CourierNovember 30, 2012 • www.codcourier.org

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vol. 48, No. 13

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Buildings magazine awards ‘ABBY’ to BiC, SSC renovationsJordin GiGnacNews editor

the cover of buildings showcases the bic on the october issue.

second grand prizewinner the Jennie smoly caruthers biotechnology building in colorado.

third grand prizewinner baystate medical cen-ter’s four-story natural lighting area.

The BIC won one of the three grand prize ABBY (America’s Best Build-ings of the Year) Awards and was featured on the October 2012 cover of Buildings magazine for in-novative renovations and modernization.

Buildings magazine goes out to over 73,000 facili-ties across the nation and its’ readers look for the latest ideas on building efficiency and design in the publication.

For the BIC to win an ABBY that means that it has shown outstanding criteria in architecture and readers want to know about the building.

The ABBY Awards are announced month-ly and showcase three grand prizewinners and eight merit winners out of thousands and thou-sands of submissions that highlight great works of architecture.

In the October issue, Buildings magazine had

the BIC, Baystate Medi-cal Center in Massachu-setts and Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building in Colorado rec-ognized as grand prize-winners and out of those three the BIC ranked number one, placing it’s image on the front cover.

The BIC was renovated in 2009 because the old

the outside atrium on the first floor of the bic.see abby, page 3

What is your ideal holiday vacation?

“Going to my cousin’s wedding in the Philippines to celebrate the holiday,”richelle collamar pharmaceutical major

scan the Qr code to view a pdf version of the october issue that features the bic on the cover.

Jon Wardsecond year student

“Seeing the lights, seeing the sights in good ole Downtown Chicago,”

“Going to the Bahamas to climb Mount everest and when i get to the top, i’m going to play Super Meat Boy with Scott McKeever,”

steven czernek second year student

“Going to Boise idaho to visit cousins

for the holiday,”

todd smith fourth year student

photo by london summers

photo courtesy of buildings magazine

photo courtesy of frank ooms photography photo courtesy of baystate Health

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