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Office Building Design | October 17, 2019 | David Malone, Associate Editor
Hollwich Kushner, with Gensler as design development architects, designed the building.
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Codes and Standards | August 13, 2019 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Study finds increased engagement and readiness for new roles.
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University Buildings | August 13, 2019 | David Malone, Associate Editor
DesignGroup designed the project.
Marriott International has built 50 hotels whose construction included assembly of prefabricated guestrooms or bathrooms. These include a 354-key hotel in Hawthorn, Calif., that may have saved a year in construction time, says Jennifer Abuzeid, Senior Director–Global Design Strategies.
AEC Innovators | August 13, 2019 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
The hotel giant has more than 50 projects in the works that incorporate prefab guestrooms or bathrooms.
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Sports and Recreational Facilities | August 13, 2019 | David Malone, Associate Editor
Rosetti is master planning the project.
Perkins and Will’s turnkey lab, specifically for companies ready to break out of their incubator state, is currently being tested at the Hudson Research Center in Manhattan, managed by Taconic Development, where HiberCell has taken 15,000 sf of lab space designed to the firm’s specifications. Rendering courtesy Taconic Development
Giants 300 | August 13, 2019 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
The design giant has identified one critical need among S+T startups that want to graduate from their incubator stage...
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Market Data | August 12, 2019 | ABC
Emerging weakness in business investment has been hinting at softening outlays.
Design Partners Incorporated provided surfboard storage at The Collection (above), a 397-unit, 43-story condo tower and 54-unit mid-rise (plus 14 townhomes) for developer The Collection LLC (subsidiary of A&B Properties Inc.); and at Waihonua at Kewalo, another 43-floor condo community, for client Kewalo Development. Both are in Honolulu. Photo: Ryan Kamo/Design Partners Inc.
Multifamily Housing | August 12, 2019 | Rob Cassidy |
What amenities are “must-have” rather than “nice to have” for the local market? Which amenities will attract the rent...
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Codes and Standards | August 12, 2019 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
AAMA document includes mandatory language, optional language, and detailed technical commentary.
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Architects | August 12, 2019 | NCARB
Architects, registration boards, and others join effort to ensure a unified voice for professions in growing debate a...
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Mixed-Use | August 12, 2019 | David Malone, Associate Editor
Qiddiya is currently under construction 28 miles outside of Riyadh.
Sponsored Content | August 09, 2019 | Star Building Systems |
There was never any doubt that a metal building was the best solution for the job.
Henry Gifford's Buildings Don't Lie challenges AEC professionals to build better buildings through a better understanding of basic building science.
August 09, 2019 | Rob Cassidy |
Review of "Buildings Don't Lie," by engineer Henry Gifford.
Dane Stokes, a Design Technology Specialist with ZGF Architects, shown with floor sensors that were used to capture occupant circulation data for one of the firm’s projects. Photo: ZGF
AEC Innovators | August 09, 2019 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Computational design lets ZGF Architects see patterns that renderings and even models can’t show.
Harper College in Illinois joined forces with a local healthcare system and parks district to finance the renovation and expansion of a community rec center. Image: Dave Burk, courtesy of CannonDesign
Sports and Recreational Facilities | August 09, 2019 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Institutional, private, and government dollars moved recent projects forward in Illinois and Canada.
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Codes and Standards | August 09, 2019 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Solutions include eliminating single-family zoning and allowing taller apartments in higher-density zones.
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Data Centers | August 09, 2019 | David Malone, Associate Editor
Baker Barrios Architects is designing the project.
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Codes and Standards | August 08, 2019 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Recognition that structures should be acoustically satisfying.
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University Buildings | August 08, 2019 | David Malone, Associate Editor
Wight & Company is providing design-build services for the project.
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Museums | August 08, 2019 | David Malone, Associate Editor
UNStudio is designing the project.
At NeoCity Academy, student performance enhancement features include air purification technology, enhanced and natural daylighting, and collaboration laboratories. Image: Little Diversified Architectural Consulting
Energy Efficiency | August 08, 2019 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
The building is distinguished by its rooftop solar array and its air-tight envelope.
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Market Data | August 07, 2019 | Transwestern
Average asking rental rate posts 4.2% annual growth.
OasisPlus’s sensors measure the building’s movement as it shakes and then sends real-time alerts to building occupants, facilities teams, and even the building’s structural engineer. The system includes an app for building occupants. All images courtesy Kinemetrics.
Great Solutions | August 07, 2019 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The platform provides real-time monitoring to help avoid unnecessary evacuations and improve emergency response.
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Codes and Standards | August 07, 2019 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
All must comply by January 1.
"For thousands of years we remained on the ground, and only in the last 100 years have we made drastic progress in our aviation journey. Volary pays homage to this passion, as the entire structure is designed to look as if it’s suspended in the air," says Walter Hughes, Humphreys & Partners' Chief Innovation Officer. Rendering and animated video courtesy Humphreys & Partners Architects
Transit Facilities | August 07, 2019 | BD+C Staff
In this two-minute video, Walter Hughes, Humphreys' Chief Innovation Officer, walks us through his firm's design conc...
Students working in a communal space. Photo courtesy GBBN
Multifamily Housing | August 07, 2019 | Zachary E. Zettler, AIA, LEED AP, Associate Principal, GBBN
When it comes to the design and space planning of your residence life program, the quality of the space you create wi...
Rainer Square, a 58-story tower in Seattle, is being built around a steel-and-concrete composite core wall system that Magnusson Klemencic Associates developed over a three-year period with Purdue University, with funding from The Pankow Foundation. Ron Klemencic, PE, SE, Hon. AIA, MKA's Chairman and CEO, says this system will save the developer eight months in construction time. Rendering: Magnusson Klemencic Associates
AEC Innovators | August 06, 2019 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
With its Speed Core composite core wall system, Magnusson Klemencic Associates thinks it’s found a faster way to comp...
Retail Centers | August 06, 2019 | CallisonRTKL blog | Marc Fairbrother
CallisonRTKL Vice President Marc Fairbrother explains how struggling American malls can turn it all around.
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Sports and Recreational Facilities | August 06, 2019 | David Malone, Associate Editor
Specht Architects designed the project.
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Codes and Standards | August 06, 2019 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Construction industry must also invest in training, recruiting high school students.
U.K.-based general contractor Mace Group built working factories on top of two high rises while they were under construction in Stratford, England. The 47,355-cubic-meter factories allowed Mace to complete 18 stories in 18 weeks. Matt Gough, Mace’s Director of Innovation and Work Winning, says the factories were “cost neutral.” Photo: Mace Group
AEC Innovators | August 05, 2019 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
The six-story factories eliminated the need for tower cranes, and increased productivity to the point where crews cou...
