All-electric buildings – great! But where's all that energy going to be stored?

There's a call for all-electric buildings, but can we generate and store enough electricity to meet that need?

My reaction to the UN IPCC Climate Change 2021 report: Ugh!

The recent report of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is not a happy read.

Life Fitness to the rescue! Apartment owners, rejoice!

Reconsidering construction robotics

After decades when experts predicted that robots would become more prevalent on construction sites, it would appear that the industry has finally reached that point where necessity, aspiration, and investment are colliding.

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Multifamily Housing | Rob Cassidy | Apr 30, 2018

For housing costs, consider all occupancy costs - not just property taxes

It's inaccurate to focus on property taxes as a percentage of home value without acknowledging the actual cost of housing to which this percentage is applied.

MIT’s Simmons Hall, designed by Steven Holl

Big Data | BD+C Staff | Jan 5, 2018

In the age of data-driven design, has POE’s time finally come?

At a time when research- and data-based methods are playing a larger role in architecture, there remains a surprisingly scant amount of post-occupancy research. But that’s starting to change.

Building Team | David Barista | Dec 30, 2016

An open letter to the AEC C-suite

Women AEC professionals need you to take action.

AEC Tech | David Barista | Sep 6, 2016

Innovation intervention: How AEC firms are driving growth through R&D programs

AEC firms are taking a page from the tech industry, by infusing a deep commitment to innovation and disruption into their cultural DNA.

AEC Tech | David Barista | Jun 27, 2016

If ‘only the paranoid survive,’ what does it take to thrive?

“Sooner or later, something fundamental in your business world will change.” The late Andrew Grove (1936-2016), Co-founder of tech giant Intel Corp., lived by these words.

AEC Tech | David Barista | May 31, 2016

As commercial buildings get ‘smarter,’ concerns rise over cybercrime

As buildings become increasingly connected, opportunistic hackers have countless avenues into a building’s network.

AEC Tech | David Barista | May 9, 2016

Is the nation’s grand tech boom really an innovation funk?

Despite popular belief, the country is not in a great age of technological and digital innovation, at least when compared to the last great innovation era (1870-1970).

AEC Tech | David Barista | Mar 31, 2016

Deep Learning + AI: How machines are becoming master problem solvers

Besides revolutionary changes to the world’s workforce, artificial intelligence could have a profound impact on the built environment and the AEC industry.

Hotel Facilities | Rob Cassidy | Mar 9, 2016

New hotel rooms generate an intergenerational battle

Hotels are going for a new minimalist look to attract younger guests, but some older business travelers don't like the small "desks"—and they don't want to work in the hotel lobby. But it's really all about trimming construction costs.