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Green
Living Future Institute launches Biophilic Design Initiative
The International Living Future Institute has launched the Biophilic Design Initiative to help the…
Sports and Recreational Facilities
Washington Redskins tease new stadium model designed by Bjarke Ingels
The NFL’s Washington Redskins franchise has grand plans for a new stadium. The wave-like structure…
BIM and Information Technology
Visual estimating, generative design, and component construction push the limits of BIM/VDC
The work processes and roles of architects, engineers, and general contractors are continuing to be…
Energy Efficient Roofing
NRCA’s EnergyWise Roof Calculator updated
The National Roofing Contractors Association updated its EnergyWise Roof Calculator.
The online…
Green
GE wants to use carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as a means of storing solar energy
Carbon dioxide has become far too prevalent in our atmosphere and is a large component of…
Architects
German artist recreates Brutalist buildings with LEGO blocks
Brutalist architecture has a perfectly appropriate name.
The design conveys, well, brutality. The…
Architects
Architecture for Humanity rebrands itself as Open Architecture Collaborative
The design nonprofit group Architecture for Humanity surprised everyone when it abruptly declared…
Healthcare Facilities
Report: Hospitals’ fossil fuel use trending downward, but electricity consumption hardly declining
Grumman/Butkus Associates, a firm of energy efficiency consultants and sustainable design engineers…
Resort Design
Breakwater Chicago releases renderings of floating Lake Michigan resort
A floating resort barge is luxurious enough, but how about one with a lazy river? Breakwater…
Architects
AIA survey finds many women and minority architects still feeling underrepresented and unfulfilled
Job satisfaction among architects remains a half-full/half-empty story.
In its latest survey on…
University Buildings
How architects can help community colleges promote community on campus
A fundamental component of advancing our nation’s higher education system is enriching the…
High-rise Construction
Bigger, taller, wider: London’s skyline is about to have a major growth spurt
London is a city that is packed with people, history, and culture. And over the next couple of…
AEC Tech
Is the Internet of Things the key to smarter buildings and cities?
CallisonRTKL has been working on a museum project in the Northeast where the Internet of Things (…
Office Buildings
Expedia unveils design for Seattle waterfront campus
Expedia, the online travel company, unveiled designs for a new waterfront headquarters that will be…
Engineers
WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff to open Los Angeles office
International engineering and professional services firm WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff is establishing…
Architects
Value engineering: How to manage the process and limit the risk of VE
As an ideal, the underlying intentions of value engineering seem noble. Truly, discarding elements…
Multifamily Housing
Access and energy control app clicks with student housing developers and managers
Felicite Moorman remembers receiving a call from a multifamily property manager whose building was…
Architects
Two Houston firms merge to form Method Architecture
Two Houston-based architecture firms, Architects-Plus and Three Square Design Group, will merge to…
Drones
A new image-capturing platform mediates drone and cloud technologies
Drone maker 3DRobotics (3DR) has teamed with Autodesk and Sony to launch Site Scan, an aerial…
Office Buildings
CBRE: Workplace wellness on the rise
Healthcare is expensive for both employers and employees. The cost has been rising at rates well…
