Achieving resiliency through integrated design
Planning for and responding to the effects of adverse shocks and stresses is typically what architects and engineers have always thought of as good standard design practices.
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Identifying Color Trends: Then and Now
Sherwin-Williams Coil & Extrusion Coatings reflects on the life of color trends throughout history and how trend forecasting plays a part then, now and in the coming years.
How to overcome the 3 most common obstacles in long-term community development
Use these tips to overcome market changes, community opposition, and multidisciplinary needs in long-term community development.
My reaction to the UN IPCC Climate Change 2021 report: Ugh!
The recent report of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is not a happy read.
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NBBJ | Aug 18, 2021
20 years after developing the first open core hospital design here is what the firm has learned
Hospitals have traditionally used a “racetrack” layout, which accommodates patient rooms around the exterior and situates work areas and offstage functions in a central block.
SmithGroup | Aug 10, 2021
Retail reset: The future of shopping malls
Developers and design partners are coming together to reimagine how malls can create a new generation of mixed-use opportunities.
Sasaki | Aug 6, 2021
Microclimates and community
The very local micro-climate has an oversized impact on user comfort in a specific place.
GBBN Insights | Aug 4, 2021
When the hospital becomes home
Patients and their loved ones need a variety of meaningful spaces outside the patient room to enhance feelings of optimism and control.
sponsored | Ted Goldstein, Atlas Tube | Jun 17, 2021
Taking HSS to New Heights With Shuriken
HSS have long been popular for low-rise construction thanks to the material’s excellent strength-to-weight ratio. But in mid- and high-rise construction, field-welded splices have limited HSS adoption. Fortunately, those days are over thanks to Shuriken™, which lets you make simple bolted splices with standard nuts and bolts.
sponsored | Sherwin-Williams Coil Coatings | Jun 10, 2021
Curating Coil & Extrusion Color Collections for Architectural Projects
Across the entire Sherwin-Williams business, there is an internal ecosystem of color experts who lead teams on developing colors and color spaces for different markets and products,
NBBJ | Jun 8, 2021
As many storefronts sit empty, 3 opportunities to rethink the ground floor of buildings
The vitality of ground level commercial space is about much more than the future of retail.
Clark Nexsen | Jun 3, 2021
What's next for workplace design?
Balancing personal space and the need for collaboration.
Paladino | May 26, 2021
Injecting embodied carbon capability into the integrated design and construction process
Embodied carbon is defined as the carbon footprint of a material, and is expressed in metric tons of CO2e.
Stantec | May 21, 2021
Kick-starting the rebirth of North America’s malls
Our outdated malls can be remade for a renaissance. Here’s how to get started.
sponsored | Brad Fletcher, Atlas Tube | May 20, 2021
Want to optimize design? Don’t leave HSS out of your toolbox.
SmithGroup | May 17, 2021
Future pandemic preparedness at the medical district scale
The current COVID-19 pandemic highlights the concern that we will see more emergency events in the coming years.
Paladino | May 12, 2021
Climate modeling for a resilient business and future
This post explores changes that developers and their teams need to make to their risk and resilience strategies by climate modeling for climate change.
