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 process of designing and constructing a building is markedly different from that of manufacturing a product. But...
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Associate, project designer Westlake Reed Leskosky, Cleveland EDUCATION BS, BArch, Kent State University MArch, Harva...
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Associate principal WDG Architecture, Washington, D.C. EDUCATION BArch, BS, Kent State University PROFESSIONAL CREDEN...
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Every architect, possibly anyone who has ever put brick to mortar, has dreamed of being given a completely unencumber...
July 01, 2007 | Jim Haughey, Director, Research and Analytics, Reed Construction Data
The commercial market has been expanding steadily for three years, in pace with the overall economy, and will continu...
August 01, 2009 | By Robert Cassidy, Editor-in-Chief; Jay W. Schneider, Senior Editor; Dave Barista, Managing Editor; and Jeff Yoders, Senior Associate Editor
27. Next-Generation Green Roofs Sprout up in New York New York is not particularly known for its green roofs, but two...
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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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Arthur Andersen Worldwide had a problem. It needed more space than was offered at its existing building at Arthur And...
March 01, 2006 | By Jeff Yoders, Associate Editor
Laboratories are the third-most energy-intensive building type. A single fume hood can consume as much energy as thre...
October 01, 2008 | By Jeff Yoders, Senior Associate Editor
Gothic architecture is so ingrained in Princeton University's heritage that the architects and engineers of New York...
October 01, 2001 | By Mindi Zissman, Assistant Editor
What's old is new again. Building Design & Construction's 18th Annual Reconstruction Project Awards provide furth...
September 01, 2007 | By Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Few people would have taken a look at a century-old cigar box factory with crumbling masonry and rotted wood beams an...
June 01, 2003 | By Gordon Wright, Executive Editor
Designers of an 11-story Seattle office building received an apparently contradictory message when they first discuss...
October 01, 2006 | Barbara Horwitz-Bennett
Through a unique partnership between a public media organization and a performing arts/education entity, a historic b...
August 01, 2004 | By Larry Flynn, Senior Editor
Fewer libraries were constructed last year than in any year since 1985. But while the total number, 226 — 195 public...
May 01, 2007 | Robert Cassidy, Editor-in-Chief
Since its founding in 1945 by John D. and Will A. Cannon, Cannon Design (originally known as Cannon Corporation) has...
January 01, 2002 | By Dave Barista, Associate Editor
Today's buildings are more transparent than ever. Advancements in glazing technology have allowed designers to open u...
January 01, 2009 |
VP, project principal Stanley Consultants, Muscatine, Iowa EDUCATION BSArch, University of Illinois MArch, MIT PROFES...
February 01, 2006 | By Robert Cassidy, Editor-in-Chief
Think about this: If you were asked to identify the one building type that needed the highest-quality indoor air, the...
March 01, 2007 | By Jay W. Schneider, Senior Editor
U.S. corporations often underestimate the importance workplace design and layout has on their employees, and as a res...
October 01, 2007 | Jay W. Schneider, Senior Editor
More than 77 million passengers traveled through Chicago's O'Hare International Airport in 2006, according to the Air...
February 26, 2007 | By Dave Barista, Managing Editor
Slow to catch on in the 1990s, water-free urinals are finally making their way into the mainstream building market. A...
December 01, 2003 | By Dave Barista, Associate Editor
Window film has become one of the most cost-effective methods for cutting energy usage in existing buildings, especia...
December 01, 2005 | By Jeff Yoders, Associate Editor
Jacob & Co. Fine Jewelry caters to star customers like singer/actress Jessica Simpson, rapper 50 Cent, Victoria's...
October 01, 2002 | By Mindi Zissman, Products Editor
Just as modern medicinemay give an aging and ailing body a second chance at life, this year's recipients of Building...
March 01, 2004 | By Gordon Wright, Executive Editor
The Telenor Group, Norway's largest telecommunications organization, set a high bar for information and communication...
October 01, 2006 | Maggie Koerth-Baker
In the days when three-quarters of America was a wild, lawless no-man's land, Pioneer Courthouse in Portland, Ore., s...
September 01, 2008 | By Jay W. Schneider, Senior Editor
Why choose a metal roof when retrofitting your building? According to Mark James, a former independent roofing consul...
February 01, 2003 | Staff
Your firm doesn't "do" healthcare, you say. Fine. How might the principles of evidence-based hospital design be appli...
February 01, 2006 | Jeff Yoders
When New York architect David Yum first set foot in the high-rise Leema Building lobby in Seoul, South Korea, he felt...
March 01, 2003 | By Larry Flynn, Senior Editor
Office and retail markets are taking a beating in most areas of the country. Commercial office vacancies are approach...
