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Products and Materials
Products at work: 6 product applications for your next project
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Davinci Roofscapes
Project: Saint John’s Cathedral, Denver.…
Codes and Standards
ConsensusDocs Coalition publishes new Lean Addendum
The ConsensusDocs Coalition has published the industry's first Lean Addendum standard contract…
Market Data
Altus Group report reveals shifts in trade policy, technology, and financing are disrupting global real estate development industry
Altus Group Limited (“Altus Group”) (TSX: AIF), a provider of software, data solutions and…
Sustainability
Starbucks to build 10,000 “Greener Stores” by 2025
Starbucks recently announced its plan to create the “Starbucks Greener Stores” framework. The…
Building Technology
A future-ready office building for techie workers will soon spring up in New York City
The impending demolition of a former retail building in New York City will set the stage for the…
Retail Centers
Iteration vs disruption: Designing for a great customer experience
What does innovation even mean anymore? For the past decade, at least, innovation has been a catch-…
Great Solutions
Curtain walls go circadian
New research by interior landscaping firm Ambius (bit.ly/2MPpiy3) found that the typical office…
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GKD and the Kunsthalle Mannheim Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
A project two and a half years in the making, the Kunsthalle Mannheim museum of modern and…
Market Data
ABC’s Construction Backlog Indicator hits a new high in second quarter of 2018
Associated Builders and Contractors reports that its Construction Backlog Indicator expanded to a…
Office Buildings
TaylorMade Canada HQ includes golf laboratory and product showroom
TaylorMade’s new Canada headquarters space, located in Woodbridge, Ont., recently completed…
Codes and Standards
IAPMO seeks comments on proposals for 2021 plumbing and mechanical codes
The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials is seeking public comments on…
Mixed-Use
Six-story structure combines a parking garage with street-level retail
A new six-story hybrid structure in New Orleans combines a 441-space parking garage with 27,000-sf…
Architects
We’ve entered the golden age of brain science. What does it mean for AEC firms?
The human brain remains one of the great mysteries of our time. This remarkably complex biological…
sponsored AEC Tech
Sponsored webinar: Benefits of traceable construction
Today, transparency and traceability of construction projects is not only of great benefit in terms…
Codes and Standards
As ICC prepares to vote on codes for tall wood buildings, opposition is still strong
As The International Code Council prepares for a vote on new code provisions that would allow wood-…
Building Technology
McKinsey report assesses where opportunities could lie in construction technology
Between 2013 and February 2018, cumulative investment in construction technology totaled $18…
Sustainability
Under-development solar panels snap together and turn waste heat into hot water
The more sunlight solar panels receive, the hotter they get. The hotter they get, the more…
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Austin apartment façade branded with metal mesh
When architects at Austin-based PSW Homes initiated plans for Thornton Flats, a three-building, 104…
Education Facilities
Security vs. 21st century learning: We shouldn’t have to choose
On February 14 of this year, we, like most, were shocked to witness the aftermath of another school…
Codes and Standards
Saltwater incursion into Miami’s aquifer may make city uninhabitable later this century
The Miami metro region faces crises due to rising sea levels that threaten to make the area…
