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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Construction officials caution that demand for non-residential construction will continue to stagnate without new f...
Zaha Hadid unveils 2 Murray Road and the AEC industry is weathering COVID-19 better than most.
The project reinterprets the structural forms and layering of a Bauhinia bud about to blossom.
Awards program highlights trends in healthcare facility designs.
Nearly one-third of firms have had layoffs, more than 90% have experienced project delays.
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BIG imagines how to live on the moon and smart buildings stand on good data.
Now in its 17th year, the AIA Small Project Awards program recognizes small-project practitioners for the high qual...

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Delivery timeline delays due to COVID-19 pandemic prompt action.
The coming disruption of owning and operating a building and how to stay ahead through BIM.
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land and Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Mass. have worst 12-month losses, while Indianapo...
The October 1 episode of BD+C's "The Weekly" is available for viewing on demand.
The architecture firm has partnered with ICON on the project.
David Adjaye to receive 2021 Royal Gold Medal for Architecture and SOM reimagines the former Cook County Hospital....
A glimpse into the creative application of engineered wood products on one of the largest mass timber projects in t...
Molly McShane named CEO of The McShane Companies
T2D2 SaaS offering uses deep learning and computer vision built on decades of building renewal, investigation and p...
The project is the first phase of a proposed $1 billion redevelopment plan for the area in Chicago.

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LEED and GBCI rating systems drive resilience-enhancing strategies to help businesses and governments mitigate clim...
His practice, Adjaye Associates, was founded in 2000 and today has studios in Accra, London and New York, with proj...
Heatherwick Studio designs The Cove for San Francisco and Washington, D.C.'s first modular apartment building.
Eric Colbert & Associates designed the building.

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Natl. Apartment Assn. and New Civil Liberties Alliance want hearing by October.
Renovation to Providence's downtown library is completed and Amazon to build 1,500 new last-mile warehouses.
More bikeways, car restrictions, mass transit, climate resilience are on tap.
As AEC firm leaders consider worst-case scenarios and explore possible solutions to surmount them, they learn to be...
Do you have architectural visualization skills? Maybe you’re asking yourself, “What does that even mean?” Well, you...