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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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As cities grow ever more crowded, multifamily housing construction is more necessary than ever. Finding ways to compress housing into smaller spaces while still creating true homes calls for a complex blend of innovative design and engineering.

 

Multifamily Housing | DLR Group | Apr 23, 2018

Mass timber design for multifamily housing

The adaptability of urban development could be revolutionized through the inherent strength of mass timber construction.

Multifamily Housing | Apr 18, 2018

MAA, Greystar nation’s largest apartment owner, developer

With 5,651 apartment units started in 2017, Charleston, S.C.-based Greystar Real Estate Partners was the most active multifamily rental developer last year, according to the 2018 NMHC 50 report.

High-rise Construction | Apr 17, 2018

Developers reveal plans for 1,422-foot-tall skyscraper in Chicago

The tower would be the second tallest in the city.

Multifamily Housing | Apr 10, 2018

Studio Gang’s 11 Hoyt brings over 480 apartments and 50,000-sf of amenity space to NYC

The tower is Tishman Speyer’s first ground up condominium project in New York City.

Multifamily Housing | Mar 28, 2018

The latest data in the multifamily ‘amenities war’

Download Multifamily Design+Construction’s free 16-page report on the amenities multifamily architects, builders, and developers are providing their tenants and code buyers.

Multifamily Housing | Mar 21, 2018

Apartments outperform office, retail, industrial properties: NMHC research

Apartments offer strong returns and relatively low risk, according to new research from the National Multifamily Housing Council Research Foundation.

Multifamily Housing | Perkins and Will | Mar 14, 2018

How to solve the housing crunch on college campuses

A growing number of public and private academic institutions are turning to designers and architects for alternative housing strategies—particularly in high-density areas on the East and West Coasts.

Hotel Facilities | Mar 6, 2018

A New Hampshire college offers student housing as hotel rooms during the summer

The opening of a new residence hall could help with Plymouth State University’s hospitality marketing. 

Multifamily Housing | Mar 4, 2018

Katerra, a tech-driven GC, plots ambitious expansion

Investors flock to this vertically integrated startup, which automates its design and construction processes.

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