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Yesterday, the grand opening took place for Mariposa Lily, a new Art Deco-inspired affordable housing project in the Pico Union district of Los Angeles, Calif. The supportive housing community comprises 41 total units, including five for those with mobility disabilities and two units that support hearing/vision disabilities.

Demand for multistory logistics centers is increasing in cities around the country that are looking to provide “last mile” ecommerce delivery to urban populations while using the least amount of costly land possible.

But vertical logistics centers have their own operational complexities that include inventory and fleet management, vehicular parking, and staying abreast of the latest transportation modes and technologies.

It seems fitting that wider adoption of thin-shell concrete, a technology popular worldwide but somehow unfavored in the U.S., has resulted from the exigencies of the multifamily construction boom.

An accomplished architect with a third-degree Tae Kwon Do black belt. A landscape architect raising twin three-year-olds while leading park design teams. An engineer with a passion for long-distance bicycling that began when he rode 9,225 miles from Philadelphia to Panama City.

Building Design+Construction editors bring you the top building products for the month of October. Collected across a variety of building sectors, these products easily insulate, touch up panel damage, and provide design flexibility.

From structural round timber (SRT) to user-friendly air handling units, here are 15 products being used in the industry today.

October 2023 Top 15 Building Products

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Previously a World War II Munitions Plant and most recently an aging National Archives and Records Administration warehouse sitting vacant on the Denver Federal Center, Building 48 is now reimagined as a leading-edge workplace for the Department of the Interior.  

While repurposing the building itself is a feat, the design is much more aspirational as it seeks to be LEED Gold, SITES Silver and both net zero energy and net zero carbon. Once open, the building will be operated by 100% renewable energy and serve as a zero emissions structure.

The building design and construction industry has an embodied carbon problem.

For the past several years, Industrial has been one of the hottest sectors in commercial construction. Through August 31 of this year, there were 566.71 million square feet of industrial space for manufacturing and distribution under construction, according to CommercialEdge’s National Industrial Report for September 2023.