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CallisonRTKL | Mar 16, 2016

How analytics create better in-store experiences and added value for retailers

As shopping center owners and operators look to use technology in innovative ways to support their brick-and-mortar tenants, how do developers balance creative digital solutions with economic feasibility?

CannonDesign | Mar 11, 2016

How architects can help community colleges promote community on campus

Even in the face of funding challenges and historic precedent, there are emerging examples of how partnership between two-year academic institutions and designers can further elevate community on campus. CannonDesign's Carisima Koenig has a few key examples.

Whitehorn Financial Group | Mar 10, 2016

Value engineering: How to manage the process and limit the risk of VE

AEC consultant Steve Whitehorn shares several ways in which architects can be more effective managers of value-engineered change.

Rob Cassidy | Mar 9, 2016

New hotel rooms generate an intergenerational battle

Hotels are going for a new minimalist look to attract younger guests, but some older business travelers don't like the small "desks"—and they don't want to work in the hotel lobby. But it's really all about trimming construction costs.

Sasaki | Mar 8, 2016

The sexy side of universal design

What would it look like if achieving universal accessibility was an inspiring point of departure for a project's design process? Sasaki's Gina Ford focuses on Marina Plaza and the Cove, two key features of her firm's Chicago Riverwalk development.

Gresham Smith | Mar 7, 2016

Can 'active' building designs make people healthier?

The new high-performance Kaiser Permanente facility in Anne Arundel County, Md., uses the built environment to improve the overall health of its occupants, writes GS&P's Terrance Perdue.

Skanska | Mar 4, 2016

Building a home where Alzheimer’s patients can thrive

Skanska recently completed Abe’s Garden in Nashville, Tenn., a memory care community designed to improve the lives of those affected by Alzheimer’s disease. Skanska's Senior Project Manager Jeff Elpers has more on the facility.

Gensler | Mar 3, 2016

How museums engage visitors in a digital age

Digital technologies are opening up new dimensions of the museum experience and turning passive audiences into active content generators, as Gensler's Marina Bianchi examines.

HDR | Mar 2, 2016

HDR redesigns Twin Cities' studio to have coffee shop vibe

With open spaces, huddle rooms, and a design lab, the firm's new digs are drastically different than the old studio, which felt like working in a law office. Design Principal Mike Rodriguez highlights HDR's renovation plan.

SmithGroup | Mar 1, 2016

The 5 most questionable college and university rankings of 2015

SmithGroupJJR's David Lantz identifies five of the most flawed higher education rating systems, including ones with arbitrary categories, and others that equate college with a transactional investment.

Perkins and Will | Feb 29, 2016

Mobileapolis: An open experiment in workplace mobility

Check out this fun infographic that explains Perkins+Will's ambitions, findings, and next steps for the future home of the firm's Minneapolis office.

David Barista | Feb 24, 2016

Is the booming freelance economy a threat to AEC firms?

By shifting the work (and revenue) to freelancers, “platform capitalism” startups have taken considerable market share from traditional businesses.

CannonDesign | Feb 19, 2016

Early trends in healthcare for 2016

Fighting cancer, Design-Led Construction (DLC), and health sciences education are among the new efforts and developments, writes Cannon Design's Deb Sheehan.