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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.

 

Nov 13, 2012

2012 LEED for Homes Award recipients announced

USGBC recognizes excellence in the green residential building community at its Greenbuild Conference & Expo in San Francisco

Nov 11, 2012

Greenbuild 2012 Report: Multifamily

Sustainably designed apartments are apples of developers’ eyes

Oct 5, 2012

2012 Reconstruction Award Silver Winner: 220 Water Street, Brooklyn, N.Y.

The recent rehabilitation of 220 Water Street transforms it from a vacant manufacturing facility to a 134-unit luxury apartment building in Brooklyn’s DUMBO neighborhood.

Aug 1, 2012

C.W. Driver forms Driver URBAN

Driver URBAN specializes in the construction of multi-family apartments, mixed-use developments, affordable housing, student and senior housing, and hospitality projects.

Jul 20, 2012

2012 Giants 300 Special Report

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

Jul 19, 2012

Rental market pushing service, ‘community’

The Top 25 Giants 300 AEC firms in the Multifamily Sector keep four-legged tenants in mind.

Jul 9, 2012

Modular Construction Delivers Model for New York Housing in Record Time

A 65-unit supportive housing facility in Brooklyn, N.Y., was completed in record time using modular construction with six stories set in just 12 days.

Jul 9, 2012

Oakdale, Calif., Heritage Oaks Senior Apartments opens

New complex highlights senior preferences for amenities.

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 Awards Profile: Ka Makani Community Center

An abandoned historic structure gains a new life as the focal point of a legendary military district in Hawaii.

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