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AESS steel columns at Lee Hall III, Clemson University, designed by Thomas Phifer and Partners with McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Photo: Courtesy SOM / Scott Frances Photography

August 23, 2017 | C.C. Sullivan, Contributing Editor

AIA course: New steel systems add strength and beauty

Advances in R&D are fostering new forms of structural and aesthetic steel.

Facilities professional inspects a roof railing system.

As building codes change, existing railings may need to be updated or replaced. Courtesy Hoffmann Architects

July 26, 2017 | John P. Graz, AIA, and Rachel C. Palisin, PE, LEED AP, Hoffmann Architects

Balcony and roof railings and the code: Maintain, repair, or replace? [AIA course]

Lacking familiarity with current requirements, some owners or managers complete a roof or balcony...

Courtesy Dow Corning

December 12, 2016 | C.C. Sullivan, Contributing Editor

The 100-year enclosure: Strategies for heat-air-moisture control [AIA course]

Should institutional and commercial buildings be built to last 100 years? Why not? There are plen...

Hybridization of the co-working experience

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An interior collaboration space at the Pagiluca Harvard Life Lab

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