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Our experts analyze the next generation of energy and green building codes and how they impact reconstruction.
Our series on college buildings continues with a look at new classroom designs, flexible space, collaboration areas, and the evolving role of the...
How a Building Team created a high-tech rehabilitation center for wounded veterans of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
This fully integrated Building Team opted for a multi-prime contracting strategy to keep construction going on Chicago’s Rush University Medical...
An exclusive tip sheet to help the Building Team manage door and window retrofits successfully.
Two new PV systems; a lighter shelf; and fire alarm/emergency communication system.
Illumination Series panels made for a trouble-free, quick installation at a cost-effective price. The design for Red Hawk Elementary School stems...
Check out these helpful apps for everyday design and construction tasks.
Our favorite: MagicPlan, which uses GPS to help you measure and...
Retrofitting our existing commercial buildings is one of the key steps to overcoming the economic and environmental challenges we face.
66 skyscrapers to built in China over six years; 1,000 questions in the Modern Architecture game; 21,000 new jobs.
Our expert tells how to organize construction progress photos so you don’t lose track of all the valuable information they contain.
Earn 1.0 AIA/CES learning units by studying this article and successfully completing the online exam.
The reconstruction of a near-century-old derelict public works facility in Minneapolis earns LEED Platinum—and the hearts and minds of the...
When the University embarked on its first major addition since the opening of Hutchins Hall in 1933, preserving the Collegiate Gothic-style...
Replacement or retrofit can help keep energy costs from going out the window.
New products like cross-laminated timber are spurring interest in wood as a structural material.
Chapman Construction/Design builds a working culture around sustainability—for its clients, and for its employees.
‘Fusing’ multiple functions into a single building can make it greater than the sum of its parts. The first in a series on the design...
A new rule from the Steel Joist Institute clarifies when local reinforcement of joists is required for chord loads away from panel points. SJI...
