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Marvel leads restoration and redesign of El Yunque Visitors’ Center
The project cost $18.1 million.
Great Solutions
Researchers develop concept for rechargeable cement-based batteries
Researchers from the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, have created a concept for rechargeable batteries made of cement. The concept involves a cement-based mixture with small amounts of short carbon fibers added to increase conductivity and flexural toughness.
Laboratories
A health crisis gives life to life sciences
Construction and renovation projects are heaviest in markets with consistent talent streams.
Sponsored Content
Stretching the Limits of Creativity
Every building starts as a vision in the mind of a designer. Find out how Sto®‘s engineered…
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6 strategies for giving new life to ghost retail buildings
There is a tremendous opportunity to repurposing these “ghost stores” from taking advantage of the embodied carbon of the site to increased economic incentive for communities.
Designing for health sciences education: supporting student well-being
While student and faculty health and well-being should be a top priority in all spaces within educational facilities, this article will highlight some key considerations.
Paladino
The future of regenerative building is performance-based
Why measuring performance results is so critical, but also easier said than done.
Videos
Michael Dreidger, CEO of IAQ tech startup Airsset speaks with BD+C's John Caulfield about how building owners and property managers can improve their buildings' air quality.
3D-printed molds help create unitized window panels for One South First, a residential-commercial high-rise in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Contractors that are desperate for workers need to make safety a priority.
BD+C Exclusive Reports
‘Desire paths’ and college campus design
If a campus is not as efficient as it could be, end users will use their feet to let designers know about it.
Healthcare Facilities
Healthcare design in a post-COVID world
COVID-19’s spread exposed cracks in the healthcare sector, but also opportunities in this sector for AEC firms.
Healthcare Facilities
Wellness is now part of more colleges’ health services
New center at the University of Virginia unifies major health departments.
Sports and Recreational Facilities
The rise of entertainment districts and the inside-out stadium
Fiserv Forum, home to the 2021 NBA Champion Milwaukee Bucks, proved that the design of the space outside a stadium is just as important as inside.
Special Report
2021 Government Sector Giants: Top architecture, engineering, and construction firms in the U.S. government buildings sector
Stantec, Jacobs, Turner Construction, and Hensel Phelps top BD+C's rankings of the nation's largest government sector architecture, engineering, and construction firms, as reported in the 2021 Giants 400 Report.
Texas’ first cohousing residential community breaks ground in East End Houston
The design will include sustainability elements.
Coronavirus
Advances and challenges in improving indoor air quality in commercial buildings
Michael Dreidger, CEO of IAQ tech startup Airsset speaks with BD+C's John Caulfield about how building owners and property managers can improve their buildings' air quality.
Multifamily Housing
Astra Tower will be Salt Lake City’s tallest high-rise
HKS designed the project.
Sponsored Content
5 Ways to Create Stress-Free Spaces
Now more than ever, people want their homes to promote and support their mental well-being. However…
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How Creativity Takes Shapes
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Architects charged with developing new buildings are increasingly seeking ways to stretch the limits of their creativity while also delivering on durability and long-term performance when it comes to the building envelope. With a host of engineered building enclosure systems, Sto® serves as a key partner in this endeavor.
Senior Living Design
Top Senior Living Facility Design and Construction Firms
Perkins Eastman, Kimley-Horn, WSP USA, Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., and Ryan Companies US top BD+C's rankings of the nation's largest senior living sector architecture, engineering, and construction firms, as reported in the 2021 Giants 400 Report.
Giants 400
2021 Religious Sector Giants: Top architecture, engineering, and construction firms in the U.S. religious facility construction sector, as reported in the 2021 Giants 400 Report
Gensler, KPFF, Crossland Construction, and Rogers-O'Brien Construction head BD+C's rankings of the nation's largest religious facility sector architecture, engineering, and construction firms, as reported in the 2021 Giants 400 Report.
Giants 400
2021 Government Sector Giants: Top architecture, engineering, and construction firms in the U.S. government buildings sector
Stantec, Jacobs, Turner Construction, and Hensel Phelps top BD+C's rankings of the nation's largest government sector architecture, engineering, and construction firms, as reported in the 2021 Giants 400 Report.
• Life of an Architect Podcast
Advances and challenges in improving indoor air quality in commercial buildings
Michael Dreidger, CEO of IAQ tech startup Airsset speaks with BD+C's John Caulfield about how building owners and property managers can improve their buildings' air quality.
Healthcare Facilities
Supporting hope and healing
Five research-driven design strategies for pediatric behavioral health environments.
Healthcare Facilities
Stantec will design the new Queensway Health Centre
The project is located in Toronto.
Healthcare Facilities
Leo A Daly designs mental health clinic for veterans in Tampa
The new facility will consolidate all mental health services the VA offers into one clinic.
Advances and challenges in improving indoor air quality in commercial buildings
Michael Dreidger, CEO of IAQ tech startup Airsset speaks with BD+C's John Caulfield about how building owners and property managers can improve their buildings' air quality.
3D Printing
Using 3D-printed molds to create unitized window forms
COOKFOX designer Pam Campbell and Gate Precast's Mo Wright discuss the use of 3D-printed molds from Oak Ridge National Lab to create unitized window panels for One South First, a residential-commercial high-rise in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Headquarters
SOM’s ‘breathing’ building opens in Shenzhen
SOM designed the building for Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank.
Special Report
2021 Science and Technology Sector Giants: Top architecture, engineering, and construction firms in the U.S. S+T facilities sector
HDR, CRB, Jacobs, Skanska USA, and Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. top the rankings of the nation's largest science and technology (S+T) sector architecture, engineering, and construction firms, as reported in the 2021 Giants 400 Report.
Advances and challenges in improving indoor air quality in commercial buildings
Michael Dreidger, CEO of IAQ tech startup Airsset speaks with BD+C's John Caulfield about how building owners and property managers can improve their buildings' air quality.
University Buildings
Eastern Michigan University launches major student housing project
The institution is working with Gilbane Development Company to build or renovate more than 2,700 on-campus beds.
ProConnect Events
ProConnect Events 2022: Multifamily, Sustainability, Education, and Single Family – watch the video to learn how to participate!
At ProConnect events, building product manufacturers meet with AEC professionals and real estate developers to discuss upcoming building projects, new products, and technical solutions.
Resiliency
Blast Hazard Mitigation: Building Openings for Greater Safety and Security
Increasingly, explosive blast concerns are driving the design of sites, structures, façades and glazed openings for today’s commercial, institutional and industrial facilities to protect. Driven by risk assessment incorporating potential injury and asset loss related to security breaches and varied event threats, building teams are going beyond perimeter security and standoff requirements to advance architectural hardening techniques that address both occupant preferences and long-term owner liability concerns.
Coronavirus
Advances and challenges in improving indoor air quality in commercial buildings
Michael Dreidger, CEO of IAQ tech startup Airsset speaks with BD+C's John Caulfield about how building owners and property managers can improve their buildings' air quality.
3D Printing
Using 3D-printed molds to create unitized window forms
COOKFOX designer Pam Campbell and Gate Precast's Mo Wright discuss the use of 3D-printed molds from Oak Ridge National Lab to create unitized window panels for One South First, a residential-commercial high-rise in Brooklyn, N.Y.
