Designers

David Baker at his firm’s most recent apartment project, Potrero 1010. Photo: Anne Hamersky Media

David Baker at his firm’s most recent apartment project, Potrero 1010. Photo: Anne Hamersky Media

June 07, 2017 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor

Multifamily visionary: The life and work of architect David Baker

For 35 years, architect David Baker has been a spirited voice for affordable housing, in San Fran...

June 02, 2017 |

Accelerate Live! talk: How maker culture is transforming Sasaki’s design practice

Sasaki’s Pablo Savid-Buteler and Brad Prestbo talk about how the firm’s maker initiatives are changi... read more

May 30, 2017 |

Accelerate Live! talk: The ROI of innovation culture, Russ Sykes, SmithGroupJJR

Russ Sykes discusses SmithGroupJJR’s ongoing journey to create a firm culture that ignites innovatio... read more

May 30, 2017 |

Accelerate Live! talk: Finding the money for your clients' projects, Paul Westlake, Jr., DLR Group|WRL

Architect Paul Westlake, Jr., shares his methods for adding value to projects through creative finan... read more

May 30, 2017 |

Accelerate Live! talk: Health-generating buildings, Marcene Kinney, Angela Mazzi, GBBN Architects

Architects Marcene Kinney and Angela Mazzi share design hacks pinpointing specific aspects of the bu... read more

Sun, sky brightness, and glow: Making the most of daylight [AIA course]

The Tidewater Joint-Use Library, Virginia Beach, Va., has an angled “daylight harvester” that runs its length to maximize available sunlight. Photo: Jeff Goldberg/ESTO, courtesy Carrier Johnson+Culture

May 30, 2017 | C.C. Sullivan, Contributing Editor

Sun, sky brightness, and glow: Making the most of daylight [AIA course]

To some project teams, “daylighting” means using glass area to admit direct sunlight, period.

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Security begins when you close the door [AIA course]

High-security entrance to the new Sandy Hook School, Newtown, Conn. Photo: Katelyn Chapin

May 30, 2017 | C.C. Sullivan, Contributing Editor

Security begins when you close the door [AIA course]

Selecting door and window systems for any building project demands a complete articulation of saf...

Industry Groups move toward Unified Green Building Model Code in 2018

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May 30, 2017 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor

Industry Groups move toward Unified Green Building Model Code in 2018

The effort involves combining ASHRAE's Standard 189.1 with the International Green Construction C...

Florida preparing to adjust to new building elevation requirements

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May 30, 2017 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor

Florida preparing to adjust to new building elevation requirements

New floodplain maps and state code changes loom.

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May 30, 2017 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor

Heated debate over whether Calif.’s prevailing wage requirement stymies affordable housing

There’s disagreement around how much pay regulations add to cost of projects.

Wooster Hall, looking north as sunlight strikes the steps of the atrium, marking solar noon. Photo: © 2016 Tim Hursley

May 30, 2017 | Randolph Croxton, Croxton Collaborative Architects

Achieving deep energy retrofits in historic and modern-era buildings [AIA course]

Success in retrofit projects requires an entirely different mindset than in new construction, wri...

May 24, 2017 |

Accelerate Live! talk: Applying machine learning to building design, Daniel Davis, WeWork

Daniel Davis offers a glimpse into the world at WeWork, and how his team is rethinking workplace des... read more

May 24, 2017 |

Accelerate Live! talk: Learning from Silicon Valley - Using SaaS to automate AEC, Sean Parham, Aditazz

Sean Parham shares how Aditazz is shaking up the traditional design and construction approaches by a... read more

May 24, 2017 |

Accelerate Live! talk: The data-driven future for AEC, Nathan Miller, Proving Ground

In this 15-minute talk at BD+C’s Accelerate Live! (May 11, 2017, Chicago), Nathan Miller presents hi... read more

Image courtesy of Metropolis Books.

May 23, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor

Queens Museum exhibit shows New York City as it could have been

The installation will showcase 200 years worth of unrealized Big Apple projects via original draw...

Lucas Richmond, Senior Media Studio Manager, Gilbane Building Company

May 11, 2017 | BD+C Staff

Accelerate Live!: Social media reactions from BD+C's AEC innovation conference

BD+C's inaugural Accelerate Live! innovation conference took place May 11, in Chicago....

All photos: David Madison Photography

May 10, 2017 | Robert Cassidy, Executive Editor

Triple Treat: Developer transforms mid-rise into unique live-work lofts

Novus Residences’ revolutionary e-lofts concept offers tenants a tempting trio of options—‘live,’...

Ascent Apartments, Silicon Valley Stephen Schafer | Schaf Photo

Ascent Apartments achieved Silver certification in California’s Build It Green program, thanks to such features as LED lighting, Energy Star appliances, garage ventilation fans, water-efficient plumbing fixtures, low-VOC paints, and water-saving native vegetation and landscape irrigation. All photos: Stephen Schafer | Schaf Photo

May 03, 2017 | Pat Curry, Contributing Editor

Silicon Valley’s high-tech oasis

An award-winning rental complex takes its design cues from its historic location in Silicon Valle...

Multifamily housing today: 7 exciting, inspiring innovations [AIA Course]

Amenities like the hotel quality lobby and billiards room distinguish the College & Crown, New Haven, Conn., developed by Centerplan with interiors by Carlin & Company. Photo courtesy Centerplan

May 02, 2017 | C.C. Sullivan, Contributing Editor

Multifamily housing: 7 exciting, inspiring innovations [AIA Course]

This AIA CES course features seven novel approaches developers and Building Teams are taking to r...

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May 01, 2017 | Steelcase Health and BD+C Staff

Designing patient rooms for the entire family can improve patient satisfaction and outcomes

Hospital rooms are often not designed to accommodate extended stays for anyone other than the pat...

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April 28, 2017 | Kyle Marden, Managing Director, CBRE

Can healthcare be retail?

Healthcare systems have much to learn from retail. While they have been laser-focused on deliveri...

Package center at The Frasier, Arlington, Va., designed by KTGY Architecture, comes with its own trashcan plus tabletop. Photo: courtesy KTGY Architecture

April 26, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor

Multifamily amenity trends: The latest in package delivery centers

Package delivery centers provide order and security for the mountains of parcels piling up at apa...

Photos: Jorge Gera/Luxury Living Chicago (above); Property Markets Group (below)

April 26, 2017 | Robert Cassidy, Executive Editor

Huh? A subway car on the roof?

Chicago’s newest multifamily development features an iconic CTA car on its amenity deck.

Courtesy Chicago Architecture Foundation

April 24, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor

No Small Plans hopes to inspire Chicago teens to design the city they want

Launched with a Kickstarter campaign, the Chicago Architecture Foundation aims to get No Smal...

The site of the future project. Photo courtesy of Sigurjon Gudjonsson, NYC DOT

April 20, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor

‘Gateways to Chinatown’ project seeks the creation of a new neighborhood landmark for NYC’s Chinatown

The winning team will have $900,000 to design and implement their proposal.

The location of six of the Frank Gehry buildings included in Voyager's Frank Gehry Architecture tour. Courtesy Google Earth.

April 19, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor

Tour Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry architecture with Google Earth

Google Earth’s new ‘Voyager’ feature allows people to take interactive guided tours.

The plant wall is by CASE and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Courtesy SOM/©Albert Vecerka|Esto.

April 17, 2017 | BD+C Staff

BD+C's 2017 Design Innovation Report

Façades that would make Dr. Seuss smile, living walls, and exterior wall space that doubles as ga...

The 14,000-sf Shift center, Chicago, focuses on enhancing clients’ physical performance by encouraging better health and nutrition habits. Courtesy Shift

April 13, 2017 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor

The rise of human performance facilities

A new medical facility in Chicago focuses on sustaining its customers’ human performance.

The Petersen Automotive Museum, Los Angeles. A. Zahner fabricated the 308 stainless steel ribbons using its patented ZEPPS process. Photo: ©A. Zahner Co.

April 11, 2017 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor

Masters of geometry

Three firms that specialize in façades that curve, twist, and turn see themselves as artisans of...