Bjarke Ingels Group designs a mass timber cube structure for the University of Kansas

Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and executive architect BNIM have unveiled their design for a new mass timber cube structure called the Makers’ KUbe for the University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design. A six-story, 50,000-sf building for learning and collaboration, the light-filled KUbe will house studio and teaching space, 3D-printing and robotic labs, and a ground-level cafe, all organized around a central core.

Laboratories

Why lab designers should aim to ‘speak the language’ of scientists

Learning more about the scientific work being done in the lab gives designers of those spaces an edge, according to Adrian Walters, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Principal and Director of SMMA's Science & Technology team.

Airports

The next destination: Passive design airports

Today, we can design airports that are climate resilient, durable, long-lasting, and healthy for occupants—we can design airports using Passive House standards.

Codes and Standards

First federal blueprint to decarbonize U.S. buildings sector released

The Biden Administration recently released “Decarbonizing the U.S. Economy by 2050: A National Blueprint for the Buildings Sector,” a comprehensive plan to reduce greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions from buildings by 65% by 2035 and 90% by 2050.

Green | Perkins and Will | Jun 23, 2017

Want a healthy building? Follow this primer on two new wellness standards

Since its development in the 1990s, the LEED rating system has been applied to over 19.1 billion total commercial square feet.

Codes and Standards | Jun 21, 2017

World Green Building Council: All buildings must be net zero by 2050 to avert 2°C rise

Building efficiency essential to tempering global climate change.

Green | Jun 16, 2017

Could this become London’s greenest building?

Curl la Tourelle Head Architecture wants to create a school powered by the River Thames.

Green | Jun 15, 2017

45-meter spiraling tower lets you walk above the trees

A 600-meter treetop path culminates with a 45-meter-tall spiraling observation deck.

Wood | Jun 13, 2017

The first timber high-rise in the U.S. set for construction in Portland

The building’s design, building materials, and commercial tenants are all focused on the key aspect of sustainability.

Building Team Awards | Jun 13, 2017

Secluded sanctuary: Alnoba leadership training center

Leadership training center becomes New England’s first Passive House building.

Wood | Jun 6, 2017

Shigeru Ban-designed residential structure poised to become world’s tallest hybrid timber building

The wood, concrete, and glass building will rise approximately 233 feet when finished.

May 30, 2017

Accelerate Live! talk: Health-generating buildings, Marcene Kinney, Angela Mazzi, GBBN Architects

Architects Marcene Kinney and Angela Mazzi share design hacks pinpointing specific aspects of the built environment that affect behavior, well-being, and performance.