Tech Companies' Bold New Offices Test 'Campus Curse'
Much of corporate America is retrenching on the real estate front, but four influential technology companies are each planning headquarters that could win a prize for hubris.
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In Construction, a Year of Flat Growth Would Be Welcome
Want to see how the construction industry will do in 2011? Look at how architects did in 2010. By that gauge, last year's thin uptick in building design and engineering services foretells a similar small gain ahead for builders -- after two years of steep declines.
China Beckons West Coast Architecture and Building Firms
Fed by a thriving economy and a massive population movement from rural to urban areas, China's construction growth will dwarf that of the U.S. over the next 10 years. That's giving American architects and builders a chance to offset sluggish domestic demand.
The Real Wall Street: The Financial District's Physical Legacy
The term "Wall Street" has become so much a metaphor for the financial world that it's easy to forget it's a real place, too. But a new exhibit at New York's Skyscraper Museum aims to show us what an architectural treasure exists in that half-mile stretch of lower Manhattan.