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Architects

Every building starts with a concept and a design. Architects are involved at every stage of the process, even after a design has been finalized, helping other building team members through the snares and missteps in the construction process. Building Design+Construction delivers news, trends, and research to the nation's largest architectural design firms. 

Mar 14, 2012

Firestone names 2012 Master Contractor Award Winners

Annual award acknowledges industry’s top roofing professionals.

Mar 14, 2012

Plans for San Francisco's tallest building revamped

The glassy white high-rise would be 60 stories and 1,070 feet tall with an entrance at First and Mission streets.

Mar 14, 2012

Hyatt joins Thornton Tomasetti as VP in Chicago

A forensic specialist, Hyatt has more than 10 years of experience performing investigations of structural failures throughout the U.S.

Mar 14, 2012

Tsoi/Kobus and Centerbrook to design Jackson Laboratory facility in Farmington, Conn.

Building will house research into personalized, gene-based cancer screening and treatment.

Mar 13, 2012

China's high-speed building boom

A 30-story hotel in Changsha went up in two weeks. Some question the safety in that, but the builder defends its methods.

Mar 13, 2012

Commercial glazer Harmon expanding into Texas

Company expanding into the Texas market with a new office in Dallas and a satellite facility in Austin.

Mar 13, 2012

Worker office space to drop below 100-sf in five years

The average for all companies for square feet per worker in 2017 will be 151 sf, compared to 176 sf, and 225 sf in 2010.

Rob Cassidy | Mar 12, 2012

Giants 300 - "Science + Technology"

We've been getting questions about the "Science + Technology" entry in the Giants 300 survey.…
Mar 12, 2012

Improving the performance of existing commercial buildings: the chemistry of sustainable construction

Retrofitting our existing commercial buildings is one of the key steps to overcoming the economic and environmental challenges we face.

Rob Cassidy | Mar 10, 2012

Giants 300 Survey now ready!

Calling all AEC firms! It's time to get your BD+C "Giants 300" Survey in. The Giants 300 is the…
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