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Airports
MUST SEE: JFK airport taps Gensler to design terminal for animals
Perhaps taking cue from the pre-industrial era, architecture and design trends are starting to…
Healthcare Facilities
Best of healthcare design: 8 projects win AIA National Healthcare Design Awards
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected the recipients of the AIA National…
Mixed-Use
Despite China's 'ghost cities,' the country continues construction boom
Construction in China continues to boom at a rapid pace, even without 3D printers that can print a…
Office Buildings
Finally! There's a workplace trend that’s worth embracing
In my previous blog post, I examined the question of what are the current workplace trends? I…
University Buildings
Maker spaces: Designing places to test, break, and rebuild
“Making is part of our DNA”, says Shane Farritor, referring to the culture at the University of…
Architects
Architecture Billings Index at highest mark since 2007
Led by demand for projects such as new education and healthcare facilities, public safety, and…
BIM and Information Technology
New stylus brings digital sketching to the next level
It’s hard to beat a pen or pencil on paper, but architect David Craig and Dublin Design Studio are…
sponsored Building Enclosure Systems
Fire Rated Curtain Wall Performance in Dramatic Weather Conditions
As far as extreme environments go, Wisconsin has some of the most dramatic in North America. During…
sponsored Coatings
Fluropon celebrates 50 years of excellence
We are celebrating 50 years of Valspar's Fluropon coating system, which has built a strong…
sponsored Metals
Life cycle assessment, and why you should care
If you care about eco friendliness and sustainability, then Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is no doubt…
Architects
New York design competition looks to shed the sidewalk shed
Pedestrians are all too aware of sidewalk sheds, the makeshift plywood, sheet metal, and concrete…
High-rise Construction
Morphosis' Casablanca Finance City tower to be topped with crown-shaped pinnacle
Earlier this year, project ideas about Morocco that have circulated around the Internet have been…
Multifamily Housing
At an 18-year high, multifamily construction continues to drive housing sector
Predictions that multifamily housing construction would taper off in 2015 may have underestimated…
Cultural Facilities
SET Architects wins design competition for Holocaust Memorial
A seven-person jury representing the Jewish Community of Bologna, Italy, has chosen Rome-based SET…
Cultural Facilities
Rojkind Arquitectos serves up concert hall on the rocks in Mexico
Ground broke recently for the Foro Boca concert hall in the Mexican city of Veracruz. The design,…
Sports and Recreational Facilities
Japan scraps Zaha Hadid's Tokyo Olympic Stadium project
Tokyo will have to find a new signature venue for the 2020 Olympics.
ArchDaily reports that Japan…
Giants 400
2015 GIANTS 300 REPORT: Innovations and trends from America's largest AEC firms
The editors of Building Design+Construction magazine present the findings of our annual Giants 300…
Multifamily Housing
Minneapolis relaxes parking requirements on new multifamily buildings
The Minneapolis City Council voted recently to ease parking requirements for new multifamily…
Codes and Standards
Berkeley, Calif., adopts balcony inspection program following deadly collapse
Apartment building balconies in Berkeley, Calif., will be subject to inspections every three years…
Codes and Standards
Oregon to spend $300 million for seismic updates on public buildings
Oregon will spend $300 million in construction bond funding for seismic updates on public buildings…
