When planning a new building, one of the first decisions made is size. Assuming the land is available, most owners will ask themselves how much space do I really need? But, perhaps the right question ...

David Odeh and team rescued a historic building in Northern Michigan at Orchard Beach State Park by moving it away from the shoreline. The project sparked the idea of designing building systems to ...

From the incorporation of closed-circuit TV to the installation of access-control systems, technology has no doubt improved building security in recent years. However, if a facility can be designed ...

Building and renovating healthcare facilities for the future means finding that sweet spot where employee retention, quality patient care and the bottom line align. As we look to 2025, we’re faced ...

While physical structures like warehouses are usually built to be long-lasting, the uses and demands placed on the buildings will change over time. This means newly built and retrofitted warehouses ...

Energy Vault has announced a strategic partnership with Chicago-based architecture and engineering firm SOM to integrate its gravity energy storage solutions into future building design. Under the ...

Meeting sustainability targets while being cost effective – two focus areas for businesses worldwide. With buildings playing a crucial role in meeting these objectives, open digital platforms will be ...

I n today’s rapidly evolving world, commercial buildings play a pivotal role in our daily lives and the broader economy. From hotels, shops, supermarkets and even financial hubs and office blocks, ...

Design teams are not short on tools; they’re short on continuity. Project data is still too often fragmented across files, and decisions loose context as work moves from planning to design to ...

Amazon has completed a mass timber warehouse in Indiana, USA, which the company says will be used as a testbed for "over 40 sustainability strategies" to implement in existing and future buildings.