November 7, 2008
  Five Parks Grow out of One Huge Landfill on Staten Island
Field Operations puts a park for everyone on top of the nation’s biggest dump
Fresh Kills Park in Staten Island is organized around capped and secured mounds of landfill trash in its five sections. Although it’s been designed for long-term flexibility, it will contain specifically programmed event spaces and wide open expanses on the scale of a national park. It will also be sustainably developed, with native plant species and on-site renewable energy features.

$42 Million Expansion Transforms Specialty Hospital to Full-Service Facility
A $42-million expansion of St. Francis Hospital-Mooresville, Ind., transformed a former surgical specialty hospital into a full-service facility that offers patients maximum comfort and state-of-the-art care. The addition provides continuity to the existing hospital campus and creates a new front entrance and distinctive identity for the hospital. BSA LifeStructures, Indianapolis, the project’s architecture and engineering firm, used a series of metrics to guide their programming efforts.

Raleigh Opens Its New Convention Center
Design seeks LEED certification; part of Raleigh urban planning; underscores city’s textile heritage
The $192 million, 509,000-square-foot Raleigh Convention Center, designed by O'Brien/Atkins of North Carolina, Clearscapes of Raleigh, and TVS Architects of Atlanta, opened its doors in September. The publicly financed facility has 150,000 square feet of exhibit space, 30,000 square feet of meeting space, and a 32,000-square-foot ballroom. The design is seeking LEED certification.

 

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