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Sustainable Design and Construction

A new app brings precision to designing a building for higher performance

Buildings create nearly half of the greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. And AEC firmsā€¦
Sports and Recreational Facilities

Informed design: A dynamic approach to athletic facilities design

Established in 1889,Ā Marlborough School, located in Los Angeles, California, is the oldestā€¦
Codes and Standards

Updated AIA Disaster Assistance Handbook released with significant enhancements

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) released a significantly enhanced version of itsā€¦
Mixed-Use

SOM-designed ā€˜vertical villageā€™ is Thailandā€™s largest private-sector development ever

A mixed-use ā€˜vertical villageā€™ is set to rise adjacent to Bangkokā€™s Lumphini Park and form a newā€¦
sponsored Ceilings

Wood ceilings and walls help convey energy of college football

From the outside, the rotunda at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta looks very much likeā€¦
sponsored Concrete

Fueling a grocer's rapid expansion

Hy-Vee grocery has established itself as one of the top 25 grocery retailers in the country. Theā€¦
Architects

Architect Howard Elkus dies at 78

Howard Elkus, FAIA, RIBA, LEED AP, cofounder of the Boston-based architectural firm Elkus Manfrediā€¦
Codes and Standards

Global standards for indoor environmental monitoring under development

With new and untested indoor environmental monitoring sensors and sensor-based systems coming onā€¦
Building Team

Dispelling five myths about post-occupancy evaluations

The POE, or post-occupancy evaluation, has become a commonplace term in design and construction.ā€¦
High-rise Construction

Fifth tallest tower in the world opens in Seoul with the worldā€™s highest glass-bottomed observation deck

Not long after the worldā€™s fourth tallest tower in the world became official, Lotte World Tower inā€¦
Office Buildings

Amazonā€™s newest office building will be an ā€˜urban treehouseā€™

Today, April 4, the design proposal for Amazonā€™s newest building is scheduled to be presented at aā€¦
Sustainability

Six connected CLT towers create an urban forest in India

A new six-tower mixed-use project from Vincent Callebaut Architectures would incorporate communityā€¦
Market Data

Public nonresidential construction spending rebounds; overall spending unchanged in February

Nonresidential construction spending remained unchanged in February, according to analysis of U.S.ā€¦
Structural Materials

Best of structural steel construction: 4WTC, Fulton Center, Pterodactyl win AISC IDEAS2 Awards

The 2017 IDEAS2Ā award winners were recently announced at 2017 North American Steel Constructionā€¦
Urban Planning

Capturing the waterfront draw

London, Rio, New York, Shanghai. These are some of the worldā€™s most vibrant and beloved citiesā€”ā€¦
Codes and Standards

New standard test method for static loading and impact on exterior shading released

The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) recently released a new document thatā€¦
Healthcare Facilities

Comfort and durability were central to the design and expansion of a homeless clinic in Houston

In 2012, the architectural firm Page Southerland Page did pro bono programming work for Healthcareā€¦
Urban Planning

4 important things to consider when designing streets for people, not just cars

Go to any medieval European city and you will see what streets looked like before the advent of theā€¦
Healthcare Facilities

The cost of activating a new facility

Atlanta Falcons fans had much to cheer about in 2016. From Halloween through the stunningā€¦
High-rise Construction

Ping An Finance Center officially becomes the fourth tallest building in the world

The Ping An Finance Center, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, is officially complete according to theā€¦