Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, announces that registered architect Richard J. Vivenzio, LEED AP, has joined the firm’s New York office as vice president in the Building Performance Practice.

With hundreds of guests and well-wishers on hand, 200 Fifth Avenue marked its 100th birthday on June 17th with a giant cake shaped in its likeness and a host of achievements to celebrate.

There was plenty of buzz (but not of the Lightyear kind) last night on the roof of 200 Fifth Ave, formerly known as the International Toy Center. L&L Holding Co., the owner of the historic property, held a party to celebrate the building’s 100th birthday and completion of a $135M renovation.

“Landlord vows to restore fire-damaged bank” mentions our role in the restoration of a three-story Wachovia bank at 123 S. Broad St. in Philadelphia.

When it comes to considering a costly and disruptive façade replacement, it always pays to get a second opinion. That’s what the condominium association at Water Tower Place in Chicago found when faced with ongoing façade deterioration.

Architects’ strategies for turning some of New York City’s grandest old buildings into condos are proving their worth despite an erratic housing market.

Timeless is an easy word to apply to the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright. Its ubiquitous influence, self-assured world view, and complete severance with historic models of building have made Wright’s work a very fresh and singular oeuvre. But, as Paul Harding, FAIA, can tell you, elements of Wright’s work, like its natural predilection towards contemporary notions of sustainability, put his work firmly in the now.

The Old Patent Office Building in Washington, D.C., completed in 1867, houses two Smithsonian Institution museums—the National Portrait Gallery and the American Art Museum. Collections include portraits of all U.S. presidents, along with paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings of numerous historic figures from American history, and the works of more than 7,000 American artists.

For the general public, mention of “forensics” most likely brings to mind television shows like the current CSI: Crime Scene Investigation or Quincy, M.E., popular in the late 1970s and early ’80s. For design and construction professionals, however, the word is associated with tragic collapses, such as the 1981 walkway failure at the Kansas City Hyatt Regency, or this summer’s ceiling module collapse in a tunnel that is part of Boston’s Big Dig.

The Chrysler Building is an icon of Modern American Architecture and a personal
tribute to automaker Walter P. Chrysler,the building’s owner, Architect William Van Alen and the machine age, was opened in May 1930.

victory for the Padres over the visiting San Francisco Giants. The day also represented a hard-earned win for the ballpark’s Building Team, whose members, including 67 of the 68 subcontractors, stuck together to finish the project despite a 16-month halt in construction.