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Public restroom neglect on the rise
According to a survey that tracks Americans’ attitudes toward restroom facilities, almost 70%…
Mixed-Use
New renderings unveiled for Miami Worldcenter master plan
Downtown Miami is going to look very different in the not too distant future thanks to Miami…
Green
Best laid plans: Masdar City’s dreams of being the first net-zero city may have disappeared
Utopia. A word used to describe a place where everything is perfect. And, from an environmental…
Energy-Efficient Design
How to make a ‘pure’ glass sphere
Take a sheet of copy paper and grip it flat in your hands. Next, gently push down evenly on both…
Market Data
AIA reports slight contraction in Architecture Billings Index
The Architecture Billings Index (ABI), produced by the AIA Economics & Market Research Group,…
Augmented Reality
Startup Meta unveils holographic augmented reality prototype
Meta is emerging as a major player in the field of augmented reality. Forbes reports that the…
The High Line
Patano Studio's proposed elevated park would bring new life, affordable housing to unpleasant Seattle highway
Everyone has done it at some point; you spill something on the floor or the couch and, instead of…
University Buildings
New ideas to help universities attract and empower STEM students
Projections released by the U.S. Department of Education paint a bright future for jobs in the…
Architects
Developing a strategy for getting paid on time
Many architects and engineers don’t like to talk about money. This isn’t to say that architects…
Codes and Standards
New York City implements new crane safety plan following deadly accident
New York City has implemented a four-point construction crane safety plan following a deadly crane…
High-rise Construction
PLP Architecture re-imagines what it means to be a skyscraper
The Nexus Building, the focal point of PLP Architecture’s new masterplan in China’s Pearl River…
sponsored Reconstruction & Renovation
Historic Building Gets New Life on Campus
The industrial-style Tobey Building on the New Hampshire Hospital campus in Concord, NH, was…
Resiliency
Obama establishes federal earthquake risk management standard
President Barack Obama recently issued an executive order that establishes a federal earthquake…
Museums
Construction begins on Foster + Partners’ Norton Museum of Art expansion project
Ground broke this month on an expansion to a museum that holds more than 7,000 pieces of art. The…
Codes and Standards
ISO releases national assessment and state-by-state building codes evaluation
ISO, a provider of information about property/casualty insurance risk, released the National…
Codes and Standards
Huge fraud case involving alleged engineering impostors uncovered in California
California authorities have charged two men with a 12-year scam in which the pair allegedly posed…
Architects
Stantec agrees to acquire VOA Associates
Stantec, one of the industry’s largest architecture/engineering firms, has signed a letter of…
3D Printing
Microscape mini 3D models give you the whole city in your hands
Living in Manhattan is expensive. Even studio and one bedroom apartments can cost upwards of $3,000…
Market Data
AIA: Continued growth expected in nonresidential construction
The American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) semi-annual Consensus Construction Forecast indicates a…
Architects
AIA elevates 149 members and eight international architects to the College of Fellows
The 2016 Jury of Fellows from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) elevated 149 AIA members…
