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Airports
Airports expand rental car facilities to ease vehicular traffic at their terminals
AEC teams have found fertile ground in building or expanding consolidated rental car facilities,…
Airports
Experts discuss how airports can manage growth
The Federal Aviation Administration forecasts that air travel in the U.S. will increase by about 50…
Retail Centers
Urban developers add supermarkets to the mixes
In July, the Howard Hughes Corporation began selling condos in Ae’o, one of five residential towers…
Energy-Efficient Design
South Carolina business school on track to be region’s first net-zero energy commercial building
Later this year, the newest building at the University of South Carolina’s Darla School of Business…
Healthcare Facilities
Hospital construction/renovation guidelines promote sound control
Since its founding in 1998, the Facilities Guidelines Institute has been developing, revising, and…
Healthcare Facilities
7 (more) steps toward a quieter hospital
Hospital noise can be an insidious seed planted in a patient’s memory.
“They will recall…
Healthcare Facilities
Shhh!!! 6 ways to keep the noise down in new and existing hospitals
Hospital executives, healthcare system boards, and clinical staffs have never been more aware of…
Building Materials
Structural steel buildings specification available for second public review
The current draft of the 2016 AISC Specification for Structural Steel Buildings is now available…
Energy Efficiency
North American Passive House Network e-book explains Passivhaus, net-zero techniques
The North American Passive House Network has published a free e-book explaining the principles of…
Windows and Doors
Newly formed group challenges Florida building code
A new group, the Impact Window Affordability and Safety Association (IWASA), is fighting the…
Codes and Standards
New Orleans becoming a model for climate resilience only 10 years after Katrina
The images of residents gathered on rooftops to escape flood waters are indelible 10 years after…
BIM and Information Technology
MIT researchers develop 3D printer that produces intricate glass structures
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a 3D printer that produces…
Architects
How to transition leadership within your architecture firm, Part 2
As we covered in Part One, the earlier you begin planning the leadership transition for your firm,…
BIM and Information Technology
Zebra Imaging launches 3D hologram creator for Autodesk Revit
Three dimensional holographic visualization technology company Zebra Imaging announced the launch…
Multifamily Housing
Architects propose shipping container tower to replace slums
CRG Architects, which has offices in China and Nigeria, revealed its plans to make multistory …
Retail Centers
Vallco Shopping Mall renovation plans include 'largest green roof in the world'
The new owners of the Vallco Shopping Mall in Cupertino, Calif., have announced that they intend to…
Libraries
Barack Obama Foundation begins search for presidential library architect
A search has begun to find the architecture firm that will design the proposed Barack Obama…
Architects
How to transition leadership within your architecture firm, Part 1
If you’re an architect of the baby-boomer generation, retirement planning is likely one of your…
Smart Buildings
Under, over, through: Reinventing spaces under elevated infrastructure
To borrow a line from Roman Mars on The 99% Invisible, “I’m what you’d call pro-infrastructure.”…
Mixed-Use
Innovation districts + tech clusters: How the ‘open innovation’ era is revitalizing urban cores
If you live in the Philadelphia area and work in a newly constructed or recently renovated office…
