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The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the construction market hard across the board. However, for firms providing sustainable design and construction, the impact of the crisis may have more profound effects.

The editors of Building Design+Construction reached out to our readers’ firms for office and office-to-residential projects completed in the last 18 months. We collected over 40 projects, including ...

The construction industry plays a significant role in shaping our environment, from the design and construction of buildings around us to the materials used. Because of this large and impactful global ...

The platitude one often hears in architecture school is that the most energy-efficient building is a black box with no windows. Early Passive Houses looked not too far off that, with thick, heavily ...

Simulation of wind flows around the model of Austin’s 321 West 6th Street illustrates the E-SE wind direction that resulted in the largest cross-wind response on the 58-story high-rise. The hotter the ...

In an era marked by rapid urbanization, climate emergencies, and evolving societal needs, architecture has a complex role to play, and a responsibility to engage actively yet sensibly with cultural, ...

Energy codes around the world get stricter every year, architects need to prepare for various challenges ahead. The first step is to understand the key metrics needed to conduct early-stage analyses ...

This blog post was authored by Domenic Koyama, Senior Preconstruction Director, McCarthy Building Companies; and Fernando Sanchez, Director of Design Integration, McCarthy Building Companies. Parking ...

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