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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Industry Research | April 09, 2021 |
John Caulfield, Senior Editor
BD+C’s first-ever owners’ survey finds them focused on improving buildings’ performance for higher investment returns.
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Make no mistake: The U.S. and global economies face continued challenges in the year ahead. On balance, however, it's...
January 01, 2009 |
CTO Serious Materials, Sunnyvale, Calif. EDUCATION BS ME, Tulane University MS ME, University of Texas PhD, Colorado...
January 01, 2007 | By Robert Cassidy, Editor-in-Chief
The $65 billion U.S. multifamily construction sector is under siege. Escalating costs for building products and mater...
July 01, 2007 | By Randy Sharp, MBCSLA, MCSLA, ASLA, LEED AP
Green walls are regularly used throughout Europe and Asia, and in Tokyo they are considered more valuable than green...
April 01, 2008 | By Jeff Yoders, Associate Editor
Three-dimensional information, such as that provided by building information modeling, allows all members of the Buil...
March 01, 2005 | By Dave Barista, Associate Editor
A multinational Building Team responsible for remaking the dilapidated headquarters of Argentina's premier daily news...
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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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If you've ever enjoyed succulent strawberries with your morning cereal, or crisp lettuce in your salad, or artichoke...
October 01, 2005 | Barbara Horwitz-Bennett
High Tech High International, reconstructed inside a 1952 Navy metal foundry training facility, incorporates the very...
December 01, 2006 | By Dave Barista, Managing Editor
From fine art and fancy food to rock concerts and skating rinks, next-generation retail developments are nothing like...
October 01, 2003 | By Gordon Wright, Executive Editor
A mammoth, nearly century-old industrial building on the banks of the Chicago River has been turned into a center for...
August 01, 2001 | By Morgan Luciana Danner, Production Editor
As singer Bob Dylan used to croon, the times they are a' changin', and the area of project management is no exception...
October 01, 2002 | By Gordon Wright, Executive Editor
The imposing Queen Anne-style structure in a remote area of New Mexico began life as a fashionable hotel built by the...
January 01, 2009 |
VP, business acquisition Balfour Beatty, Fairfax, Va. EDUCATION BAE, PhD, architectural engineering, Pennsylvania Sta...
May 01, 2005 | By Larry Flynn, Senior Editor
On a recent crisp, clear spring morning, as I approached the National Museum of the American Indian from the east, th...
January 01, 2009 |
VP, business development Hill International, Marlton, N.J. EDUCATION BAE, Pennsylvania State University ACCOMPLISHMEN...
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VP RTKL, Dallas EDUCATION BS, MArch, University of Texas at Arlington PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS AIA, NCARB ACCOMPLISHM...
December 01, 2007 | By Jay W. Schneider, Senior Editor
“Hotel guests are looking for an experience, and that's driving what the hospitality market needs to respond to,” say...
July 01, 2009 |
Multifamily housing starts dropped to 100,000 in April—the lowest level in several decades—due to still-worsening con...
November 01, 2001 | By Mindi Zissman, Assistant Editor
In the building team's quest to reduce energy costs, insulation is becoming an important component of building design...
October 01, 2003 | By Barbara Horwitz-Bennett, Contributing Editor
In the lobby of the Philadelphia Academy of Music, the lights flicker as the crowd sets out to quickly find their sea...
July 01, 2008 |
High schools led the growth in K-12 construction spending during the last year with peak enrollment now in the 10th g...
March 01, 2003 | By Gordon Wright, Executive Editor
The success of a multi-tenant, speculative office building is dependent on the developer's ability to convince tenant...
September 01, 2009 | By Jay W. Schneider, Senior Editor
The Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine was founded in 1985, but the organization didn't have a permanent home...
August 01, 2009 | By Robert Cassidy, Editor-in-Chief; Jay W. Schneider, Senior Editor; Dave Barista, Managing Editor; and Jeff Yoders, Senior Associate Editor
4. Architectural Visualization through Gaming Technology Before 3D walkthroughs for client presentations were popular...
February 01, 2008 | By Barbara Horwitz-Bennett and C.C. Sullivan
Wood has long been considered an environmentally friendly resource. Today, even more focus is being placed on the rec...
March 01, 2007 | Staff
Brick walls may look sturdy, strong, and ready to take on the fiercest storms that Mother Nature can conjure up, but...
May 01, 2007 | By Dave Barista, Managing Editor
Jim Whitaker will never forget the day he first met Maurice Rhude. It was early 2004, and Whitaker and his design-bui...
October 01, 2006 | By Maggie Koerth-Baker, Contributing Editor
Built in 1928 as a shining Art Deco beacon for the upper Midwest, the Sears building in Minneapolis—with its 16-story...
October 01, 2004 | By Gordon Wright, Executive Editor
Surrounded by history, the residents of Cambridge, Mass., understand the importance of preserving it. But this Boston...
October 01, 2004 | By Gordon Wright, Executive Editor
A respectful marriage of old and new elements earned a Merit Award in BD&C's 21st Annual Reconstruction & Ren...
