What are your top construction building projects in North Carolina? Do you have a “short list”? Author Ralitsa Golemanova of JW Surety Bonds does, and she has the reasoning behind them. Ralista’s Top 5, which all “present a different facet of exceptional modern design and construction” are presented below.
Her list, in no particular order, includes:
1. The North Carolina Museum of Art’s West Building Expansion
The 127,000 square-feet West Building Expansion of the North Carolina Museum of Arts won the 2011 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Honor Award for Architecture. The Building is largely made of aluminum panels. One of its specificities is that it does not have any windows. Instead, visibility is ensured through 360 skylights that allow delicate natural light to enter the inner galleries.
2. The Bank of America Corporate Center in Charlotte
The skyscraper is 871 feet tall and was completed in 1992, is allegedly the tallest building between Atlanta and Philadelphia, and can be seen from 35 miles away.
3. The Bell Tower Development project at UNC-Chapel Hill
The huge $175 million Bell Tower Development includes a 710 car parking deck, a 25 thousand-ton chilled water plant, a new Genome Science Laboratory Building which will provide approximately 210,000 square feet of modern classrooms, laboratories and offices including nine wet labs, four bioinformatics labs, a 250 seat lecture hall, a 450 seat lecture hall, an 80 seat classroom, and four 30 seat seminar rooms.
4. The Biomanufacturing Research Institute & Technology Enterprise (BRITE) at NC Central
The BRITE construction was a $17.8 million endeavor, which is spread out over 59,900 square feet and complements the existing science buildings. The project includes a four-story 65,000 square foot building to provide hands-on learning experiences for biotechnology students.
5. The James B. Hunt, Jr. Library at NC State
Priced at $93.75 million, the 221,122 square feet library is designed with maximized light and views of nature in mind. With its LEED Silver certification, it provides natural heating and cooling, as well as usage of rainwater with the help of green roofs and rain gardens.
What about you? Do you have a list of favorites?? Share in the comment section of the blog.
—————————————
Photos of Art Museum and Hunt Library both courtesty of Wikipedia via cc.
Do you mind if I quote a couple of your articles as long as I provide
credit and sources back to your website? My blog site is in the very same niche as yours and my visitors would definitely benefit
from some of the information you present here. Please let me
know if this alright with you. Cheers!
Certainly. Thanks!
These are some fantastic structures; thanks for posting! There are too many to have any favorites and what architects are doing these days is amazing. I try to find inspiration in all that is created.
Thanks for commenting. I agree– I could never be an architect myself!