5 more ProConnect events scheduled for 2024, including all-new 'AEC Giants'

SGC Horizon present 7 ProConnect events in 2024.

Enter today! BD+C's 75 Top Building Products for 2024

BD+C editors are now accepting submissions for the annual 75 Top Building Products awards. The winners will be featured in the November/December 2024 issue of Building Design+Construction.

Tacoma, Wash., investigating policy to reuse and recycle building materials

Tacoma, Wash., recently initiated a study to find ways to increase building material reuse through deconstruction and salvage. The city council unanimously voted to direct the city manager to investigate deconstruction options and estimate costs.

Brick and Masonry

Best in brick buildings: 9 projects take top honors in the Brick in Architecture Awards

The Ace Hotel Toronto, designed by Shim-Sutcliffe Architects, and the TCU Music Center by Bora Architecture & Interiors are among nine "Best in Class" winners and 44 overall winners in the Brick Industry Association's 2023 Brick in Architecture Awards.

Building Materials | Nov 9, 2018

As trade war heats up, long-term impact is anyone’s guess

Seven months into Trump’s trade war, the jury is still out.

Building Materials | Aug 17, 2018

Creating an identity for the New England Conservatory Student Life and Performance Center

The first New England Conservatory building to be added in 60 years presents a singular vision.

Building Materials | Star Building Systems | Aug 1, 2018

Building for now... and the future

Metal building systems are often selected for large-sized structures, and with good reason.

Office Buildings | Jul 25, 2018

New study on occupant comfort advances Saint Gobain’s design approach for renovation and new construction

The building products giant gauges its employees’ perceptions of old and new headquarters environments.

Great Solutions | Jul 13, 2018

Fungus may be the key to colonizing mars

A Cleveland-based architect and a NASA Ames researcher have a novel idea for building on Mars.

Jul 10, 2018

tesa Offers Tape Applications with Superior Protection

Extreme weather events are inevitable. At tesa, increasing the chances of building survival is one…

May 30, 2018

Accelerate Live! talk: T3 mass timber office buildings

In this 15-minute talk at BD+C’s Accelerate Live! conference (May 10, 2018, Chicago), architect and mass timber design expert Steve Cavanaugh tells the story behind the nation’s newest—and largest—mass timber building: T3 in Minneapolis.

Shear cracks riddle the exterior wall of this urban parking structure. Courtesy Hoffmann Architects

BD+C University Course | May 24, 2018

Accommodating movement in building envelope materials [AIA course]

We may think of the building envelope as an inanimate object, but in reality its components can be quite mobile. This AIA CES course is worth 1.0 AIA LU/HSW.