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AEC inspections are the key to financially viable office to residential adaptive reuse projects

About a year ago our industry was abuzz with an idea that seemed like a one-shot miracle cure for both the shockingly high rate of office vacancies and the worsening housing shortage. The seemingly simple idea of converting empty office buildings to multifamily residential seemed like an easy and elegant solution. However, in the intervening months we’ve seen only a handful of these conversions, despite near universal enthusiasm for the concept. 




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Architects

Every building starts with a concept and a design. Architects are involved at every stage of the process, even after a design has been finalized, helping other building team members through the snares and missteps in the construction process. Building Design+Construction delivers news, trends, and research to the nation's largest architectural design firms. 

May 24, 2017

Accelerate Live! talk: The data-driven future for AEC, Nathan Miller, Proving Ground

In this 15-minute talk at BD+C’s Accelerate Live! (May 11, 2017, Chicago), Nathan Miller presents his vision of a data-driven future for the business of design.
Architects | May 23, 2017

Queens Museum exhibit shows New York City as it could have been

The installation will showcase 200 years worth of unrealized Big Apple projects via original drawings, renderings, newly commissioned models, and 3D visualizations.

Education Facilities | LPA | May 22, 2017

Educational design taking lessons from tech firms

Recently, in educational design, we have seen a trend toward more flexible learning spaces.

Architects | Legat Architects | May 16, 2017

Architecture that helps children fall in love with the environment

The coming decades present a major ecological challenge... so let’s encourage the next generation to do something about it!

AEC Tech | May 11, 2017

Accelerate Live!: Social media reactions from BD+C's AEC innovation conference

BD+C's inaugural Accelerate Live! innovation conference took place May 11, in Chicago.

Multifamily Housing | May 10, 2017

Triple Treat: Developer transforms mid-rise into unique live-work lofts

Novus Residences’ revolutionary e-lofts concept offers tenants a tempting trio of options—‘live,’ ‘live-work,’ or ‘work’—all on the same floor.

Architects | May 9, 2017

Spiezle Architectural Group looks to the future

Now in its seventh decade, the firm expands its portfolio and moves into a larger HQs.

Architects | May 9, 2017

Movers + Shapers: The social connector

Studio Gang gains fans with buildings that unite people and embrace the outside world.

Architects | May 5, 2017

An acquisition extends Eppstein Uhen Architects’ national footprint

Has architects in 35 states after acquiring Burkettdesign in Denver.

Great Solutions | May 5, 2017

No nails necessary: Framing system comes together with steel zip ties and screws

Clemson University’s School of Architecture develops a patent-pending construction method that is gaining attention for its potential use in rapid, low-tech sustainable housing.

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