2.29.08 | New York, NY | Thornton Tomasetti, Inc., a leading building engineering and design firm,  established the Thornton Tomasetti Foundation to support the education and community outreach activities of young engineers and architects. The foundation, a tax-exempt, non-profit organization, has two primary missions: to fund fellowships, scholarships, and internships, and to provide financial support for individuals and organizations pursuing philanthropic activities related to building engineering, design or technology. For more information; info@ThorntonTomasettiFoundation.org

2.29.08 | New York, NY | Steven Holl Architects was commissioned by CapitaLand China to design a mixed-use complex in Chengdu, China. Calling it a 'Sliced Porosity Block', the building is made up of five towers with a multi-level plaza in the center of the complex. The towers, designed for offices, apartments retail, hotel, cafes and restaurants, have a geometric exterior and are heated and cooled geo-thermally. 

2.25.08 | Boston, MA | Shawn Bland joined Cubellis as Associate, Project Manager for the Boston office, where he will work on retail and mixed-use projects for local and national retail clients.  Mr. Bland comes to Cubellis from Jacobs Carter Burgess where he was Associate Project Manager for 15 years. http://www.cubellis.com/

2.22.08 | Abu Dhabi, UAE | Masdar  chose Chicago architecture firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG) to design its headquarters in Abu Dhabi's Masdar City, the world's first zero-carbon, zero-waste city fully powered by renewable energy. The headquarters will be the world's first large-scale, mixed-use "positive energy" building, producing more energy than it consumes. Masdar's headquarters will be completed by 2010.