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In many cases, curtain wall failures are caused by fairly simple errors that occur during the fabrication and installation process. This...
Kate Steel of Steel Consulting Services offers tips and advice for choosing the correct code-compliant glazing product for every fire-rated...
Charter schools are growing like Topsy. But don’t jump on board unless you know what you’re getting into.
If you do hotels, schools, student unions, office buildings, performing arts centers, transportation facilities, or any structure with a lobby,...
The Building Team for Berkeley, Calif.’s new 9,500-sf West Branch library aims to achieve net-zero—and possibly net-positive—energy performance...
Single-glazed storefronts in the student center at California’s West Valley College were replaced with aluminum-framed, thermally broken windows...
We submit our eighth White Paper on Sustainability in the hope that it will inspire architects, engineers, contractors, building owners,...
Building Design+Construction combed the healthcare design and construction sector to evaluate the latest developments in outpatient facility...
Designing a shade system is more complex than picking out basic white venetian blinds. Here are five elements to consider when designing an...
Lighting experts offer Building Team members critical information to consider before upgrading lighting systems to LEDs.
The editors of Building Design+Construction present 10 “Great Solutions” that highlight innovative technology and products that can be used to...
Office designs are adjusting to dramatic changes in employee work habits. Goodbye, cube farm. Hello, bright, open offices with plenty of...
The long-vacant Sears Roebuck building in Portland, Maine, was redeveloped into the corporate headquarters for MaineHealth. Consigli Construction...
The new 60,000-sf science building at John Tyler Community College in Midlothian, Va., just earned LEED Silver, the first facility in the...
The new campus building for Reykjavik University in Iceland’s capital benefits from a Zumtobel Luxmate daylight sensor system specially...
NanaGlass SL25 is a frameless opening glass wall system for balconies, patios, and decks in multifamily buildings.
The Solar Powered Dimmer, made to work with 10-inch tubular skylights, uses a remote control to adjust the amount of sunlight allowed into the...
New aLuminate light shelves help buildings earn LEED points by increasing the effect of natural light and decreasing the need for artificial...
Designed by ZGF Architects, in association with OPN Architects, the Biorenewable Research Laboratory on the Ames campus of Iowa State University...
The new Cantigny Outdoor Education Center, located within the 500-acre Cantigny Park in Wheaton, Ill., earned LEED Silver. Designed by DLA...