BD+C
JUNE 30, 2016
New York City architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien will design the new Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. The Chicago Tribune reports that President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama chose the husband-and-wife design duo over six other prestigious firms.
Life of an Architect
JUNE 26, 2016
We’ve all been there … walking some lonely aisle of despair ( with 3,000 other people ) within IKEA looking for the Ekby Järpen floating wall shelves. Everybody knows that if you’re cool, really cool, you have floating wall shelves. Except there’s a problem with floating wall shelves that you buy for $9 … they don’t hold up anything other than some dusty beanie baby collection.
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EntreArchitect
JUNE 28, 2016
(This is a guest post by Eric Halsey.). There’s an irony in the fact that everything else can go right on a construction project, but if your cost estimates are off, it can still wind up costing your firm time, money and reputation. Accurate construction estimating is essential for your firm to prosper. All too often, the problems in your construction cost estimating aren’t immediately obvious.
BD+C
JUNE 30, 2016
Over the past five years, we’ve seen a specific trend emerge in the world of higher education. It’s the emergence of a relatively small space, called the academic incubator. For Gensler, this began with universities such as MIT and organizations like Chicago’s 1871. They were designing hybrid maker spaces that acted as ‘bridges’ between the worlds of academia and the workplace, and they had the feel of entrepreneurial start-up offices.
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A new industry study conducted by Architizer on behalf of Chaos Enscape surveyed 2,139 design professionals to understand the state of architectural visualization and what to expect in the near future. We asked: How are visualizations produced in your firm? What impact does real-time rendering have? What approach are you taking toward the rise of AI?
BD+C
JUNE 28, 2016
We spend 90 percent of our time indoors, so it makes sense that we gravitate toward the outdoors when given the chance. While investing in outdoor amenities seems like a no-brainer, the impacts of a warming planet make it a challenge. Just because we build it doesn’t mean that they will come. Ever-growing technological advances make it easy enough to heat and cool indoor spaces.
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BD+C
JUNE 28, 2016
Running an architecture firm—large or small—is full of challenges. Employee retention, new business development, and keeping current with technologies are just a few of the issues that partners and principals must manage on a daily basis. Yet as critical are they are, financial matters too frequently get bumped down on the agenda. The consequence of this is obvious: lost revenue.
BD+C
JUNE 28, 2016
The United States continues to lead all countries with the largest hotel construction pipelines, according to the latest estimates by Portsmouth, N.H.-based Lodging Econometrics , a global real estate consulting firm. Through the end of the first quarter of 2016, the U.S. had 4,471 projects under construction with an aggregate 551,965 rooms. Those numbers represent 40% of the projects and 29% of its rooms in the global pipeline, which in total is up 5% year-over-year by projects, and 6% by rooms
BD+C
JUNE 29, 2016
A pyramid, the giant spiral, a residential-office building with vegetation sprouting from its exterior, and a structure that takes its cue from Rubik’s Cube.
BD+C
JUNE 28, 2016
With more than 20,000 colors in our labs, the sky is the limit for color selection with Valspar. These include specialty colors and coatings that are designed to complement project goals by lowering heating or cooling costs, or keeping coatings pristine in coastal settings.
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Aerial imagery has emerged as a necessary tool for architecture, engineering, and construction firms seeking to improve pre-construction site analysis, make more informed planning decisions, and ensure all stakeholders have access to an accurate visualization of the site to keep the project moving forward. Download our guide and take a deeper look at how aerial imagery can be leveraged to drive project efficiency by reducing unnecessary site visits and providing the accurate details required to
BD+C
JUNE 27, 2016
“Sooner or later, something fundamental in your business world will change.” The late Andrew Grove (1936-2016), Co-founder of tech giant Intel Corp., lived by these words. Grove, of course, would have known better than just about anyone, having thrived for decades in the cutthroat world of tech in Silicon Valley.
BD+C
JULY 1, 2016
How happy are librarians with their work spaces? Finding little discussion on the topic — especially compared to the amount of literature focused on patron spaces—Sasaki Principal Byan Irwin, AIA, resident librarian and archivist Aliza Leventhal, and graphic designer Terri Dube conducted a survey of more than 400 academic librarians to gain insight into their work environments.
BD+C
JUNE 30, 2016
On December 26, 2015, the first EF4 or stronger tornado ever recorded in December in Texas made landfall in Garland and Rowlett, suburban towns near Dallas. According to the National Weather Service, this tornado was part of a larger winter storm that included 12 confirmed tornadoes and resulted in at least nine fatalities. Three of the 12 tornadoes were rated by the National Weather Service as EF2 or greater, with the most intense damage occurring with the Garland-Rowlett tornado.
BD+C
JUNE 28, 2016
VIA 57 West in New York City and The Cube in Beirut, Lebanon, were among the winners named in the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat's 2016 Tall Building Awards. . The triangular window-covered VIA 57 earned the Best Tall Building in the Americas nod, and The Cube, a 186-foot building made of stacked concrete levels, got the distinction of being the Best Tall Building in Middle East & Africa.
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In the dynamic world of architecture, design, and construction, creative problem-solving is crucial for success. Traditional methods often fall short in effectively conveying design intent to clients. Real-time visualization empowers you with a solid decision-making tool that smooths the design process. Discover the power of real-time visualization: Effective Communication Convey your vision clearly and align with clients.
BD+C
JUNE 29, 2016
Led by a still active multi-family housing market and sustained by solid levels of demand for new commercial and retail properties, the Architecture Billings Index has accelerated to its highest score in nearly a year.
BD+C
JUNE 27, 2016
With a sleek, upscale aesthetic and strong corner presence in one of Bellevue, Washington’s, premier, mixed-use districts, LMN Architect’s 929 Office Tower is attracting big name tenants like the cloud-computing giant Salesforce. Many of these occupants will walk past its stylish glass-clad exterior on their way to work every day without realizing it provides critical protection against the spread of fire between adjacent structures.
BD+C
JUNE 30, 2016
U.S. Department of Energy's Better Buildings Initiative will partner with CoStar Group, Inc., a provider of data and intelligence solutions to commercial real estate professionals, on a program to boost building energy efficiency.
BD+C
JUNE 30, 2016
A jury found Chicago contractor Elizabeth Perino guilty of four counts of fraud for allowing two other major contractors to use her company as a "pass-through" in order to meet minority goals on city work, according to CBS Chicago.
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Don’t let water wash away all your hard work. When specifying concrete waterproofing, you need a solution that’s reliable and permanent. Without it, your concrete waterproofing is at risk of failing and letting water erode and corrode the concrete that it was supposed to protect. Reduce the risk of waterproofing failure by reading through our latest free specification e-book, which will take you through the four key components to better concrete waterproofing specification.
BD+C
JULY 1, 2016
This week, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) the Architects Foundation and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) released a summary of the second annual Design and Health Research Consortium. The summary, “From Research to Application: Building the Bridge to Practice,” is available on AIA’s website.
BD+C
JUNE 29, 2016
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has begun evaluating the potential for a new process noise in construction standard. The potential standard was included on the agency’s regulatory agenda published in May. OSHA is planning to issue a request for information in November to gauge the effectiveness and feasibility of adopting more noise-hazard requirements.
BD+C
JUNE 28, 2016
ASTM International recently released changes to E2026 Standard Guide and E2557 Standard Practice, industry standards for assessing seismic risk to buildings. . The changes are expected to improve the consistency of the evaluation of seismic risks for commercial real estate transactions.
BD+C
JULY 1, 2016
Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) has designated Kirksey a LEED® Proven Provider™ for the LEED v2009 New Construction and Core and Shell rating systems. This designation, the first for a Houston-based architecture firm, was developed to streamline the LEED project review process for experienced organizations that demonstrate consistent excellence in administering LEED projects.
Speaker: Pedro Clarke – Principal Architect at A+ Architecture, In Loco Program Director
Sustainability begins with a conversation, and acquiring customer buy-in is entirely dependent on how the conversation is framed. Clients may not see sustainability as a priority out of fear of operational costs and quality. While these are legitimate concerns, it is our responsibility as architects to listen and foster a collaborative culture that answers client issues while also reducing our carbon footprint.
BD+C
JULY 1, 2016
Perkins Eastman has pledged to apply Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies (EDGE) to at least five of its clients’ projects within the next year. EDGE, a certification system of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), finds measurable solutions for the advancement of building green. EDGE software gives building professionals cost-effective ways to build green based on occupant behavior, building type, and the local climate.
BD+C
JUNE 29, 2016
One of the main roles of any roof is to keep water out, and that’s why flat roofs are prone to problems. Because they have no slope, they can’t effectively discharge rainfall or snow melt. Wherever water ponds, there is potential for infiltration, and infiltrating water is a destructive force for virtually every type of building construction.
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