A mix of sit-stand stations and collaboration areas support agile working. Image © Gensler/John Ryan.
Office Building Design | July 18, 2018 | Jane Stull | GenslerOn
When our Gensler La Crosse office relocated last year, we leveraged the opportunity to support an agile workplace strategy (aka, no assigned seating). Here’s what I’ve experienced firsthand.
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Rents grew by 2.1% in the second quarter of 2018, the highest for any quarter since 2015, according to Yardi Matrix. Photo: Pixabay
Multifamily Housing | July 19, 2018 | Yardi Matrix
The average rent grew by $12 in June, to an all-time high of $1,405, according to a survey of 127 markets by Yardi Ma...
A mix of sit-stand stations and collaboration areas support agile working. Image © Gensler/John Ryan.
Office Building Design | July 18, 2018 | GenslerOn | Jane Stull
When our Gensler La Crosse office relocated last year, we leveraged the opportunity to support an agile workplace str...
Ten of the 71 apartments in Gateway North Residences are reserved for renters whose household incomes fall between 61% and 120% of the area's median. Image: MassHousing
Multifamily Housing | July 18, 2018 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
The transit-oriented Gateway North Residences is centrally located in Lynn, Mass.
Speakers take the stage at the 2018 Accelerate AEC! conference, May 10, 2018, in Chicago. More than 150 AEC professionals attended the event. Photo: BD+C
Accelerate Live! | July 17, 2018 | BD+C Staff
This high-energy forum will deliver 20 game-changing business and technology innovations from the Giants of the AEC m...
Chinese acquisitions and investments in the U.S. fell 92% in the first five months of this year, according to consulting and research firm Rhodium Group. Photo: Pixabay
Building Owner | July 17, 2018 | Brian Gallagher, Vice President of Marketing, O’Neal, Inc.
The construction industry is already feeling the effects of the recent tariffs, not only with higher steel and alumin...
Photo: Uptake Technologies
Building Technology | July 17, 2018 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
JLL, in a new report that tracks this trend, cites three areas where startups are most active.
NASA graphic depict heat islands. Source: NASA
Codes and Standards | July 17, 2018 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Of all the impacts of global climate change, it’s extreme heat that kills more Americans each year than any other wea...
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Codes and Standards | July 17, 2018 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
The ambitious redevelopment proposal for a former Ford automotive plant creates tension.
Photo: Pixabay
Codes and Standards | July 17, 2018 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Renters in many U.S. cities have come to expect green features in apartments that they rent, with an eye toward energ...
Eight landscape architects are involved in the $3 billion Water Street Tampa project in Florida. Image: Strategic Property Partners
Mixed-Use | July 17, 2018 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
This $3 billion waterfront neighborhood will also include three hotels.
Photo: Pixabay
Office Building Design | July 17, 2018 | Transwestern
Analysis of 15 major metros shows the average rent in central business districts was $43.48/sf for transit-accessible...
Products and Services | July 16, 2018 | David Malone, Associate Editor
These 6 products can provide innovative solutions to numerous design projects.
Once a novelty, offsite construction is taking hold across the industry, as labor shortages persist, the Lean movement grows, and tech-based workflows become prevalent. Photo courtesy Katerra
Giants 300 | July 16, 2018 | David Barista, Editorial Director
We’ve identified five emerging trends that are likely to transform the construction market in the near future.
Codes and Standards | July 16, 2018 | Peter fabris, Contributing Editor
They already far exceed global average.
The Delta Electronics (America’s) 170,000-square-foot headquarters is a LEED Platinum, net-zero energy building in Fremont, Calif.
Sponsored Content | Plumbing | July 16, 2018 | Uponor
It took five months for three dedicated crew members plus one runner to install 138,000 feet of PEX tubing with the R...
An apartment-style student housing project uses patterning and window placement to generate interest on an otherwise flat façade
Multifamily Housing | July 13, 2018 | Stantec Blog | Bryan Morrison
While student and multi-family housing share a common building form, it’s the student resident that drives the innova...
Mold growth is evident behind new VWC during room rehab work in this Tampa hotel; prior to rehab, mold was not present behind the existing VWC.
Sponsored Content | Hotel Facilities | July 13, 2018 | Richard Scott-AIA, NCARB, LEED AP of Liberty Building Forensics Group |
Do you know the vital signs for avoiding moisture & mold problems? Will your brand standards cause you headaches?...
Courtesy Redhouse Studio
Great Solutions | July 13, 2018 | David Malone, Associate Editor
A Cleveland-based architect and a NASA Ames researcher have a novel idea for building on Mars.
Building Automation | July 13, 2018 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The building components facility will be located near rail, shipping ports, and freeways.
Codes and Standards | July 12, 2018 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Off-site solar, and mechanical/electrical system savings aid the achievement.
Sponsored Content | Metals | July 12, 2018 | Metl-Span
In order to get the multi-purpose facility up and running in time for the team to begin preparations for the 2017 sea...
Education Facility | July 11, 2018 | HMC Architects Blog | Mark Schoeman, AIA, Principal
Would instruction be more effective if students spent less time passively listening to lectures and more time activel...
Codes and Standards | July 11, 2018 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Government doing little to verify self-reported project data.
Market Data | July 11, 2018 | ABC
June represents the latest month associated with rapidly rising construction input prices.
An aerial view, taken this week, of the three buildings under construction that will comprise the Pacific Vista Commercial Center in Carlsbad, Calif. This Center is scheduled to start operating this fall. Image: Ryan Companies
Industrial Facility | July 11, 2018 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
A Ryan Companies project in southern California is being built to meet its city’s rigorous green standards.
At the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Child, Teen & Family Center and Department of Psychiatry Building, patient waiting rooms are located adjacent to the central atrium in a highly visible corridor. Rendering: ZGF
Healthcare Facilities | July 11, 2018 | Kari Thorsen, NCIDQ, LEED AP, Principal, ZGF
Circadian lighting, calming materials, and transparency are helping to normalize the patient experience in behavioral...
The concept, called Condominium Haus (or “CoHaus”), involves building six large-scale, for-sale, single-family flat residences across three buildings. Photos: Ward Capital Management
Multifamily Housing | July 11, 2018 | BD+C Staff
With its new CoHaus development, Ward Capital Management is betting on baby boomers downsizing and Gen Xers upsizing....
University Buildings | July 11, 2018 | David Malone, Associate Editor
CO Architects designed the facility.
Codes and Standards | July 10, 2018 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Cement is essential to many infrastructure projects that address climate change.
Photo: University of San Francisco
Urban Planning | July 10, 2018 | SmithGroupJJR's Perspectives blog | Michael Johnson, ASLA, LEED AP, PLA, Co-leader, Urban Design Practice, SmithGroupJJR
Rather than allow for an “evolutionary” adaptation to AVs, we must set policies that frame and incentivize a quicker...
