Top building products for March 2024

BD+C Editors break down March's top 15 building products, from multifamily-focused electronic locks to recyclable plastic panels.

Two senior housing properties renovated with 608 replacement windows

Renovation of the two properties, with 200 apartments for seniors, was financed through a special public/private arrangement.

Top building products for January 2024

BD+C Editors break down January's top 15 building products, from SloanStone Quartz Molded Sinks to InvisiWrap SA housewrap.

75 top building products for 2023

From a bladeless rooftop wind energy system, to a troffer light fixture with built-in continuous visible light disinfection, innovation is plentiful in Building Design+Construction's annual 75 Top Products report.

Cladding and Facade Systems | Dec 14, 2018

Bangkok’s latest mega shopping mall features one of the world’s longest pillarless all-glass facades

Iconsiam’s completion required special glass and installation techniques.

Office Buildings | Jul 25, 2018

New study on occupant comfort advances Saint Gobain’s design approach for renovation and new construction

The building products giant gauges its employees’ perceptions of old and new headquarters environments.

Aluminum cladding on the exterior of a building

Cladding and Facade Systems | Oct 5, 2017

Richland Two Institute of Innovation

Five colors of metal wall panels highlight design of multigenerational learning center.

Rendering of the exterior of The Verge Building at dusk

Retail Centers | Jul 24, 2017

Miami retail structure’s honeycomb façade fluctuates between opacity and transparency

The building will rise three stories in Miami’s Design District.

The exterior of FirstEnergy Stadium, home of the Cleveland Browns

Cladding and Facade Systems | Jul 20, 2017

FirstEnergy Stadium, home of the Cleveland Browns, may be covered in the same cladding as Grenfell Tower, AP reports

A luxury Baltimore hotel, a mixed-use building in Denver and an Alaskan High School may also have used the cladding.

Cladding and Facade Systems | Jul 14, 2017

Angular observatory uses zinc panels to gain unobstructed view of night sky

The observatory’s pattern of lock-seamed zinc cladding alternates between the irregular site topography and the building’s geometry.

Jun 13, 2017

Accelerate Live! talk: Next-gen materials for the built environment, Blaine Brownell, Transmaterial

Architect and materials guru Blaine Brownell reveals emerging trends and applications that are transforming the technological capacity, environmental performance, and design potential of architecture.

Products and Materials | Apr 10, 2017

Composite siding revivifies Ohio luxury community

Following severe hailstorm damage, this Sandusky, Ohio, community replaces its high-maintenance cedar siding with a composite solution.

Cladding and Facade Systems | Oct 11, 2016

Nichiha helps breathe life into Philadelphia mixed-use project

Blackney Hayes Architects undertook a project to restore and modernize an existing mid-rise building on Chestnut Street, located near Thomas Jefferson University, and turn it into an expansive mixed-use space.