The next destination: Passive design airports
Today, we can design airports that are climate resilient, durable, long-lasting, and healthy for occupants—we can design airports using Passive House standards.
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Gensler
3 ways the most innovative companies work differently
Gensler’s pre-pandemic workplace research reinforced that great workplace design drives creativity and innovation. Using six performance indicators, we're able to view workers’ perceptions of the quality of innovation, creativity, and leadership in an employee’s organization.
KTGY
Former industrial marina gets adaptive reuse treatment
At its core, adaptive reuse is an active reimagining of the built environment in ways that serve the communities who use it. Successful adaptive reuse uncovers the latent potential in a place and uses it to meet people’s present needs.
NAC Architecture
The just cause in behavioral health design: Make it right
NAC Architecture shares strategies for approaching behavioral health design collaboratively and thoughtfully, rather than simply applying a set of blanket rules.
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Perkins and Will | Feb 27, 2019
ResilientSEE: A framework to achieve resilience across scales
Conceived in the Boston studio of Perkins+Will, the ResilientSEE team developed a resilient planning framework that can be applied to other neighborhoods, cities, and countries.
Stantec | Feb 21, 2019
Self-service bag drops and the challenges of speeding up airport baggage check-in
More airports are asking passengers to check their own baggage. What’s the ripple effect?
Hinge | Feb 19, 2019
Strategies and tools to help navigate a successful M&A
Based on Hinge’s industry research, smaller firms typically spend a higher percentage of revenue on marketing and business development efforts for the same return.
sponsored | Star Building Systems | Feb 18, 2019
Templeton Rye Distillery
A complex facility with multiple functions, including the fermentation area, grain milling, storage area, bottling line, and warehouse, the project eventually called for seven metal building systems joining together to fulfill the architect’s intent and the owner’s needs.
VIATechnik | Feb 14, 2019
The epic rise of industrialized construction
Experts project that prefabrication and modular construction will total $209 billion by the end of the decade.
Gresham Smith | Feb 12, 2019
The basics of building commissioning
As building system technology increases in complexity and sustainability remains at the forefront of design, the need for commissioning continues to rise. This is the first post in our series examining the basics, benefits and boundaries of building commissioning.
sponsored | Richard Scott-AIA, NCARB, LEED AP of Liberty Building Forensics Group | Feb 7, 2019
Don't let a simple band-aid fix cause a mold problem in your hotel
Band-aid fixes are often applied to a hotel prior to selling to make the building more appealing. Catching these masked issues early on can prevent a catastrophic mold and moisture problem in your hotel.
GWWO | Feb 7, 2019
Designing for the birds is not just for the birds
We’ve all seen it. A dead bird laying on the sidewalk next to a building. Or, maybe we’ve heard it. The loud bang of a bird flying into your window.
sponsored | MBCI | Feb 1, 2019
Why choose Retro-R® panels?
If your existing R-panel roof is in need of replacement or repair, Retro-R® panels may be the right retrofit solution.
LPA | Feb 1, 2019
Designing a net zero aquatic center
Buildings can be designed to cut consumption and operate more efficiently, but the pools always make it difficult to achieve substantial savings.
Stantec | Jan 31, 2019
Student housing series: Designing a home away from home in The Golden State
California asserts building code restrictions more stringently than other states, making design challenging for student housing.
SmithGroup | Jan 29, 2019
Convergence: The future of development
Continuous disruption is emerging across multiple industries, and boundaries between live, work, and play are blurring.
sponsored | Richard Scott-AIA, NCARB, LEED AP of Liberty Building Forensics Group | Jan 28, 2019
Hotel renovation for the Super Bowl halted due to mold outbreak
The Super Bowl was right around the corner, and much was at stake for this hotel. It was undergoing a room rehab with a hard deadline when an unforeseen mold and moisture problem brought work to a screeching halt.
CallisonRTKL | Jan 28, 2019
9 tech trends to track in 2019
Innovations in voice recognition, cognitive neuroscience, and biometrics are among the trending tech topics for 2019, according to CallisonRTKL's Kristin Tilley.
