The latest content updates from the designbuild-network.com web site http://www.designbuild-network.com/ en-us http://www.designbuild-network.com/ http://www.designbuild-network.com/content/images/logo_big.gif http://www.designbuild-network.com/news/newsfunding-secured-for-northampton-castle-railway-station-redevelopment-in-uk http://www.designbuild-network.com/news/newsfunding-secured-for-northampton-castle-railway-station-redevelopment-in-uk The UK Department of Transport has approved a £10m grant for the redevelopment of Northampton Castle Railway Station as part of a regeneration project in Northampton, UK. Tue, 15 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT http://www.designbuild-network.com/contractors/fire_detection/hsl/ http://www.designbuild-network.com/contractors/fire_detection/hsl/ Home Safeguard Industries is the worlds’ leading manufacturer of aerosol smoke alarm testers. Introduced in 1979, 25S Smoke Check? is the original and still the best product for testing smoke detectors. HSI has built a global presence serving the com… Tue, 15 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT http://www.designbuild-network.com/news/newssom-breaks-ground-on-ctf-tianjin-tower-in-china http://www.designbuild-network.com/news/newssom-breaks-ground-on-ctf-tianjin-tower-in-china Construction has begun on CTF Tinajin Tower, a new supertall building in Tianjin, China, designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM). Tue, 15 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT http://www.designbuild-network.com/contractors/interior/lasvit/ http://www.designbuild-network.com/contractors/interior/lasvit/ Lasvit Group, founded in 2007, designs and manufactures innovative Bohemian crystal and glass lighting experiences. The company's founder Leon Jakimic created Lasvit with a single vision: to re-invent the world-renowned craft and quality of Bohemian … Tue, 15 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT http://www.designbuild-network.com/contractors/landscaping/burri/ http://www.designbuild-network.com/contractors/landscaping/burri/ BURRI public elements Ltd was founded in 1907. The fourth-generation family business operates its own development and design department as well as production plants in Glattbrugg, Switzerland. BURRI public elements equips all public spaces: streets, … Tue, 15 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT http://www.designbuild-network.com/news/newsbdp-to-design-new-business-district-in-china http://www.designbuild-network.com/news/newsbdp-to-design-new-business-district-in-china UK-based architectural firm Building Design Partnership (BDP) has won an international competition to design a new business district in Shanghai, China for developer Golden Kingdom. Mon, 14 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT http://www.designbuild-network.com/news/newsus-department-of-state-breaks-ground-on-new-norwegian-embassy-building http://www.designbuild-network.com/news/newsus-department-of-state-breaks-ground-on-new-norwegian-embassy-building The US Department of State’s Office of Overseas Building Operations has broken ground on a new $228m embassy in Oslo, Norway. Mon, 14 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT http://www.designbuild-network.com/videos/1637527934001.html http://www.designbuild-network.com/videos/1637527934001.html Rio 2016 Olympic Park, situated in Barra de Tijuca, south-west of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, will be where the main sports cluster of the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games is located. Mon, 14 May 2012 11:40:41 GMT http://www.designbuild-network.com/news/newsuniversity-of-saskatchewan-unveils-design-for-new-student-centre-in-canada http://www.designbuild-network.com/news/newsuniversity-of-saskatchewan-unveils-design-for-new-student-centre-in-canada The University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Canada has unveiled new design plans for the Gordon Oakes-Red Bear Student Centre. Sun, 13 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT http://www.designbuild-network.com/news/newsadrian-smith-unveils-design-plans-for-two-mixed-use-towers-in-south-korea http://www.designbuild-network.com/news/newsadrian-smith-unveils-design-plans-for-two-mixed-use-towers-in-south-korea Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG) has unveiled design plans for the Dancing Dragons, a pair of supertall mixed-use towers to be built in the new Yongsan International Business District in Seoul, South Korea. Sun, 13 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT http://www.designbuild-network.com/news/newsuniversity-at-buffalo-opens-new-research-facility-in-us http://www.designbuild-network.com/news/newsuniversity-at-buffalo-opens-new-research-facility-in-us The University at Buffalo (UB) in the US has opened its new $75m School of Engineering and Applied Sciences research facility on its North Campus in Amherst, New York, US. Thu, 10 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT http://www.designbuild-network.com/news/newsconstruction-starts-on-singapore-sichuan-hi-tech-innovation-park-in-china http://www.designbuild-network.com/news/newsconstruction-starts-on-singapore-sichuan-hi-tech-innovation-park-in-china Construction has started on the RMB100bn ($15.84bn) Singapore-Sichuan Hi-Tech Innovation Park (HTIP) in Chengdu, China. Thu, 10 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT http://www.designbuild-network.com/news/newschina-hgs-starts-construction-on-hanzhong-oriental-mingzhu-residential-project http://www.designbuild-network.com/news/newschina-hgs-starts-construction-on-hanzhong-oriental-mingzhu-residential-project Property developer China HGS Real Estate has started construction on theRMB800m ($126m) Oriental Mingzhu residential project in Hanzhong, Shaanxi province, China. Wed, 09 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT http://www.designbuild-network.com/news/newsbank-sohar-unveils-design-of-new-headquarters-in-oman http://www.designbuild-network.com/news/newsbank-sohar-unveils-design-of-new-headquarters-in-oman Bank Sohar has unveiled the design of its new $43.2m headquarters building in the Airport Heights district of Muscat, Oman. Wed, 09 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT http://www.designbuild-network.com/news/newsheijmans-wins-soesterberg-defence-museum-contract-in-netherlands http://www.designbuild-network.com/news/newsheijmans-wins-soesterberg-defence-museum-contract-in-netherlands Property development firm Heijmans has secured a €160m construction, technical engineering and infrastructural contract from the Netherlands Government Building Agency for the Soesterberg Defence Museum PPP project. Tue, 08 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT http://www.designbuild-network.com/news/newswestern-australia-unveils-details-of-new-stadium-in-perth http://www.designbuild-network.com/news/newswestern-australia-unveils-details-of-new-stadium-in-perth Western Australia's state government has unveiled the details of a new A$700m stadium at Burswood, Perth. Tue, 08 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT http://www.designbuild-network.com/contractors/construct_materials/luvata/ http://www.designbuild-network.com/contractors/construct_materials/luvata/ International metals specialist Luvata is committed to working with architects on new concepts to help meet their design aspirations and to develop copper as a thoroughly modern architectural material. The growing diversity of colours, surfaces, allo… Mon, 07 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT http://www.designbuild-network.com/features/featurehurricane-katrina-new-orleans-flood-infrastructure/ http://www.designbuild-network.com/features/featurehurricane-katrina-new-orleans-flood-infrastructure/ Since Hurricane Katrina, the US has been working overtime to rebuild New Orleans' damaged flood protection systems. Chris Lo talks to the US Army Corps of Engineers and its industry partners about their efforts to ensure the worst natural disaster in… Mon, 07 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT http://www.designbuild-network.com/news/newsspanish-architect-unveils-design-for-new-museum-in-brazil http://www.designbuild-network.com/news/newsspanish-architect-unveils-design-for-new-museum-in-brazil Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava has unveiled the design for a new museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which is planned to be built as part of the BRL5bn ($2.5bn) Marvelous Port project. Mon, 07 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT http://www.designbuild-network.com/news/newssb-architects-completes-first-phase-design-of-waterfront-city-in-lebanon http://www.designbuild-network.com/news/newssb-architects-completes-first-phase-design-of-waterfront-city-in-lebanon US-based SB Architects has completed design work for the first phase of Waterfront City on the Mediterranean Sea near Beirut, Lebanon. Mon, 07 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT