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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Market Data | October 05, 2020 |
AGC
Construction officials caution that demand for non-residential construction will continue to stagnate without new f...
Market Data | October 05, 2020 |
BD+C Editors
Zaha Hadid unveils 2 Murray Road and the AEC industry is weathering COVID-19 better than most.
Rendering: Arqui9
Mixed-Use | October 02, 2020 |
David Malone, Associate Editor
The project reinterprets the structural forms and layering of a Bauhinia bud about to blossom.
Therapy Gardens at the SHirley Ryan AbilityLab by HDR | Gensler in association with Clive Wilkinson Architects, a 2020 recipient. Photo: Dave Burk
Healthcare Facilities | October 02, 2020 |
AIA
Awards program highlights trends in healthcare facility designs.
Market Data | October 02, 2020 |
PSMJ Resources
Nearly one-third of firms have had layoffs, more than 90% have experienced project delays.
Sponsored Content: Voice of the Brand
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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BSB Design has developed a three-level, purpose-built boutique student housing prototype for schools that are looking to limit their building’s occupancy and practice social distancing. BSB Design
Coronavirus | October 02, 2020 |
John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Shifts to online learning raise questions about the value of campus residence life.
Market Data | October 02, 2020 |
BD+C Editors
BIG imagines how to live on the moon and smart buildings stand on good data.
2019 recipient, Klein A45 designed by BIG. Photo: Matthew Carbone
October 01, 2020 |
AIA
Now in its 17th year, the AIA Small Project Awards program recognizes small-project practitioners for the high qual...
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Codes and Standards | October 01, 2020 |
Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Delivery timeline delays due to COVID-19 pandemic prompt action.
Smart and Resilient Cities | October 01, 2020 | VIATechnik's The Edge | Mike Paciero, VDC Manager, VIATechnik
The coming disruption of owning and operating a building and how to stay ahead through BIM.
Market Data | October 01, 2020 |
AGC
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land and Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Mass. have worst 12-month losses, while Indianapo...
Coronavirus | October 01, 2020 |
BD+C Staff
The October 1 episode of BD+C's "The Weekly" is available for viewing on demand.
Images courtesy BIG
Architects | October 01, 2020 |
David Malone, Associate Editor
The architecture firm has partnered with ICON on the project.
Market Data | October 01, 2020 |
BD+C Editors
David Adjaye to receive 2021 Royal Gold Medal for Architecture and SOM reimagines the former Cook County Hospital....
Sponsored Content | October 01, 2020 | APA – The Engineered Wood Association |
A glimpse into the creative application of engineered wood products on one of the largest mass timber projects in t...
Former COO Molly McShane ascends to the role of CEO at The McShane Companies, based in Rosemont, Ill.
Contractors | October 01, 2020 |
THE MCSHANE COMPANIES
Molly McShane named CEO of The McShane Companies
September 30, 2020 |
Thornton Tomasetti
T2D2 SaaS offering uses deep learning and computer vision built on decades of building renewal, investigation and p...
Image © Dave Burk | SOM
Reconstruction & Renovation | September 30, 2020 |
David Malone, Associate Editor
The project is the first phase of a proposed $1 billion redevelopment plan for the area in Chicago.
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Sustainability | September 30, 2020 |
USGBC
LEED and GBCI rating systems drive resilience-enhancing strategies to help businesses and governments mitigate clim...
Portrait © Nick Fradkin; Smithsonian National Museum for African American Arts and Culture, Washington © Nic Lehoux; Moscow School of Management © Iwan Baan
Architects | September 30, 2020 |
RIBA
His practice, Adjaye Associates, was founded in 2000 and today has studios in Accra, London and New York, with proj...
Market Data | September 30, 2020 |
BD+C Editors
Heatherwick Studio designs The Cove for San Francisco and Washington, D.C.'s first modular apartment building.
Multifamily Housing | September 29, 2020 |
David Malone, Associate Editor
Eric Colbert & Associates designed the building.
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Codes and Standards | September 29, 2020 |
Peter Frabis, Contributing Editor
Tightened standard applies to endpoint devices that dispense drinking water, and other plumbing components
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Codes and Standards | September 29, 2020 |
Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Natl. Apartment Assn. and New Civil Liberties Alliance want hearing by October.
Market Data | September 29, 2020 |
BD+C Editors
Renovation to Providence's downtown library is completed and Amazon to build 1,500 new last-mile warehouses.
Photo: Pixabay
Coronavirus | September 28, 2020 |
Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
More bikeways, car restrictions, mass transit, climate resilience are on tap.
Photo: Pixabay
Coronavirus | September 28, 2020 |
TAMI HAUSMAN, PHD, AND LONNY ROSSMAN, AIA, NCARB
As AEC firm leaders consider worst-case scenarios and explore possible solutions to surmount them, they learn to be...
September 28, 2020 | Bob Borson, FAIA
Do you have architectural visualization skills? Maybe you’re asking yourself, “What does that even mean?” Well, you...
