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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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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National director of healthcare Ellerbe Becket, Washington, D.C. EDUCATION BSArch, BArch, The Catholic University of...
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When seen initially on a rainy January day by its eventual owner and developer, the Fulton Building, a 95-year-old of...
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When the Van Andel Institute (VAI) began to plan its new Education and Medical Research Center in Grand Rapids, Mich....
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At one time the tallest building west of the Mississippi, the Foshay Tower has stood proudly on the Minneapolis skyli...
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It wouldn’t be surprising to discover that a good part of the AEC community is unaware of the activity surrounding be...
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In 1997 a study by the city of Omaha recommended building a new performing arts center to ease the crowded schedule a...
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It stands just 660 feet from a major fault line, in a region that experiences dozens of temblors a year. It will face...
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Beginning in 1996, cable television billionaire and philanthropist Alan Gerry purchased the original Woodstock festiv...
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From its humble beginnings as a tiny pharmaceutical college founded by 14 Boston pharmacists, the Massachusetts Colle...
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Unico Properties LLC, a Seattle-based real estate firm, owns and operates seven million sf of property in the western...
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Tasked with designing a high-performance, modular community center for seniors, 12 architecture students recently com...
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Mention of architect Frank Gehry brings to mind his characteristically curving structures — notably the Guggenheim Mu...
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Along with lighting and MEP systems, glass technology represents one of the most dynamic areas of technological chang...
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When a truck bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building the morning of April 19, 1995, hundreds of p...
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Three decades after its original construction in the early 1970s, the Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System Bu...
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Electrified, electronic, automatic and smart: these four words describe the state of door hardware, suddenly one of t...
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"Audacious curves." "Cool coatings." "Vibrant colors." These are not phrases typically attributed to metal roofs. But...
