As the population ages, designers of commercial and multifamily applications are incorporating new solutions to meet those demands. Ergonomics can be an integral part of design, manufacturing, and use. Nowhere is this more critical than in bathroom design.
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Engineering goes hand-in-hand with design, putting a practical lens on the architect’s vision and finding the best way to make it happen. Without a talented engineer, the project will never reach completion, and certainly will not reach the standards of functionality and sustainability that the architect and client are seeking.
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July 17, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The project team consisted of MIT graduate students across five departments.
A slight majority of states (26, plus the District of Columbia) saw rental increases over the first six months of 2017, with the largest average percent changes coming in South Carolina (7.3%), Maine (7.3%), Vermont (7.2%), and Rhode Island (7.0%). Source: Abodo
July 12, 2017 | Abodo
The most notable rental increases are in growing markets in the South and Southwest: New Orleans,...
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July 12, 2017 | David Barista, Editorial Director
Engineering firms such as Arup, Glumac, and Thornton Tomasetti are leveraging their in-house expe...
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The Maxwell in Arlington, Va. Photo: Sam Kittner
July 12, 2017 | Robert Cassidy, Executive Editor
Zen meditation gardens, bocce courts, saltwater pools, and free drinks highlight the niceties at...
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Thyssenkrupp's MULTI vertical-horizontal system uses magnetic-levitation technology that allows cars to make 90-degree turns. Image: thyssenkrupp
July 07, 2017 | John Caulfield
Thyssenkrupp’s cable-less MULTI system promises higher transport capacity and lower peak power de...
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Sean Parham, VP of Product Marketing and Management with Aditazz Photo: Adam Grubb
July 06, 2017 | BD+C Staff
BD+C’s inaugural AEC innovation conference, Accelerate Live! (May 11, Chicago), featured...
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June 19, 2017 | Brenda Radmacher, Partner, Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman
Logical and well-planned steps to effective negotiation.
June 13, 2017 |
Bluebeam’s Sasha Reed discusses why AEC leaders should give their teams permission to responsibly br... read more
June 13, 2017 |
Thornton Tomasetti’s Jonatan Schumacher presents the firm’s business model for developing, incubatin... read more
June 13, 2017 |
Graham Cranston shares SGH’s efforts to take hold of its project data using mathematical optimizatio... read more
N|V|5 Global provided commissioning services on the Pentagon throughout its renovation. Image: Courtesy of N|V|5 Global
June 09, 2017 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
This is its fifth deal so far this year.
May 30, 2017 |
Russ Sykes discusses SmithGroupJJR’s ongoing journey to create a firm culture that ignites innovatio... read more
May 30, 2017 |
Architect Paul Westlake, Jr., shares his methods for adding value to projects through creative finan... read more
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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
To some project teams, “daylighting” means using glass area to admit direct sunlight, period.
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High-security entrance to the new Sandy Hook School, Newtown, Conn. Photo: Katelyn Chapin
May 30, 2017 | C.C. Sullivan, Contributing Editor
Selecting door and window systems for any building project demands a complete articulation of saf...
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May 30, 2017 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
The effort involves combining ASHRAE's Standard 189.1 with the International Green Construction C...
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May 30, 2017 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
The agency is keeping records from being publicly disclosed—for now.
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May 30, 2017 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
New floodplain maps and state code changes loom.
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May 30, 2017 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
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
Success in retrofit projects requires an entirely different mindset than in new construction, wri...
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May 24, 2017 |
Daniel Davis offers a glimpse into the world at WeWork, and how his team is rethinking workplace des... read more
May 24, 2017 |
Sean Parham shares how Aditazz is shaking up the traditional design and construction approaches by a... read more
May 24, 2017 |
In this 15-minute talk at BD+C’s Accelerate Live! (May 11, 2017, Chicago), Nathan Miller presents hi... read more
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May 23, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The installation will showcase 200 years worth of unrealized Big Apple projects via original draw...
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May 11, 2017 | BD+C Staff
BD+C's inaugural Accelerate Live! innovation conference took place May 11, in Chicago....
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May 10, 2017 | Robert Cassidy, Executive Editor
Novus Residences’ revolutionary e-lofts concept offers tenants a tempting trio of options—‘live,’...
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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
An award-winning rental complex takes its design cues from its historic location in Silicon Valle...
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May 03, 2017 | ACEC
The first quarter 2017 (Q1/17) of ACEC’s Engineering Business Index (EBI) dipped slightly (0.5 po...
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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
This AIA CES course features seven novel approaches developers and Building Teams are taking to r...
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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
Package delivery centers provide order and security for the mountains of parcels piling up at apa...
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