Entire towers assembled through hybrid systems once considered impossible are now redefining the future skyline. Pickard Chilton’s Foundry South, a 121-foot-tall amenity building in Richmond, Virginia, is another recent example....the steel-and-timber hybrid structure is one of the first of its kind in the U.S. Serving as a corporate campus hub with an auditorium, cafeterias, and a gymnasium, the building required large, column-free spans suitable for steel construction.
A look at four new branches of the W Hotel have opened up in Hollywood, Atlanta, and the New York Area. Since the debut more than a decade ago of the W hotel chain, the contemporary lifestyle brand of the Starwood hospitality empire has always used design and architecture as well as a hip attitude to attract guests from the worlds of media, fashion, and entertainment.