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26 Meet the BD+C
40 Under 40 22 T rendsetting
Class of 2017 Projects
These AEC stars School will be
are making their nation’s fi rst built
mark in business, on a tech fi rm’s
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philanthropy, and in campus
their communities.
70 P roduct Roundup
56 Market Trends Innovations in
Report paints and coatings AIA CONTINUING
Entertainment
EDUCATION
districts are 76 P roduct Innovations
rejuvenating cities. HPL wall system Four “big issues”
offers decorative and three trends in
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8 News+Trends Underground board-
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The future of reunite the public
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ON THE COVER:Pascale Sablan, AIA, LEED AP, Associate with FXFOWLE in New York, is
only the 315th African-American woman to be licensed as an architect in the U.S. She is an
Historian with the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) and Past President of
the New York Coalition of Black Architects (NYC Chapter of NOMA). Read about Sablan and
2A0W1A4R–D2 0W1I7N NJEESRSE H. NEAL our 39 other 40 Under 40 Class of 2017 winners starting on page 26. PHOTO: COURTESY FXFOWLE
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The overall gross square footage of university lab buildings has increased
as institutions are building larger facilities to house multiple depart-
ments, according to a Shepley Bulfi nch study.
TODAY’S UNIVERSITY
progressively complex nature of
LABORATORY BUILDINGS
combining multiple typologies
BY THE NUMBERS
(wet and dry) in one building
Last year, architecture fi rm She- and increased construction
pley Bulfi nch conducted a three- costs due to skilled labor short-
month study to examine science ages. It could also represent
facilities at more than 100 col- higher-performance buildings
leges and universities across the focused on faculty retention and
nation. The study gathered data recruitment.
on departmental usage, building www.BDCnetwork.com/SBlabstudy
effi ciency, and other key metrics
VIDEO: DESIGNING THE
that drive the design of science
IDEAL SPORTS STADIUM
buildings. Among the key fi ndings:
• Buildings are 37% larger while John Rhodes, a Director of HOK’s
undergoing a 15% reduction in Sports + Recreation + Entertain-
square footage per department. ment practice, recently met with
• There has been a 260% four professional rugby players—
increase in the space allot- Danny Care (England), James
ted to dry labs. This dramatic Horwill (Australia), Jamie Roberts
increase represents new types (Wales), Tim Visser (Scotland)—to
of research driven by technology capture their ideas on the future of
that does not require hoods and sports venues, as players and fans.
benches, including computa- Among the innovations discussed:
tional biology, computer science, fi ber-optic turf, glass-roof seating,
and robotics. and enhanced endzone seating.
• Increased cost represents the www.BDCnetwork.com/HOKsportsvideo
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By David Barista, Editorial Director EDITORIAL

BUILDING DESIGN
+
CONSTRUCTION
VOLUME 58, NO. 09
TO REACH AMBITIOUS ENERGY
EDITORIAL STAFF
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR | David Barista
847.954.7929; [email protected] TARGETS, FIRMS MUST DIG DEEPER
EXECUTIVE EDITOR | Robert Cassidy I
847.391.1040; [email protected]
SENIOR EDITOR | John Caulfi eld
732.257.6319; jcaulfi [email protected]
ASSOCIATE EDITOR | David Malone
847.391.1057; [email protected] n light of the positive news from structures make up 94% of the commercial
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS | Peter Fabris, Mike AIA concerning progress toward its property stock and represent half of the
Plotnick, Adam Sullivan, C.C. Sullivan 2030 Commitment targets, it’s nice total square footage. Collectively, they
DESIGNER | Cathy LePenske to see the AEC community show- consume 44% of the energy used in all
WEB DESIGNER | Agnes Smolen ing resolve in this highly charged, buildings in the U.S., according to DOE.
post-Paris Climate Accord pullout There is an enormous opportunity to effect
EDITORIAL ADVISORS political environment. change on a wide scale through the deep
DAVID P. CALLAN | PE, CEM, LEED AP, HBDP The number of fi rms involved in energy retrofi tting of existing commercial
Senior Vice President, McGuire Engineers
AIA’s voluntary pact to slash energy buildings. Yet to date, very little progress has
PATRICK E. DUKE | Senior Vice President
consumption in buildings grew to more been made, according to Jennifer Thorne
CBRE Healthcare
CAROLYN FERGUSON | FSMPS, CPSM than 400 in July. A select number of design Amann, Buildings Program Director with
President, WinMore Marketing Advisors practices have already exceeded the initia- Washington, D.C.-based American Council for
JOSH FLOWERS | AIA, LEED AP tive’s ambitious target of a portfolio-average an Energy-Effi cient Economy. In a new white
General Counsel, Hnedak Bobo Group predicted energy savings of 70% or greater. paper, Thorne Amann breaks down the num-
ARLEN SOLOCHEK | FAIA, Associate Vice To date, more than 330 individual projects bers: Of the 332 zero-energy and ultra-low-
Chancellor, Maricopa County CCD designed by 2030 Commit-
PHILIP TOBEY | FAIA, FACHA ment signatories met or
‘‘TTHHEERREE IISS AANN EENNOORRMMOOUUSS OOPPPPOORRTTUUNNIITTYY TTOO
Senior Vice President, SmithGroupJJR
exceeded this target.
PETER WEINGARTEN | AIA, LEED AP
Director of the Architectural Practice, Gensler If AIA’s estimates are EEFFFFEECCTT CCHHAANNGGEE OONN AA WWIIDDEE SSCCAALLEE TTHHRROOUUGGHH
accurate, the environmental
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GROUP DIRECTOR – PRINCIPAL | Tony Mancini 2030 Commitment projects
484.412.8686, [email protected] are signifi cant. The collec- IINNGG CCOOMMMMEERRCCIIAALL BBUUIILLDDIINNGGSS.. YYEETT TTOO DDAATTEE,,
EVENTS MANAGER | Judy Brociek tive potential energy savings
847.954.7943; [email protected] VVEERRYY LLIITTTTLLEE PPRROOGGRREESSSS HHAASS BBEEEENN MMAADDEE..’’
from 2016 projects repre-
SENIOR AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT
MANAGER | Donna Heuberger sents 16.7 million metric
tons of greenhouse gas
For list rental information, contact Gegry Gilroy
at 845-201-5329; [email protected] emissions, or the equivalent of operating energy buildings tallied by the New Buildings
CREATIVE SERVICES ASSISTANT fi ve coal-fi red power plants in a given year. Institute, only 35 are retrofi t projects. Of
MANAGER | Holly Dryden The projects also represent more than $1.4 these, nine were verifi ed as ZEB.
MARKETING MANAGER | Nancy Lewis billion in annual energy cost savings. An estimated two billion sf of commer-
847.558.2189; [email protected]
Impressive, right? But is it enough? cial fl oor space—2.2% of the total square
CORPORATE Perhaps not when you consider the types footage—is retrofi t each year, with an aver-
CHAIRMAN EMERITUS (1922-2003) | H.S. Gillette of projects AIA members (and most other age energy-use reduction of 11%. “While
CHAIRPERSON | K.A. Gillette
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | E.S. Gillette AEC fi rms) work on: primarily new construc- this retrofi t rate would cover roughly one-
PRESIDENT | Rick Schwer tion, mid- to large-size in scale. third of the existing commercial building
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | David Shreiner
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT | Ann O’Neill The sleeping giant in the race to slash stock by 2030, unless the resulting energy
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, STRATEGIC PRODUCT total energy consumption in the U.S. build- savings substantially improve, these retro-
DEVELOPMENT & MARKETING | Robert Haas
VICE PRESIDENT OF CUSTOM MEDIA & ings market is the existing building stock— fi ts will fall far short of the energy savings
CREATIVE SERVICES | Diane Vojcanin especially small to mid-sized commercial goals adopted by states and cities,” says
For advertising contacts, see page 79. buildings (50,000 sf or smaller). Retail Thorne Amann.
stores, gas stations, banks, offi ce build- Read her white paper: http://tinyurl.
ings, schools, auto sales centers—these com/ACEEEwp
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NEWS+TRENDS By Robert Cassidy, Executive Editor, John Caulfi eld, Senior Editor, and David Malone, Associate Editor
TOP THREE U.S. PORTS STILL RULE, EVEN AFTER PANAMAX $7.3 B
(cid:86)
That’s the added cost (in
The $5 billion Pana- billions) for damage due to
ma Canal expansion, higher sea levels and hur-
which opened in June 2016, ricanes along the Eastern
made direct access of much Seaboard and Gulf of Mexico,
larger cargo ships from according to a report from
China and elsewhere to the Risky Business Project.
America’s East Coast ports Climate change-induced
more expedient. higher sea levels combined
But well before “Pana- with storm surges will likely
max” came along, three increase the average annual
dominant U.S. ports were cost of coastal storms in the
engaged in large-scale Despite predictions that the Panamax widening would drive shipping East by $2–$3.5 billion.
efforts to hold onto and away from major ports to smaller markets, ports in Los Angeles, Long When hurricanes are fac-
Beach (pictured), and New York have remained dominant entry points.
even grow their share of the tored in, the tab will rise to
anticipated container trade. largest container ships now have been rising, but still $7.3 billion, the report says.
The Ports of Los Angeles have access to the port. take a back seat to trans- Coastal property and infra-
and Long Beach, Calif., and Despite predictions that portation costs and access structure will bear the brunt
the Port of New York and the Panamax widening to labor as factors determin- of the damage.
New Jersey have spent the would drive some shipping ing where companies locate. This will bring the annual
past two decades deep- away from major ports to Panamax has caused price tag for hurricanes and
ening channels, raising smaller markets on the Gulf some shifts in where ships other coastal storms to $35
bridges, and investing in and East Coasts, the Ports from Asia and elsewhere billion. Property losses from
terminal automation and of Los Angeles and Long unload in the U.S. Long sea level rise are concen-
dockside infrastructure. Beach and the Port of NY/ Beach and Los Angeles, trated in the Southeast and
America’s two largest ports, Atlantic coasts.
‘Warehouse and distribution spaces once received half of all BDCnetwork.com/RiskyBizReport
containerized goods enter-
on both coasts are at a premium.’ ing the country. Last year,
they handled a combined
— MATTHEW DOLLY AND MICHAEL SOTO, TRANSWESTERN 15.6 million TEUs, or just
12½
under one-third of national
Since Panamax opened, NJ “have retained their stat- volume. These ports’ com-
the Port of Long Beach has ure as the dominant entry bined volume is projected to The number of years it
completed a $1.3 billion points for containerized increase by 3.9% annually takes to become an ar-
Middle Harbor Terminal merchandise and manufac- through 2040. chitect in the U.S., from
expansion. The Port of Los turing components to be as- The Port of NY/NJ enrollment in school to
Angeles—whose container sembled domestically,” says recognized opportunities licensure, according to
volume peaked this year a report from Transwestern, from increasing shipping the National Council of
at 8.8 million Twenty-Foot the national real estate fi rm. travel through the Suez and Architectural Registration
Equivalent Units (TEUs)— In a recent edition of its Panama Canals. Last year, Boards 2017 data report.
completed a $500 million “Ask the Expert” series, its annual volume peaked to About 4,300 candidates
TraPac Container Terminal Transwestern’s Director of 6.25 million TEUs, or 13% completed the Architec-
Expansion. Research for New Jersey of U.S. volume, and became tural Registration Exam in
The Port of NY/NJ spent Matthew Dolly and Research America’s third-largest port. 2016; >8,100 completed
$2.1 billion to deepen its Manager for Southern The authors say that this the Architectural Experi-
harbor to 50 feet. The open- California Michael Soto point port has been “catching up” ence Program.
ing of an elevated Bayonne out that, as activity at these to its West Coast rivals. BDCnetwork.com/NCARB2017
Bridge means that the ports increases, rent rates BDCnetwork.com/PanamaxPorts
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WORLD’S LARGEST DATA CENTER BEING BUILT
NEW SCHOOL IN
WELL NORTH OF THE ARCTIC CIRCLE
COPENHAGEN GETS
The site’s secure, 12,000 SOLAR PANELS
moated property was
A newly built school in Copenha-
also a deciding fac-
gen, Denmark, has incorporated
tor in selecting Bal-
10 solar panels for each student
langen, according to
it can accommodate.
Kolos, the American-
The C.F. Møller-designed CIS
Norwegian company
Nordhavn is clad with 12,000
behind the 600,000-
solar panels that will produce
sm data center.
at least half the school’s annual
The green facility,
B allangen, Norway, located designed by HDR, is within 25 kilo- electricity consumption, a total
that is equivalent to about 70
about 140 miles north of the meters of a huge amount of excess
detached houses.
Arctic Circle, will be home to the larg- hydropower that will allow it to scale
The solar panels will be
est data center in the world when it up to two gigawatts of consumable
used in the school’s academic
completes construction in 2018. renewable power, which is more than
program. Students will be able to
Ballangen was selected because of any other data center location in the
follow the energy production and
Norway’s abundance of green energy, world. Wind energy will also help the
use the data in subjects such as
cool climate, large technical workforce, facility achieve its goal of being pow-
physics and mathematics.
and access to international high-per- ered by 100% sustainable energy.
BDCnetwork.com/DenmarkSchool
formance fi ber in neighboring Sweden. BDCnetwork.com/BigDataCenter
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