To get ready for the 2026 Winter Olympics currently taking place in Milan and Cortina, Italy refashioned many existing facilities, repurposed old arenas as well as built new stadiums. This article in The Architect’s Newspaper highlights how 85% of the Olympics are taking place within existing infrastructure.
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Location: Richardson, TX
Products: Alucobond (MCM)
General Contractor: Brasfield & Gorrie
Architects: Alliance Architects
Located in Richardson, TX’s Telecom Corridor, this Digital Reality Data Center is part of a larger data center campus. Completed in 2023, the 111,520-square-foot project received LEED Silver certification. MillerClapperton fabricated and installed approximately 18,000 square feet of Metal Composite Material panels for this project.
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Product Category Rules (PCRs) are used in Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) to provide apples-to-apples comparisons of different products. PCRs mandate a single, consistent declared unit based on product application, while governing the scope and boundaries of the underlying life cycle assessments, which ensure the resulting EPDs are compatible. Click the link below to learn more.
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To make project managers’ lives easier, the construction industry is looking into AI and AI agents. Currently, there are AI-powered tools that can assist site managers and foremen with analyzing sites for potential safety violations. This is laying the groundwork for AI that can one day reproduce the knowledge of an experienced leader or skilled worker. Check out this article in The Wall Street Journal to learn more.
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Recommendation: “The Mannerist Phase in Architecture: On Early Style” by Lina Malfona
In her new book, “The Mannerist Phase in Architecture: On Early Style,” architect and theorist Lina Malfona adopts the term ‘mannerism” to describe a prolific early phase of an architect’s career, a period of exploration, uncertainty, conflicting influences and outsize ambitions drive their work. Check out this article in Architectural Record for an excerpt from chapter 8 in the book.
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