Ignatius in Seattle, designed by Steven Holl Architects, with its Twenty-five Year Award. AIA announced the Read more…
Architecture & Design
Trio of Tilt-Up Structures Contribute to UCSD’s Renowned Architectural Heritage
By: Mitch Bloomquist The University of California San Diego (UCSD), like most good institutions of higher education, takes their architecture seriously and holds certain design standards to ensure development of the campus is in harmony Read more…
Architecture & Design
Fort Worth Camera – Aperture Wall
By: Bart Shaw, FAIA Photographs: Dror Baldinger, FAIA Fort Worth Camera, designed by Ibañez Shaw Architecture and built by Tim Pulliam of Concrete Work L.P., sits on Montgomery Street, a commercial corridor that lies between Read more…
Architecture & Design
Cloud Song
Photo by William LeGoullon By Tom McClure and Eric Sterner Thanks to a partnership with the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRP-MIC), Scottsdale Community College is the only two-year public higher-education institution located on Native Read more…
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Matilda Building
The Matilda Building is an 88,000-square-foot tilt-up structure near Gonzaga University. It contains three floors of upscale apartments over one floor of retail.
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Winter Tilt-Up in the Second City
Text by Mitch Bloomquist Images by Matthew McFarland, M Studio West ST. MARK COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH OF CHICAGO BROKE GROUND ON THEIR BUILDING EXPANSION PROJECT IN DECEMBER OF 2014, RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF WINTER Read more…
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Class A Six-Story Texas Tilt
SIERRA PINES II, A SIX-STORY CLASS A TILT-UP OFFICE BUILDING IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN TEXAS. THE PROJECT IS SITUATED ON A SNUG 4-ACRE SITE LOCATED IN THE WOODLANDS, A 28,000-ACRE COMMUNITY IN Read more…
Architecture & Design
Tilt-Up Potential Expressed
By: Mitch Bloomquist | Tilt-Up Concrete Association The University of California San Diego (UCSD) needed office space, and they needed it fast. With the new Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center set to open in 2011, Read more…