Monthly Archives: April 2011
China’s Ping-Pong Paddle Hotel
China is set to build a hotel shaped like an upside-down ping-pong paddle as part of a new $45.8 million sports complex. The China Daily newspaper reports rounded guestroom windows will resemble the surface texture of a table tennis racket, while the “handle” of the 500-foot hotel will be an observation deck, allowing tourists to
Old Buildings, New Life
Retrofitting commercial buildings is quickly becoming the growth market in the building industry. The shift from building new commercial spaces was bound to turn from erecting sparkling new mega-buildings on greenfields to retrofitting run-down but still valuable older buildings in good locations close to transportation or other amenities. No one knows this better than the
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects chosen to design PetroVietnam headquarters
New Haven, Conn. — Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects will design a new headquarters for Vietnam’s national oil and gas company, creating a landmark development in Hanoi. PetroVietnam Construction Joint Stock Corporation, a subsidiary of PetroVietnam Oil and Gas Group, selected the firm following an international competition. The project is expected to break ground by the
Local Events Highlight National Landscape Architecture Month
WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–From a newly created traveling park in San Diego to the New Jersey Governor’s office, local chapters of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) will volunteer in their communities, reach out to schools and educate the public this April during National Landscape Architecture Month. In addition, the entire April issue of Landscape Architecture