November 19, 2018 | Codes and Standards | Peter Fabris Contributing Editor
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CTBUH technical document analyzes how to approach tall urban habitat.
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Case studies
Sponsored Content | April 17, 2017
The University of Toronto’s $52.5 million, 126,788-square-foot Environmental Science & Chemistry Building is the newest addition to the Scarborough campus in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Sponsored Content | April 14, 2017
Located in Wilmington, Delaware, Nemours/duPont hospital has undergone a series of expansions since it was founded in the 1940s.
Photos by Tom Cwenar
Sponsored Content | April 14, 2017
In striving to create the greenest office tower in the world, PNC, Gensler and their partners constructed a building that was designed to surpass LEED Platinum certification.
Sponsored Content | April 12, 2017
Located throughout the city of Milwaukee and neighboring towns, MPS houses thousands of students.
SolarCity manufacturing plant at RiverBend in South Buffalo
Sponsored Content | April 06, 2017
Buffalo will be the first city to produce the first-ever true solar roof – a roofing product with solar panels built in.
The complete package of windows and doors
Sponsored Content | April 05, 2017
Combining product flexibility with outstanding performance, tall fiberglass windows and weather-friendly aluminum-clad wood doors were a natural choice for this mixed use building.
Custom WoodWorks® Channeled wall panels control acoustics in the College Football Hall of Fame and contribute to the formal atmosphere of the space.
Sponsored Content | April 04, 2017
Real wood veneer panels evoke warmth, texture, and color of a football.
Sponsored Content | March 21, 2017
The assembly used for this project was Duro-Guard EPS Flute Fill Combo as the base, and then Duro-Guard ISO HD and DensDeck® cover boards.
Sherwood Park Mall, Alberta Canada - Pre-made Architectural Reveal Intersections kept the project on schedule while the mall remained opened during renovations.
Sponsored Content | March 20, 2017
With a tight school renovation budget and timeline, the Oak Grove Elementary cafeteria, designed by RuckPate Architects/CS2 Designs, utilized Architectural Reveals to build curving soffits with a racing stripe reveal design.
ASTM E-119 rated fire resistive glass and framing in this 2-hour stairwell adds vision, transparency and a connection to the outdoors while meeting code requirements.
Sponsored Content | March 16, 2017
To preserve the building’s open design and to extend natural light further in the building, the architects incorporated fire resistive glazing in the areas that required a 2-hour fire rating, particularly in the stairwells and exit passageways.