ProjectJun 23
The completed stadium is one of the largest current US sports projects and offers a technically relevant cold-climate design story, including a steep seating bowl, partial canopy, wind mitigation, and extensive snow-management systems.
- Location
- Orchard Park, Erie County, New York, United States
- Organizations
- Buffalo Bills — Owner and operator; Populous — Architect; New York State — Public funding and development partner; Erie County — Public funding and development partner
TechnologyApr 21
This is unusually strong evidence that architectural design itself can act as public-health infrastructure. The randomized trial connects passive cooling, insect screening, sanitation, smoke control, solar power and rainwater collection to measurable reductions in three major childhood diseases.
- Location
- 55 villages in rural Mtwara Region, Tanzania
- Organizations
- Ifakara Health Institute — Research partner; University of Oxford — Research partner; Royal Danish Academy — Architecture and research partner; Ecohomes Company Limited — Prefabrication and construction contractor
EventFeb 19
The live relocation of an intact historic keep is an exceptional preservation and construction story. It demonstrates how traditional building-moving knowledge, public participation and long-term masonry conservation can converge in a nationally important heritage project.
- Location
- Hirosaki Park and Hirosaki Castle, Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan
- Organizations
- City of Hirosaki — Project authority and event organizer; Hirosaki Park — Historic site and event venue
