Modular Building
Modules for a data center for one of Skanska’s telecommunications clients were built in an offsite factory. Callison was the architect. Cosentini Associates provided engineering. Photo: Adam Friedberg
Data centers account for 2% of the nation’s electricity consumption and about 30% of the power us...
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Photo: ep_jhu/Creative Commons
The Rapid Deployment Team will provide solutions for data centers both small (1 MW) and large (50...
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The concrete and steel modular units at My Micro NY are currently being stacked and bolted together. Renderings courtesy nArchitects
The Manhattan modular building will be completed in December and will contain apartments with low...
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The main exhibit hall is the Chicago Cultural Center, which opened in 1897 and served as the city’s main library until 1977. Photo by Adilla Menayang
From lightweight wooden pallets to the largest lengths of CLT-slabs that can be shipped across No...
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The AMIE building, unveiled by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory at the DOE’s Industry Day event. Images courtesy SOM
The Additive Manufacturing Integrated Energy (AMIE) building features a high-performance shell wi...
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Modular wall system. Photos courtesy EverBlock (via Gizmag)
Life-size EverBlocks can be used to build actual furniture, dividing walls, and free-standing she...
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Photo: PopBrixton.org
London's newest business complex, Pop Brixton, will support local entrepreneurs, create jobs, and...
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The apartments' living areas will open to a central courtyard through double French windows, which will flood the spaces with natural light. Renderings courtesy Stark James, LLC
The eight-unit complex, called Containers on Grand, was inspired by the need for affordable and s...
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Modular structure manufacturer Williams Scotsman shares seven things to do to prep modular units...
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The tower is designed to be 70% wood, and will contain gardens and flexible living spaces attached to a central concrete core. Renderings courtesy Weingartner Architects
The interiors for each unit are designed using an elastic living concept, where different spaces...
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Immediate emergency response to minimize and remedy environmental damage called for temporary, mo...
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The tower has an office space capacity for 4,000 employees and residential units for 800 households. Screenshot from BSB
After erecting the mega prefab tower in Changsha, China, modular builder BSB stated, “three floor...
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The Eagle Ford Shale is located in South Texas and is currently the most active shale play in the world. Photo courtesy of Williams Scotsman.
Like many other energy hotbends throughout the continent, demand for modular structures isn't dec...
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Lower Manhattan viewed from Brooklyn. Photo: Vik Waters/Wikimedia Commons
After city officials waived certain zoning and density regulations, modular microunits smaller th...
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The complex will be filled with terraces and gardens where children can learn basic biology. All renderings courtesy Adam Wiercinski Architecture.
Forget the retrofit of a shipping container into a building for one moment. Designboom showcases...
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The Loblolly House in Taylors Island, Md., designed by Kieran Timberlake, showcases the real-world application of modern industrial supply chain principles that were at the heart of Stephen Kieran's and James Timberlake's book, Refabricating Architecture. Photo courtesy Kieran Timberlake
Can innovative project delivery methods, namely modular construction, bring down costs and offer...
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The Welcome Center received rave reviews from the customer as well as community residents and pot...
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In November, the Keonepoko Elementary School at Keaau opened its doors to 430 students in grades kindergarten through fifth-grade, providing educational facilities for a community displaced by a natural disaster.
Hawaii Modular Space, a Williams Scotsman company, designed temporary classroom space for the Pah...
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Rendering: Green Jeans Farmery
The Green Jeans Farmery already has a hydroponic farm component courtesy of owner and entrepreneu...
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Williams Scotsman provided 119,864 sf of space on time and on budget for the Firebag In-Situ Sands Project Camp in Alberta, Canada.
If you work in the energy sector you’ve heard of Alberta’s oil sands. Located in Western Canada,...
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A recent study compared the possible energy savings of metal vs. asphalt roofs by doing field testing on an asphalt shingle roof and a stone-coated metal shake roof.
A recent study finds that metal roofs can cut energy costs.
The building components were prefabricated piece by piece using a printer that is 7 meters tall,...
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Construction consultant FMI foresees—with some caveats—continuing growth in the office, lodging,...
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Infection control, a constant worry for hospital administrators and clinical staffs, is heightene...
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OneC1TY, a healthcare- and technology-focused community under construction on 18.7 acres near Nas...
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The design centers around a floating, 500-meter-wide sphere linked to a resource center on the oc...
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The new interactive tool from Aon Risk Solutions provides real-time updates pertaining to the ris...
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Providing more comfortable conditions to building occupants has become a top priority in today’s...
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The Appraisal Foundation is striving to improve appraisers’ understanding of green valuation.
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At the conclusion of the show, the modular classroom structure will be moved to a permanent locat...
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