Midcentury lakeside renovation creates a glass box to take advantage of southern views and the beachfront. Northern Michigan—with its blue skies and distinct seasons—is wonderful year round. The climate of Michigan is largely affected by the surrounding five Great Lakes—including Lake Michigan—the largest freshwater lake (by area in one country) which lines the west coast of Michigan. Glen Lake is just a few miles from Lake Michigan, connected via the meandering Crystal River, where several hamlets and villages lie along or near its shores. Located on Glen Lake in a setting of wooded rolling sand hills just east of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, is a midc

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Thermal & Moisture Control

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Largest historic adaptive reuse project in the world. Once abandoned, this 90-year-old former Sears-Roebuck Catalog Distribution Center was transformed into more than 1.4 million sq. ft. of mixed living space. That said, making the old envelope energy efficient was crucial, as the building included 3,200+ expansive window openings—some as large as 33 square feet—that had to replicate the structure’s historic look. At the same time, as a mixed-use facility with nearly 300 loft-style apartments, the windows had to impress developers with thermal-efficiencies for their future tenants. "Through extensive research regarding Crosstown Concourse's size and sco

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Makeover Magic in Minneapolis

Art Deco Complex Revitalized. Located in downtown Minneapolis, which averages 53-in. of snowfall per year— double the snowfall of the rest of the country—–the historic Baker Center offers more than a million sq. ft. of mixed retail and office space. The historic structure is actually a composite of four Art Deco buildings, and the challenge was pulling them all together with a single façade that would not only look sleek, but be thermally efficient against tough northern winters. Three of center’s the original buildings—the Baker Building, the Roanoke building and the Investors Building—were built in the 1920s. The fourth piece of the complex—the 730

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It’s a Perfect Ten

First and only LEED Platinum multifamily complex in Arlington County The Ten at Clarendon is an award-winning multifamily residential project centrally located in a vibrant neighborhood just across the Potomac River from the U.S Green Building Council Headquarters. In 2017, Arlington County was named the nation’s first Platinum-level county under the U.S Green Building Council’s LEED for Communities certification program. Certifications are an incredible achievement and provide a benchmark for progress as they continue to work toward climate, sustainability, and equity goals.Arlington County’s Green Building Density Bonus Program was established in 1999 to keep pace with th

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Makeover Magic in Minneapolis

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