Engineers
Rendering: Schako Air Distribution, http://www.schako.de/
The guide provides tools and advice for designing, commissioning, and operating chilled-beam syst...
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The headquarters of Adobe Systems in downtown San Jose, Calif. Photo: Coolcaesar via Wikimedia Commons
Of the 19 industry sectors covered in the report, only one had a statistically significant year-t...
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Curbed calls the design "a chunk of the Fountainbleu" stuck on Alton Road. Renderings: courtesy Gutierrez & Lozano
The plans by architect Gutierrez & Lozano are of a sleek, boutique-looking, 22,500-sf facilit...
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Grand Rapids Downtown Market, Grand Rapids, Mich. Photo: Mike Buck
Falls Park on the Reedy in Greenville, S.C., and the Grand Rapids (Mich.) Downtown Market are amo...
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Proposal for Parliament Square. Renderings courtesy Transport for London
The plan will guarantee bike riders a designated stretch of street to ride from east to west thro...
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The stadium's removable roof will help migitate noise in the surrounding area. Renderings courtesy Arup
The venue will include a modern stage for the home matches together with a hotel, sports college,...
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The average American sits 7.7 hours per day. Being sedentary for that long over a prolonged period of time has negative impacts on a person’s weight gain. Photo: Darko Maksimovic via Wikimedia Commons
RTKL's workplace design expert Jodi Williams foresees healthier and more technologically enabled...
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Spending for the month totaled $627.1 billion on a seasonally adjusted, annualized basis, 5.9% higher than December 2013. Photo credit: Tech. Sgt. Dawn M. Price, U.S. Air Force, Wikimedia Commons.
Seven of 16 nonresidential construction subsectors posted increases in spending in December on a...
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Two towers are connected by a giant tensile canopy that slopes down, mimicking the tents traditionally used by cultures of the region. Renderings courtesy BIG.
The tensile canopy shades a relaxation plaza from the desert sun.
The apartment building is located a block from D.C.’s NoMa/Gallaudet Red Line Metro Station, which since opening in 2004 has been the impetus for development. Rendering: courtesy Level 2
It’s no accident that the word “Highline” is in this project’s name. The goal is for the building...
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The Marion Emergency Care Center at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital, Fort Worth, features a “super track” area to assess and treat low-acuity patients. Photo: Daryl Shields / HKS
A new generation of highly efficient emergency care facilities is upping the ante on patient care...
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The upper lobby in the apartment building ECO, one of eight buildings in the Green District complex in Allston, Mass. Common areas in multifamily buildings, especially those charging higher rents, often look more like lobbies found in hotels. Photo: Warren Jagger
Demand for rental apartments and condos hasn’t been this strong in years, and our experts think t...
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Situated in Houston’s historic Hines Market Square district is a 32-story luxury tower that will be home to 274 residents. Most of the multifamily that’s being built in the U.S. is rental, and much of it is in or near urban centers where both young and older renters and empty nesters are gravitating. Photo: courtesy Ziegler Cooper
A survey of more than 25,000 adults found the renters to be more burdened by debt than homeowners...
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Trumark Urban’s 27-condo Amero, in San Francisco’s Cow Hollow neighborhood, features a rooftop terrace with a striking fireplace. Photo: ©Christopher Mayer Photography
Toll Brothers, Lennar, and Trumark are among a small group of production builders to engage in co...
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The system was designed to take advantage of a building's air flow and generate energy even if it...
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New-home purchases, which recovered strongly in 2014, indicate that homeownership might finally b...
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The much delayed high-rise development at London’s 60-70 St. Mary Axe resembles a can of ham, and...
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Investors bet big time on demand for rental properties over homeownership in 2014, when sales of...
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Tesla Motors’ “gigafactory,” a $5 billion project on 980 acres in Sparks, Nev., could annually pr...
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The building components were prefabricated piece by piece using a printer that is 7 meters tall,...
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The Dutch practice NL Architects designed a proposal for a chain of hotels shaped like a rock cut...
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The 270-meter tower, dubbed the No. 1 Undershaft, will stand next to the city's "Cheesegrater" bu...
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New York-based HAO has released designs for the proposed Bolong 3D Movie Museum & Mediatek in...
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Nearly 100 years after Antoni Gaudí’s death, Chile will begin constructing a chapel using his des...
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After more than 15 years of work, the nonprofit design group Architecture for Humanity has closed...
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You can catch a train at Minneapolis’s new Target Field Station. You can also share in an experie...
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Five winning designs have been unveiled for lifeguard stands that will double as public space art...
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A study released by the New York Building Congress shows that construction costs in Manhattan hav...
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Artist Adam Reed Tucker used 180,000 LEGO pieces and 420 hours of work to recreate Frank Lloyd Wr...
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Construction input prices dipped 1.4% during the final month of 2014 and are down nearly 1% on a...
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