As architects design high-performing commercial buildings, supporting life safety via perimeter fire containment systems is critical. Specifying a tested, listed assembly that incorporates six essential design elements and withstands extreme testing conditions can help architects support passive life safety and optimize opportunities for egress during a commercial building fire.
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The Ritz-Carlton Residences sits on a 36-slip private marina in Miami Beach, Fla. The project team for Lionheart Capital’s 111-condominium community was led by Stantec (AOR). Residences are priced from $2 million to $40 million. Photo: Kim Sargent
Multifamily Housing | January 20, 2021 |
Mike Plotnick, Contributing Editor
The 1920s King Cole Hotel becomes the Ritz-Carlton Residences Miami in the largest residential adaptive reuse project in South Florida.
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January 22, 2021 | NBBJ’s nbbX blog | Jonathan Ward, Design Partner, NBBJ and Phu Duong, Principal, NBBJ
Five lessons from Asia and Europe to create more human-centric American cities.
All images courtesy 3XN
Mixed-Use | January 21, 2021 |
David Malone, Associate Editor
The project will be located in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Data Centers | January 21, 2021 |
BD+C Staff
This week on The Weekly show, BD+C editors speak with AEC industry leaders about LGBT certification for ar...
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Codes and Standards | January 21, 2021 |
Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Code update would take effect in 2023.
The Ritz-Carlton Residences sits on a 36-slip private marina in Miami Beach, Fla. The project team for Lionheart Capital’s 111-condominium community was led by Stantec (AOR). Residences are priced from $2 million to $40 million. Photo: Kim Sargent
Multifamily Housing | January 20, 2021 |
Mike Plotnick, Contributing Editor
The 1920s King Cole Hotel becomes the Ritz-Carlton Residences Miami in the largest residential adaptive reuse proje...
Photos courtesy of MBH Architects
Mixed-Use | January 20, 2021 |
David Malone, Associate Editor
MBH Architects, in collaboration with Turnbull and Associates, designed the project.
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Get inspired! Brick’s adaptability has made it the premier building material for centuries even as styles come and go. Nothing says “classic” like brick, but nothing says “innovative” like brick either. Check out some examples of how fired clay brick remains a major presence in the 21st Century designer’s palette.
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January 20, 2021 | Stantec Blog | Christopher Bridle and Chris Jennings
The best landscape architecture solves the problems most important to its community with robust engagement and uniq...
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Codes and Standards | January 20, 2021 |
Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
‘Essential to ensuring the viability of the domestic steel industry.’
All photos: Jasmine Park
High-rise Construction | January 20, 2021 |
David Malone, Associate Editor
The tower is the first building completed in Casablanca Finance City.
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Market Data | January 19, 2021 |
AIA
The pace of decline during December accelerated from November.
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Codes and Standards | January 19, 2021 |
Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Incentive was scheduled to be reduced to 22%.
Eight leading construction industry economists forecast a slowdown this year for the nonresidential building industry, with the hotel and amusement/recreation sectors taking the biggest hit, according to AIA's latest Consensus Construction Forecast. Photo: Juan Cruz Palacio via Pexels
Market Data | January 19, 2021 |
AIA
Healthcare and public safety are the only nonresidential construction sectors that will see growth in spending in 2...
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Codes and Standards | January 19, 2021 |
Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Will address climate change, social equity, rapid urbanization, and health.
Rendering courtesy KTGY Architecture + Planning
Multifamily Housing | January 19, 2021 |
David Malone, Associate Editor
KTGY Architecture + Planning is designing the project.
All renderings courtesy Perkins&Will
Office Building Design | January 19, 2021 |
David Malone, Associate Editor
Perkins&Will is designing the building.
The 752,000-sf building represents the first significant transformation of Vassar Brothers Medical Center in 133 years. Images: Brad Feinknopf
Healthcare Facilities | January 16, 2021 |
John Caulfield, Senior Editor
The pavilion includes a 66-room Emergency Department.
Multifamily Housing | January 14, 2021 |
BD+C Staff
This week on The Weekly show, BD+C editors speak with AEC industry leaders about innovations in Passive House desig...
All renderings courtesy 3XN
Laboratories | January 14, 2021 |
David Malone, Associate Editor
3XN designed the project.
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Codes and Standards | January 14, 2021 |
Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Environmental and planning groups note soaring claims, flood insurance debt.
Energy | January 14, 2021 | Abundance: The Paladino Blog | Michelle Christopher
Now is the right and necessary time for the commercial real estate industry to shift its environmental strategy fro...
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Market Data | January 13, 2021 |
CBRE
U.S. construction activity is expected to bounce back in 2021, after a slowdown in 2020 due to challenges brought b...
Construction costs rose marginally in the latest quarterly tracked by the consultancy Rider Levett Bucknall. Image credit: RLB
Market Data | January 13, 2021 |
John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Rider Levett Bucknall’s latest cost report singles out unemployment and infrastructure spending as barometers.
Market Data | January 13, 2021 |
AGC
ABC’s Construction Confidence Index readings for sales, profit margins, and staffing levels increased in December....
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Codes and Standards | January 13, 2021 |
Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
New procedure would diminish influence of local code officials.
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Codes and Standards | January 12, 2021 |
Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Energy-intensive sector comprises 10% of all commercial real estate.
Office Building Design | January 12, 2021 |
David Malone, Associate Editor
The video game company is currently valued at over $17 billion thanks to Fortnite, its massively popular battle roy...
The 800-unit NEMA Chicago, recently completed by McHugh Construction, is the city’s tallest rental tower, at 896 feet. Photo: Courtesy Crescent Heights
Multifamily Housing | January 11, 2021 |
JAMES MCHUGH CONSTRUCTION CO.
All photos: Benjamin Benschneider
Transit Facilities | January 11, 2021 |
David Malone, Associate Editor
LMN Architects designed the $187 million project.
Life of an Architect Podcast | January 11, 2021 | Bob Borson, FAIA
There is a nostalgia associated with sketching in the architecture profession. But is sketching still an integral p...
