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Between floods: Resiliency and urban regeneration
100-year flood. 500-year flood. These are the curious and somewhat misleading terms that…
Codes and Standards
California city’s plan for net zero building includes net zero water usage
The city of Santa Monica, Calif., intends to construct a 50,000 sf city services building that will…
Architects
Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects receives the 2017 AIA Architecture Firm Award
The Board of Directors of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) voted for Leddy Maytum Stacy…
Higher Education
A STEM-focused building creates a new axis on the campus of Lawrence Technological University
As part of an ambitious expansion and renovation campaign, for which it has raised in excess of $…
Codes and Standards
WELL and BREEAM to align standards
The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) and BRE have agreed to pursue alignments between…
Virtual Reality
What's your reality? A VR primer
Virtual reality (or VR) has been all over the news lately. Parents with teenagers might think VR…
Paul Revere Williams, FAIA, awarded 2017 AIA Gold Medal
The Board of Directors of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) voted to posthumously award…
Building Team
The NYC Public Design Commission recognizes 12 projects with its 2016 Excellence in Design Award
Every year since 1983, New York City’s Public Design Commission has awarded projects with its…
Lighting
A new light from Dyson can last for 22 years and uses just 90W of electricity
Dyson is mostly known for its (expensive) vacuum cleaners that claim to never lose suction and have…
75 Top Building Products
101 Top Products: Building Envelope
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Reading Hospital expansion project saves two months in construction schedule thanks to nora nTx
When Reading Hospital embarked on a 476,000-square-foot addition to its West Reading, Pennsylvania…
Codes and Standards
U.S. lumber industry pushes for import duties on Canadian softwood
Leaders in the U.S. lumber industry are lobbying the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S.…
Education Facilities
How corporate design keeps educational design relevant
There are many different terms used to describe learning and what method is best for today’s…
Drones
Could this idea for an Urban Droneport facilitate the future of drone-based deliveries?
Companies have been wondering aloud for quite some time about the possibility of using drones as…
Religious Facilities
The world’s tallest religious building is under construction
A new Hindu temple, named “Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir” and dedicated to the Hindu deity Lord Sri…
Airports
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport creates a destination inside Terminal 3
The first of a three-part phased modernization of Terminal 3 at Phoenix Sky Harbor International…
Workplace pilots: Test. Learn. Build
Pilot studies are routinely performed in the development of products, technology, research, and…
Office Buildings
eBay’s San Jose headquarters has a new interactive hub and welcome center named Main Street
eBay has received, what the company is calling, a new ‘front door’ for its San Jose headquarters,…
High-rise Construction
New York’s One Vanderbilt to have publicly accessible observation deck 1,020-feet above ground
After releasing a few renderings in October that seemed to suggest One Vanderbilt in New York City…
Sports and Recreational Facilities
Airborne America takes flight in San Diego
Later this month, Airborne San Diego, a 26,508-sf indoor skydiving facility, will open in this city…
