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Great Solutions

41 Great Solutions for architects, engineers, and contractors

AI ChatBots, ambient computing, floating MRIs, low-carbon cement, sunshine on demand, next-generation top-down construction. These and 35 other innovations make up our 2024 Great Solutions Report, which highlights fresh ideas and innovations from leading architecture, engineering, and construction firms.



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Education Facilities

Oct 4, 2012

2012 Reconstruction Awards Gold Winner: Wake Forest Biotech Place, Winston-Salem, N.C.

Reconstruction centered on Building 91.1, a historic (1937) five-story former machine shop, with its distinctive façade of glass blocks, many of which were damaged. The Building Team repointed, relocated, or replaced 65,869 glass blocks.

Sep 7, 2012

Net-zero energy pioneers on the el-hi frontier

Getting to net-zero is not easy, but the promise of eliminating energy bills and using state-of-the-art technology as a learning lab can make a compelling case to reach for net-zero.

Aug 30, 2012

John S Clark Co. completes teaching lab at UNC Wilmington

Three-story building provides offices, classrooms, and labs.

Aug 15, 2012

Skanska to build the Beacon High School in New York City

The Beacon High School will be located in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan.

Aug 7, 2012

Shedding light on the arts

Renovating Pietro Belluschi’s Juilliard School opens the once-cloistered institution to its Upper West Side community.

Jul 25, 2012

KBE Building renovates UConn dining hall

Construction for McMahon Dining Hall will be completed in September 2012.

Jul 20, 2012

2012 Giants 300 Special Report

Ranking the leading firms in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction.

Jul 16, 2012

Business school goes for maximum vision, transparency, and safety with fire rated glass

Architects were able to create a 2-hour exit enclosure/stairwell that provided vision and maximum fire safety using fire rated glazing that seamlessly matched the look of other non-rated glazing systems.

Jun 1, 2012

New BD+C University Course on Insulated Metal Panels available

By completing this course, you earn 1.0 HSW/SD AIA Learning Units.

May 31, 2012

2011 Reconstruction Award Profile: Seegers Student Union at Muhlenberg College

Seegers Student Union at Muhlenberg College has been reconstructed to serve as the core of social life on campus.

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