
Skeleton fire pit, Chicago 2020 Halloween. Photo: © 2020 Marsha F Cassidy
Multifamily Housing | October 02, 2020
Skeleton fire pit in Chicago, October 2020

Open-plan set-ups like this are common in about 70% of U.S. office workplaces. Photo courtesy Pexels
Coronavirus | March 30, 2020
COVID-19 has designers worrying if open-plan offices are safe for workers.

AGC's coronavirus impact survey of 844 contractors (April 20-23, 2020) showed that nearly a third (31%) had had projects halted in April, and nearly a fifth (19%) were ordered to halt projects scheduled for April 2020. Source: Associated General Contractors of America
Coronavirus | March 25, 2020
Coronavirus pandemic's impact on U.S. construction, notably the multifamily sector - 04...

Life Fitness says it will sell its exercycles to apartment and condominium property owners.

Life Fitness is adding interactive content to its exercycles for hotels and health clubs, but will it sell to apartment building owners?
Multifamily Housing | December 09, 2019
The battle goes on.

The Oxford word of the year: climate emergency. Graph sourced from the Oxford Corpus
The Oxford Word of the Year 2019 is climate emergency.

Reviewer Elyse Betters-Picaro gives high marks to the ProForm Studio Bike Pro ($999) as her best buy for alternatives to Peloton. Photo: ProForm
ProForm Studio Bike Pro review.
Two recent reports (October 2019) explore whether car-free downtowns really work, based...

Ed Oswald of DigitalTrends.com recommends the Echelon Smart Connect EX3 MAX Indoor Cycle as an affordable alternative to Peloton.
Multifamily Housing | October 09, 2019
Readers and experts offer alternatives to Peloton bicycles for their apartment and condo...

Peloton bikes at Weinstein Properties, Bexley Triangle Park, Raleigh, NC. Courtesy Weinstein Properties
Peloton will no longer sell its bikes to apartment communities.

Compact washer/dryer combo. Courtesy Whirlpool.
Multifamily Housing | September 03, 2019
In-unit washer/dryer heads our ranking of the top indoor amenities in multifamily housing...
New AISC "Designing with Structural Steel - A Guide for Architects"
Top 10 results in the “Outdoor Amenities” category in our Multifamily Design+Construction...

Design Partners Incorporated provided surfboard storage at The Collection (above), a 397-unit, 43-story condo tower and 54-unit mid-rise (plus 14 townhomes) for developer The Collection LLC (subsidiary of A&B Properties Inc.); and at Waihonua at Kewalo, another 43-floor condo community, for client Kewalo Development. Both are in Honolulu. Photo: Ryan Kamo/Design Partners Inc.
What amenities are “must-have” rather than “nice to have” for the local market? Which...

Henry Gifford's Buildings Don't Lie challenges AEC professionals to build better buildings through a better understanding of basic building science.
Review of "Buildings Don't Lie," by engineer Henry Gifford.

Independence Library and Apartments, a hybrid library and affordable housing development in Chicago. Designed by John Ronan Architects
How the city of Chicago and nonprofit groups partnered to build three libraries plus...

Annual mortgage payment plus property tax per average square foot of housing in US cities.
Source: World Business Chicago
It's inaccurate to focus on property taxes as a percentage of home value without...

Yotel, New York City. Photo: JasonParis, flickr creative commons
Hotels are going for a new minimalist look to attract younger guests, but some older...
Researchers at Harvard, SUNY-Upstate Medical Center, and Syracuse University conduct a...

American Standard's SaTo sanitary toilet pans (shown here installed in a latrine in Haiti) seal off pit latrines from flies to prevent the spread of pathogens.
Architects | BD+C Editors | December 08, 2014
When we see the incredible technology being produced by global plumbing manufacturers, it...