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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When it comes down to it, all buildings have things in common: the need for great design, engineering, construction, and management, when the structure is completed. Harmonizing those elements is a skill that translates to any building project you might have on your hands.
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June 22, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor
These blocks will undergo further testing to determine if they are safe.
What amenities are you specifying in your apartment/condo projects? Take the survey (3-4 minutes).
June 22, 2017 | Robert Cassidy, Executive Editor, BD+C and Multifamily Design + Construction
Rendering courtesy of Foster + Partners
June 21, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The project will create key infrastructure for the future development of the city and provide it...
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June 21, 2017 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Bipartisan legislation would prevent use of municipal bonds by pro teams.
Rendering courtesy Collegiate AC
June 21, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The luxury student accommodations will be Collegiate’s first outside of the U.K.
The Baltic, an apartment building in the Boerum Hill section of Brooklyn, N.Y., is Common's first hybrid, featuring both coliving and individual rentals. Image: Common
June 20, 2017 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
One provider, Common, emphasizes community in its buildings.
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June 20, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The HQ is packed with amenities and features to keep team members happy and engaged at work.
535 Carlton, an 18-story, 298-unit building in the Pacific Park section of Brooklyn, N.Y., will be that neighborhood's first 100% affordable housing building. Greenland Forest City Partners is the developer. The latest report from Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies states that affordable for-sale and rental housing remains in short supply in many U.S. markets. Image: Office of the Mayor/Max Touhy
June 16, 2017 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
The Joint Center for Housing Studies’ latest report expects minorities and millennials to account...
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Rendering courtesy EFFEKT.
June 15, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor
A 600-meter treetop path culminates with a 45-meter-tall spiraling observation deck.
This year's Radical Innovation competition singled out for an honorable mention a hospitality concept called Garden House, devised by a student from the U.K.-based Architectural Association School of Architecture, that is super energy efficient. Image: Courtesy of John Hardy Group
June 14, 2017 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Original hospitality design concepts lean on enhancing traveler comfort and mobility.
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June 14, 2017 | David Barista, Editorial Director
Nonprofit HQ fitout improves functionality, accessibility for blind and low-vision individuals....
To accommodate its rapid growth, WeWork, the coworker office space redeveloper, has acquired Fieldlens, whose app streamlines jobsite communication and management. Pictured is one of WeWork's locations in Hollywood, Calif. Image: WeWork
June 13, 2017 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Fieldlens helps turn jobsites into social networks.
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June 13, 2017 | David Barista, Editorial Director
Building Team converts 1940s campus into a sleek, modern home for U.S. intelligence agencies.
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In addition to BIM modeling, the Building Team used a COBiE-based Integrated Workplace Management System usually reserved for government projects.
June 12, 2017 | Robert Cassidy, Executive Editor
Silver Award: TechnipFMC’s new campus marks the start of a massive planned community in north Hou...
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June 12, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The project is currently 75% complete and on schedule to open in 2018.
The building’s interior design highlights the connection between floor-to-floor “neighborhoods.” Courtesy Robert Benson Photography.
June 08, 2017 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Silver Award: A 2½-year project brings Partners HealthCare’s sprawling administrative functions u...
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The top bar of Zurich North America’s headquarters building (right) spans 180 feet and runs along an outdoor terrace that staff and visitors can use to move between the two bottom bars. James Steinkamp Photography.
June 08, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor
Silver Award: Forgoing a typical center-core design, the Zurich North America Headquarters rises...
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Clemson University has built an elaborate football operations facility, whose Building Team had to improvise to meet a 15-month construction deadline. Michael Robinson Photography
June 08, 2017 | John Caulfied, Senior Editor
Silver Award: Clemson gets a new football operations palace, thanks to its building partners’ abi...
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Rendering courtesy of HayesDavidson
June 08, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor
Heatherwick Studio and BIG are designing the 11-story building.
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June 08, 2017 | David Barista, Editorial Director
Gold Award: A new mixed-use transit center fulfills Denver’s 28-year plan to improve access to th...
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Its striking cast-aluminum, 3,600-panel façade provides transparency into the museum’s above- ground interior space. Courtesy Brad Feinknopf.
June 07, 2017 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Gold Award: The Smithsonian Institution’s newest museum is a story of historical and construction...
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The Building Team made extensive use of mockups to sort out interior details and materials. Bruce Damonte Photography.
June 07, 2017 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Gold Award: The Building Team for L.A.’s newest courthouse went way beyond what was expected.
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A renovated bathroom in one of the dozen apartments in Naomi's Way in New Brunswick, N.J., a permanent housing facility for at-risk families. Image: American Standard Brands
June 07, 2017 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
American Standard and Philips Lighting donate products and manpower.
The new residential commons building has been designed with the specific purpose of opening up to the surrounding neighborhood. Tom Harris Photography.
June 07, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor
Gold Award: The University of Chicago’s new Residential Commons is part campus, part community....
Robert Benson Photography
June 07, 2017 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Gold Award: Community involvement was paramount as Newtown, Conn., replaced the school where a ma...
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The robotics labs at the 71,000-sf John J. Bowen Center for Science and Innovation, on the Providence, R.I., campus of Johnson & Wales University. This STEM building provides teaching labs and support spaces for engineering, biology, physics, chemistry, and organic chemistry. Photo courtesy John Horner.
June 07, 2017 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Preparing students for life after graduation has become the primary motivator behind construction...
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Rendering courtesy CTA Architects
June 07, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The affordable housing complex was hit hard during Hurricane Sandy, leaving residents without ele...
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June 07, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor
744 LEGO bricks are used to recreate the famous Wright design, including the 1992 addition.
David Baker at his firm’s most recent apartment project, Potrero 1010. Photo: Anne Hamersky Media
June 07, 2017 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
For 35 years, architect David Baker has been a spirited voice for affordable housing, in San Fran...
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