Topic: Empire State Building

Empire State Building's $20 Million Green Makeover

The Empire State Building is already the world's most famous office building. Now the New York icon is getting a $20 million green makeover (part of a $500 million overhaul), led by backers including Johnson Controls, the Clinton ...READ»

New York's Green Giant

New York's iconic landmark, The Empire State Building, is undergoing a radical transformation into a sustainable model for urban living.READ»

Sears Tower Getting a $350 Million Green Makeover

The tallest building in the U.S. is about to get a $350 million green makeover as part of a plan to cut electricity use by 80% and save 24 million gallons of water each year. The goal of the project, according to developers, is to ...READ»

What’s Happening On The Fifth Floor?

That’s what all of these stories have in common - - profitable ways to cut carbon. READ»

Like Life, Branding Needs Vision Too

Do the Beatles, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and the invention of the radio have anything in common?READ»

Head Monster

Job Titles of the Future: Noel LeeREAD»

Fast Factoids

A few fast facts.READ»

Out of the Bedroom and Into the Office

Sleep doesn’t have to be the new sex, and workplace productivity really doesn’t have to suffer because of tired employees. With napping devices like the EnergyPod, employees can now combat the post-lunch slump, and the post-work lull, by taking a comfortable nap... in the office.READ»

Back From Dubai

I returned recently from a business trip to Dubai where I worked on a communications project with a private equity company. This is a fascinating country – city-state, really – with many contradictions. Since it is so widely ...READ»

MyMaps Dashes Startup Dreams

Last week, Google launched its latest feature, Google MyMaps. This handy upgrade of its already useful Map feature allows anyone with a Google account to create maps that are personal to him or her. The feature lets its creator add ...READ»

Taipei 101 Skyscraper to Be World's Tallest Green Building

The Empire State Building may be set to become the world's most famous green office building, but the Taipei 101 building in Taiwan is gunning for the title of "World's Tallest Green Building," with $1.8 million in upgrades that ...READ»

Is OMA's Chinese Masterpiece Pornographic?

Chinese media is ablaze with rumors that the CCTV annex and headquarters were meant to look like a penis, next to a bent-over woman--and that exposes some truths about Chinese culture.READ»

Holiday Inn's Hotel Stacks Up Against the Competition...Literally

Would you live in a house made of cards? Probably not. Would you just stay in a hotel room made of one for a night? Well, now is your chance to at least check out your possible accommodations. Check out Holiday Inn's hotel made entirely of stacked key cards in celebration of their hotel relaunch.READ»

Chin up

Fortune magazine began publishing during the Great Depression. The Empire State Building, Chrysler Building and Rockefeller Center in New York City were built during the same time. Microsoft had a major growth spurt in the downturn ...READ»

How Not to Market a Big Public Works Project

Starchitect Santiago Calatrava has unveiled a new bridge for Calgary--and the project's naysayers are screaming bloody murder.READ»

PUSH the Future (2)

Second lesson from PUSH 2007: The energy problem is bigger than you thought. James Kakalios is famous (well, anyway, he's the answer to a Trivial Pursuit question) for calculating the force needed to actually "leap over the Empire ...READ»

The More Things Transform, the More They Stay the Same

Three books purport to take us beyond Radical Change, past Reengineering, further than Growth -- and on to Transformation! With so much transformation going on, how could they be so much the same?READ»

Happy Earth Hour! Remember to Keep Your Lights On

For one hour on Saturday at 8:30 PM (whatever your local time), lights in businesses, homes, and landmarks like the Empire State Building, the Acropolis and the Eiffel Tower will go out for the World Wildlife Foundation's (WWF) ...READ»

This Close

An entrepreneur hopes to open a chain of power-napping centers. It's a vision for the future--and may well stay that way.READ»

'The Internet Is Going to Change Wall Street as We Know it.'

Can one of Wall Street's venerable names become a driving force in the Internet economy? That's the challenge facing e-vangelists Peter Maillet and Peter Miller as they help J.P. Morgan transform itself for the digital age.READ»

Steven Holl's Global Architecture Footprint

How rule breaking, vision, and a healthy shot of ego propel an architect to the top of his craft.READ»

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