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Georgia Tech’s Carbon-Neutral Energy Solutions Laboratory was built on a compact
on June 11,2013 in Feature

Building Team cooperation and expertise help Georgia Tech create a LEED Platinum building for energy science.

on June 11,2013 in Feature

This course provides step-by-step prescriptive advice to architects, engineers, and contractors on when it makes sense to repair or rehabilitate...

on May 08,2013 in Feature

When embarking upon a roofing renovation project, one of the first decisions for the Building Team is whether to tear off and replace the existing...

on April 30,2013 in Feature

Kate Steel of Steel Consulting Services offers tips and advice for choosing the correct code-compliant glazing product for every fire-rated...

on April 02,2013 in Feature

If you do hotels, schools, student unions, office buildings, performing arts centers, transportation facilities, or any structure with a lobby,...

on March 13,2013 in Feature

From folding façades to colorful LED displays, these fantastical projects show off the architectural possibilities of wire mesh and perforated...

The Yale School of Medicine West Campus, WB-24 Laboratory, New Haven, Conn., a r
on December 09,2012 in Feature

To earn 1.0 AIA/CES learning units, study the article carefully and take the exam.

The LEED Platinum, net-zero-ready campus police substation at Miramar College, a
on November 11,2012 in Feature

More and more colleges and universities see sustainainably designed buildings as a given

The Building Team preserved more than 65,000 glass blocks, which, if laid end to
on October 04,2012 in Feature

Reconstruction centered on Building 91.1, a historic (1937) five-story former machine shop, with its distinctive façade of glass blocks, many of...

During the construction of Mountaineer Hall, 129 modules were set and sealed in
on September 19,2012 in Feature

By using modular construction, the university was able to open a dorm a full year earlier than a similar dorm built at the same time with...

The Heritage Building in Philadelphia was in danger of closing permanently until
on August 07,2012 in Feature

Financial setbacks didn’t stop this Building Team from transforming the country’s first women’s medical school into a new home for college...

New glass walls make dancers at the Glorya Kaufman Dance Studio visible to neigh
on August 07,2012 in Feature

Renovating Pietro Belluschi’s Juilliard School opens the once-cloistered institution to its Upper West Side community.

“Leap,” by artist Lawrence Argent, at Sacramento International Airport. A key co
on July 20,2012 in Feature

Ranking the leading firms in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction.

The Kravis Center at Claremont-McKenna College in Claremont, Calif. The 169,000-
on July 20,2012 in Feature

But Giants 300 University AEC Firms aren’t expecting a flood of new work.

The architects were able to create a 2-hour exit enclosure/stairwell that provid
on July 16,2012 in Feature

Architects were able to create a 2-hour exit enclosure/stairwell that provided vision and maximum fire safety using fire rated glazing that...

In the spring of 2009, Muhlenberg College embarked on an expansion and renovatio
on May 31,2012 in Feature

Seegers Student Union at Muhlenberg College has been reconstructed to serve as the core of social life on campus.

Variegated brick at the street level, brushed aluminum, and a mixture of clear a
on May 07,2012 in Feature

The new stadium for the College World Series in Omaha combines big-league amenities within a traditional minor league atmosphere.

The Tower's exterior skin includes a rainscreen, glass, and metal panel system.
on May 03,2012 in Feature

This fully integrated Building Team opted for a multi-prime contracting strategy to keep construction going on Chicago’s Rush University Medical...

on February 02,2012 in Feature

When the University embarked on its first major addition since the opening of Hutchins Hall in 1933, preserving the Collegiate Gothic-style...

Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi’s fusion facility combines academic departme
on January 31,2012 in Feature

‘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...