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National
Association of Realtors Headquarters
Washington, D.C.
The Washington, D.C. headquarters of
the National Association of Realtors was the first building
within the District of Columbia to receive certification from
the U.S. Green Buildings Council’s LEED rating program.
Today it also houses the Portland Cement Association’s
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Balfour-Guthrie
Building
Portland, Oregon
Designed in 1913 by Morris Whitehouse—the same architect
responsible for the design of the Oregon State Capitol—was
the first office building on the West Coast to be constructed
with reinforced concrete. The renovation marked another concrete
milestone for the historic structure when it became the first
LEED Silver certified architectural office in the United States. |
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The
Mosaic
New York, NY
FXFowle Architects' Dan Kaplan is driven by the thrill
of urban life, and his latest project, the Mosaic on the west
side of Manhattan, reclaims a former industrial area for a 677,000-square-feet
complex combining residential, retail, and cultural space. |
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1180
Peachtree
Atlanta, Georgia
The 1180 Peachtree is the tallest building constructed
in Atlanta in more than a decade. Satisfying more than 30 green
and high-performance requirements,the building was precertified
for silver status in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design (LEED) Core and Shell Development. |
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IAC/InterActiveCorp
East Coast Headquarters
New York, NY
The 550,000-square foot structure uses a typical 12-inch
flat-plate concrete floor with spans of up to 30 feet. Only
two columns are truly vertical. All other columns have some
degree of inclination—some as much as 25 degrees from
vertical. |
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140
W. 42nd Street
New York, NY
The first post-tensioned concrete office building since the early
seventies which conveys elegance and modern architecture in the form
of a 24 story tower with a building gross square footage approximately
200,000 square feet which includes retail space at street level and
typical office space above. |
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FDA
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)
Montgomery, Maryland
The FDA decided to consolidate their
headquarters into a single campus to improve operating efficiency
and to develop state-of-the-art laboratories, a central research facility,
and offices that are flexible enough to adapt to future changes. The
first phase of office construction is for the CDER and consists of
a 6-story building plus basement encompassing more than 400,000 square
feet. |
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505
5th Avenue
New York, NY
Monolithic concrete provides better acoustic
properties, enhanced architectural flexibility, enhanced robustness
in the event of terrorist attacks and provides better response to
wind induced motion. |
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Genzyme
Center
Cambridge, Massachusetts
The 12-story, 350,000-square-foot
office building recently opened in Cambridge, Massachusetts’s
Kendall Square neighborhood. A concrete structural system, chosen
in large part for its environmental merits, played a key role in bringing
the building to life. |
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The
San Francisco Federal Building
San Francisco, California
Set for completion in 2005,
the 18 story concrete office tower will take advantage of the city’s
coastal breezes, incorporating a modern glass façade
with movable elements that open and close—a timeless approach
to ventilation. |
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Office
of the New York State Comptroller, 110 State Street, Albany, NY
Similar to other projects of this type, overall cost drove the
decision for the material utilized in the framing system. |
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Adobe
Systems Campus, Quadrant Lake Union Center
Seattle, Washington
Concrete framing was the best alternative for
this project, since it provided the owner a facility that met the
mechanical, electrical, and space flexibility needs of a high-tech
tenant. Concrete also met the tight schedule and budget, and satisfies
long-term safety needs of the occupants. |
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360
Madison Avenue
New York, NY
Unusual because it combined a renovated
old building with a completely new one. The new 26-story reinforced
concrete office tower designed by Rosenwasser/Grossman utilizes the
flat slab floor system to minimize floor to floor heights and simplify
formwork for the two-day cycle. |
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Proscenium
Office Building and Parking Deck
Atlanta, Georgia
Concrete framing for this office building and
parking structure resulted in considerable savings for the owner.
Additionally, building tenants are pleased due to the lower build-out
costs attributed to the reduced height of vertical elements in their
spaces. |
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Minnesota
Life Headquarters—Phase II
St. Paul, Minnesota
The design requirements for the project were
very diverse. The greatest challenge was keeping to the very aggressive
schedule required to meet the owner's move-in date. |
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Westside
Media Center
West Los Angeles, California
Concrete was selected for the framing
system to create large uninterrupted interior spaces, commonly preferred
by prospective tenants. |
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Sabre
Headquarters
Southlake, Texas
This project, which is probably the greenest
corporate office facility in Texas, is one of the first and largest
in the U.S. set to receive the LEED Silver Level Certification.
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