1. 7 hip high-rise developments on the drawing board
2. 8 trends shaping today’s senior housing
3. Meet BD+C's 40 Under 40 class of 2013
4. Top 10 kitchen and bath design trends for 2013
5. Lawsuit teaches valuable lesson on BIM and communication
6. Extreme LEGO: Wondrous micro city built out of 200,000 blocks
7. Will Google Glass revolutionize the construction process?
8. A LEGO lover's dream: Guide to building the world's iconic structures with LEGO
9. 8 eye-popping wood building projects
10. Supertall 'Sky City' will house 4,400 families in Changsha, China
11. Calatrava projects encounter issues with water, structure
12. 13 structural steel buildings that dazzle
13. Walgreens to build first net-zero energy retail store
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