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NASA Centennial Challenges

Designing on Mars

Lindsay Lewis is the Editor of Building Enclosure magazine.
Lindsay Lewis
October 19, 2018
What creating a habitat for an alien planet could mean for the future of building on Earth
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Georgia-Pacigic Gypsum

Building Products: From Innovation to Adoption

October 12, 2018
In the building envelope, the time soaking process of applying a separate weather and air barrier is giving way to integrated sheathing — combining the sheathing and the WRB-AB together
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AIA Applauds Passage of Disaster Recovery Reform Act

October 3, 2018
Legislation paves way for enhanced national guidelines for building safety assessments following disasters.
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Grand Théâtre de Rabat

The Link Between Designing and Creating

Talking to Machines
Andrew Watts
Andrew Watts
August 22, 2018
The construction industry can increase productivity and quality while reducing energy consumption, lowering costs and saving time through creating strong links between designing and making
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MFM BUILDING PRODUCTS

Roof Underlayment for Vertical Side Wall Applications

MFM Building Products
August 6, 2018
Ultra HT Wind & Water Seal high temperature roofing underlayment is ideal for vertical side wall applications.
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Toronto Transit Commission

Three Cool Roofs: Curvilinear Designs with Inverted Protection

Scott Abukoff Sheri Carter
August 6, 2018
Three new stations in the Toronto Transit Commission Line 1 Extension employed inverted roof membrane assemblies to achieve cool roof and longevity requirements.
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Boys & Girls Clubs of America

IMPs Provide Strength, Style to New Oklahoma Boys & Girls Club

July 23, 2018
The project includes a 30,000-square foot main building, a gym, outdoor sports fields, a teen center, learning centers, a technology and STEM lab, art and music spaces, and a kitchen.
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New Sports Therapy & Research Complex Merges Physical Fitness and Holistic Health

July 2, 2018

From its retractable glass façade that opens to an indoor/outdoor football field to its light-filled strength training room surrounded by glass walls, the new Baylor Scott & White Health Sports Therapy & Research complex puts human health and sports performance on public display with "a new kind of architecture."


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Bulk Water Drainage

New Generation of Building Wraps

Innovative Products Take on Bulk Water Drainage
Bijan Mansouri Headshot
Bijan Mansouri
June 11, 2018
Among the many performance characteristics we expect of today’s building wraps, draining bulk water is increasingly gaining importance
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Heydar Aliyev

Building with Numbers

Andrew Watts
Andrew Watts
May 18, 2018
How the construction industry is reducing cost, risk and waste—with math
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