September 21, 2018 | Market Data | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
JLL's latest report on office fit out costs provides breakdowns along several line items for 59 markets. Image: JLL
This year’s analysis draws from 2,800 projects.
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Coatings
Photos: Sherwin-Williams Coil Coatings
August 02, 2018 | Sherwin-Williams Coil Coatings
The exhibit, Thinking In Color, debuted in late June at the AIA Conference on Architecture in New...
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January 03, 2018 | BD+C Staff
Acrylicoat’s hard surface resists scratches and meets or exceeds the American Architectural Manuf...
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December 20, 2017 | David Barista, Editorial Director
The silyl-terminated polyether (STPE) liquid-applied air barrier does not wash off when exposed t...
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Sponsored | November 01, 2017 | Valspar
It takes a team to find the perfect color combination, and this time we accomplished it with the...
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September 18, 2017 | David Barista, Editorial Director
Duranar Sunstorm from PPG, Fluropon from Valspar, and Extreme Cover from Sherwin-WIlliams are jus...
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Sponsored | August 01, 2017 | Valspar
Schools all across the country are getting older and becoming less conducive to providing a posit...
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June 13, 2017 |
Architect and materials guru Blaine Brownell reveals emerging trends and applications that are trans... read more
Sponsored | May 05, 2017 | Valspar
Butler Tech students can now study and work in neighboring buildings that feature ALPOLIC metal p...
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Sponsored | April 26, 2017 | Valspar
Valspar’s Valflon adds visual value and durability to the Ryerson University Student Learning Center
Valspar’s Valfon® coating in Prismatic Blue adds to the dimensionality of the new Ryerson Univers...
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Photos by Tom Cwenar
Sponsored | April 14, 2017 | PPG
In striving to create the greenest office tower in the world, PNC, Gensler and their partners con...
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Sponsored | November 08, 2016 | ALPOLIC
Lions Park was the largest shared space for a community of about 2,400.
Images courtesy of J Rick Martin Photography
Sponsored | November 02, 2016 | Valspar
With their extensive color-matching process, Valspar helps formulate nine coating colors to adorn...
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Sponsored | September 13, 2016 | Valspar
The 26-story hotel spanning 96,000 square-feet needed a way to not only differentiate itself amon...
read more August 29, 2016 | Sherwin-Williams
The “new” neutral, Poised Taupe is classic yet modern and the perfect balance of warm and cool....
Room painted with the Intrepid palette. Photos courtesy Sherwin-Williams. Click here to enlarge.
June 13, 2016 | BD+C Editors
The four palettes—Noir, Holistic, Intrepid, and Unbounded—were developed by a team of design and...
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With more Building Teams considering hazard reduction and ingredient transparency in their materi...
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Valspar's elite color matching process helped the Polk Penguin Conservation Center perfectly replicate a tabular iceberg in Antarctica. Click here to enlarge.
Sponsored | April 28, 2016 | Valspar
With Valspar’s expertly color-matched Fluropon coating, the Polk Penguin Conservation Center was...
read more![Technology leads the way in today’s coatings and sealants [AIA course]](https://bdcnetwork.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/content_feed_medium/public/Screen%20Shot%202016-02-05%20at%2010.28.11%20AM.jpg?itok=KAtY5Sea "Technology leads the way in today’s coatings and sealants [AIA course]")
New urban developments use shop- and site-applied color to enliven the cityscape. The Brand, a mixed-use project in Glendale, Calif., designed by Carrier Johnson + Culture, employs pops of primary and secondary color. Photo: Costea Photography/Courtesy Carrier Johnson + Culture
February 05, 2016 | C.C. Sullivan, Contributing Editor
History holds the key to the next coating or sealant specification. To earn 1.0 AIA CES HSW learn...
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January 28, 2016 | Bradley Carmichael, PE, Project Engineer, Hoffmann Architects
Building envelope expert Bradley Carmichael of Hoffmann Architects explains how rainscreen wall s...
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January 14, 2016 | Arthur L. Sanders & Benjamin J. Robinson, Hoffmann Architects
This AIA CES Discovery course discusses the six elements of an EIFS wall assembly; common EIFS fa...
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Photo: IdeaPaint.
January 07, 2016 | BD+C Staff
Sherwin-Williams recently introduced Paint Shield, the first EPA-registered microbicidal paint th...
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Doctors at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say eliminating healthcare-associated infections is a top priority. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
November 06, 2015 | Adilla Menayang, Assistant Digital Editor
The new product from Sherwin-Williams, called Paint Shield, is said to not only kill over 99.9% o...
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Researchers view the Colorado Rocky Mountains through an electricity-generating SolarWindow module. Photo courtesy SolarWindow Technologies
June 08, 2015 | BD+C Staff
Made primarily out of hydrogen and carbon, the coating can turn see-through surfaces into solar p...
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The new headquarters in Irvine, Calif., for medical office software provider Kareo, designed by LAP Inc.
Sponsored | May 06, 2015 | powered by Valspar | By Emily Koch, CID, LEED AP ID+C
Because color is incredibly subjective, personal and situational, it is difficult to study scient...
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Sponsored | May 06, 2015 | Valspar
Stunning design by HKS leaves onlookers wondering—weathered steel or coating?
Exterior of West Los Angeles College, California
Sponsored | April 20, 2015 | powered by Valspar
Color’s prominent role in wayfinding has become a focus in architecture, as color association is...
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A colorful hair spa called zoey + joey in Ann Arbor, Mich. “It’s a boutique salon that incorporates the simple use of color to support their brand,” says Wightman & Associates’ Marissa Kovatch. She says she usually specifies certain branded paint products as a basis of design, especially those that meet the VOC limits in LEED. Photo courtesy Wightman & Associates
February 18, 2015 | C.C. Sullivan, Contributing Editor
The rapid pace of development of improved liquid-applied materials and finishes has given Buildin...
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Chameleons are known for changing their skin colors to suit the observer, but what if a building...
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Sponsored | September 02, 2014 | Valspar
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The building’s custom-fabricated wall panels look like copper, but are actually flat metal sheets...
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June 11, 2014 | Adilla Menayang, Assistant Editor
Dutch company AkzoNobel is partnering with Rem Koolhaas' firm OMA to study how the application of...
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