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
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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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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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Comprehensive force protection. Building standoff. Blast proofing. CBR detection. Progressive collapse. Collateral da...
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Insulated metal panels, or IMPs, have been a popular exterior wall cladding choice for more than 30 years. These sand...
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Vinyl mimics concrete, leather, and wood New vinyl floors from Innovision in the ArtWalk collection accurately replic...
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When a nation of 1.3 billion flexes its economic muscle, the result is a building boom of unprecedented proportions....
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Since its construction in the mid-1920s, Seattle's Skinner Building has undergone numerous capital improvements to en...
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Designed by the Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron, the amoeba-shaped building has a wide range of functions. In addit...
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Brutalism is the architectural term perhaps most closely associated with concrete. Stark in nature, dull in color, bi...
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