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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.

 

Mass Timber | Mar 8, 2022

Heavy timber office and boutique residential building breaks ground in Austin

T3 Eastside, a heavy timber office and boutique residential building, recently broke ground in Austin, Texas.

Multifamily Housing | Mar 4, 2022

221,000 renters identify what they want in multifamily housing, post-Covid-19

Fresh data from the 2022 NMHC/Grace Hill Renter Preferences Survey shows how remote work is impacting renters' wants and needs in apartment developments.

Projects | Mar 2, 2022

Manufacturing plant gets second life as a mixed-use development

Wire Park, a mixed-use development being built near Athens, Ga., will feature 130 residential units plus 225,000 square feet of commercial, office, and retail space. About an hour east of downtown Atlanta, the 66-acre development also will boast expansive public greenspace. 

Multifamily Housing | Feb 25, 2022

First set of multifamily properties achieve BREEAM certification in the U.S.

WashREIT says it has achieved certification on eight multifamily assets under BREEAM’s In-Use certification standard.

Multifamily Housing | Feb 24, 2022

First new, mixed-use high-rise in Detroit’s central business district in nearly 30 years opens

City Club Apartments completed two multifamily projects in 2021 in downtown Detroit including the first new, mixed-use high-rise in Detroit’s central business district in nearly 30 years.

Codes and Standards | Feb 21, 2022

More bad news on sea level rise for U.S. coastal areas

A new government report predicts sea levels in the U.S. of 10 to 12 inches higher by 2050, with some major cities on the East and Gulf coasts experiencing damaging floods even on sunny days.

Urban Planning | Stantec | Feb 14, 2022

5 steps to remake suburbs into green communities where people want to live, work, and play

Stantec's John Bachmann offers proven tactic for retrofitting communities for success in the post-COVID era.

Senior Living Design | Feb 11, 2022

Design for senior living: A chat with Rocky Berg, AIA

Rob Cassidy, Editor of MULTIFAMILY Design + Construction, chats with Rocky Berg, AIA, Principal with Dallas architecture firm three, about how to design senior living communities to meet the needs of the owner, seniors, their families, and staff.

Multifamily Housing | Feb 8, 2022

Suffolk to build Alba Palm Beach

The project will feature 55 residences.

Feb 4, 2022

New apartment complex Dixon Place honors the history of Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City’s Sugar House neighborhood has been experiencing somewhat of a renaissance as of late, and the opening of new apartment community Dixon Place continues that trend. MVE + Partners took leadership in the design of the 59-unit, Class A development.
 

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