A modular construction solution to the mental healthcare crisis
Maria Ionescu, Senior Medical Planner, Stantec, shares a tested solution for the overburdened emergency department: Modular hub-and-spoke design.
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Maria Ionescu, Senior Medical Planner, Stantec, shares a tested solution for the overburdened emergency department: Modular hub-and-spoke design.
Vessel Architecture's Lindsay Straatmann, AIA, highlights four habits that have helped her discover the key to mastering efficiency as an architect.
Gensler’s Climate Action & Sustainability Services Leaders Anthony Brower, Juliette Morgan, and Kirsten Ritchie discuss trends shaping the future of environmental, social, and governance (ESG).
As construction projects grow more complex, producing a building information model at Level of Development 400 (LOD400) can accelerate schedules, increase savings, and reduce risk, writes Stephen E. Blumenbaum, PE, SE, Walter P Moore's Director of Construction Engineering.
The Harvard studies on the unintended effects of open office defines it as space where 'one entire floor was open, transparent and boundaryless… [with] assigned seats,' and the other had 'similarly assigned seats in an open office design, with large rooms of desks and monitors and no dividers between people's desks.'
Many sections of building codes are prescriptive, and many projects take this path to demonstrate compliance with safety and performance standards.
A new Montreal icon features glass in contrasting shades for optimal aesthetic appeal.
With some facilities, a little creativity can save money and salvage a building worth saving.
Tinted glass helps to regulate a building’s temperature as it is designed to absorb energy from the visible light spectrum.
When it’s time to make the move, designers can support clients in introducing a new workplace environment.
Social sustainability has become a central concern in terms of its effect that spans generations.
An off-the-shelf trim gives a mixed-used development a sleek, custom aesthetic.
Store frontage is integral to showcasing what’s inside and, more importantly, who is inside.
Hand drawing reveals a dimension beyond those available in a CAD drawing or digital rendering.
A Hybrid operating room (OR) is an OR that is outfitted with advanced imaging equipment that allows surgeons, radiologists, and other providers to use real-time images for guidance and assessment while performing complex surgeries.
One third to one half of all structures have damp conditions that may encourage development of pollutants such as molds.
Sabrina Hilfer, a specialty retail designer, talks about the integration of biometrics in the retailscape.
Waterproofing manufacturers need to learn how to better manage the risks shotcrete presents and simultaneously educate project teams on its less desirable traits.