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Jul 11, 20162 min read
Quote: Mercedes Miras Varelas
This quote echoes many of my sentiments about disappointment with elitist architects and educators. Last week a colleague was explaining...
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Jun 29, 20161 min read
Blue Origin Rocket Manufacturing Facility Breaks Ground
Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin founder, and CEO of Amazon, said the $205 million facility will be completed by December 2017. The 750,000 Square...
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Jun 26, 20161 min read
Gainesville Medical Education Building Wins AIA Orlando Award
Heery Architects received an Award of Honor from the AIA Orlando chapter this year for their new Harrell Medical Education Building at UF...
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May 31, 20161 min read
OFA fundraiser 360 Challenge
In less than a year the American Institiute of Architects National Convention is coming to Orlando! In order to showcase our impressive...
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May 9, 20161 min read
Quote: Peter Zumthor
This quote by Peter Zumthor (1943-), echos the wisdom of his years of experience. I may have misunderstood, but in architectural school,...
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May 7, 20162 min read
Local CSI Chapter Turns 50
Our local Greater Orlando Chapter of the Construction Specifications organized in 1966. The national CSI organization grew fast in its...
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Apr 27, 20161 min read
A New Profile at the End of the St. Pete Pier
The inverted pyramid which has been the signature icon of St. Petersburg Florida’s waterfront, is being replaced. The new structure...
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Apr 25, 20161 min read
Lake Nona Adds More Sports Office Space
Place Alliance, a multi-discipline design firm, has designed a new 50,000-square-foot, two-story multitenant office building in its...
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Apr 21, 20161 min read
New Apartments Rise beside Maitland Sunrail Station
As ridership of commuter rail systems expands, development near commuter stations occurs. People enjoy the convenience of living and...
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Apr 18, 20162 min read
An Architecture Summer Camp for Kids?
A lantern designed by students in the Alberti Program, in St. Louis. The Orlando Foundation for Architecture has a mission to promote...
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Apr 14, 20161 min read
Architects and Ethics
The “devotion to the art of architecture” that Carl Sapers, Hon. AIA, references as his fourth “tension point” in the video “Ethics: From...
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Apr 12, 20161 min read
10 Tallest Buildings in Orlando
Here is an fun photo gallery showing you the tallest buildings in Orlando. The newest are not always the tallest, but I don’t want to...
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Apr 7, 20161 min read
Urban-Suburban Densification
Richard Reep has written an article in the New Geography about new mixed use projects going up in the Orlando area, and how they impact...
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Apr 5, 20161 min read
Luxury Apartments Planned near Fashion Square Mall
Orlando Fashion Square mall is set to get some new development — bringing with it some future shoppers and diners. Atlanta-based Trammell...
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Mar 31, 20161 min read
Proton Treatment Center on the Forefront of Cancer Treatment
The therapy center, designed by RLF Inc. is three stories and 15,000 square feet, and will hold a Mevion S250 superconducting...
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Mar 29, 20161 min read
Daytona Beach MOAS Expansion
Last fall the Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach opened their new West Galleries wing. The architect, VOA Associates Inc., was...
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Mar 25, 20161 min read
Embry-Riddle Wind Tunnel Complex
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has announced a new engineering school facility with a wind tunnel lab. The new complex designed by...
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Mar 7, 20161 min read
Isabel Roberts Honored with Gravestone
Here is a link to the announcement on the History Center website: http://www.thehistorycenter.org/historical-society-honors-orlando-trai...
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Feb 22, 20161 min read
Four Seasons Gets 5 Diamond Award
Completed in 2014 by HKS Architects Inc., the Four Seasons Resort at Walt Disney World received an Eagle Award from the Associated...
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Feb 17, 20161 min read
Geneva School Plans New Campus
SchenkelSchultz Architecture Inc. are planning a new campus in Casselberry for the Geneva School, a private Christian school. The...
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