British Airways announced yesterday that it will spend $30 million over the next 18 months to refurbish its Terminal 7 out at JFK International Airport. The project is slated to break ground in June and BA plans to pursue first LEED rating to date for any facility at JFK. Specific details on green design features aren’t available yet, but the new terminal will maximize natural daylight and presumably incorporate other LEED-standard credits. The New York Observer suggests that “modernist furniture, clean lines and general sleekness seemed to be the prevailing theme” for Terminal 7 at yesterday’s unveiling.
May 22nd, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 1 comment | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "TPG Architecture"
Citigroup’s Court Square Two: Long Island City, Queens
I briefly mentioned CitiGroup’s Court Square Two project in Queens’ Long Island City back in May (after its construction manager Turner was honored along with USGBC at Solar One’s Green Building Gala) but want to pass along more details about the 14-story, 528,000 square foot building designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (with development manager Tishman [...]
August 3rd, 2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued