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When designing a building, it is important for architects not only to keep in mind the safety of the overall structure, but also how it can affect people's overall health and wellness

A new residential construction project outside of Park City, Utah used innovative building products and materials from Atlas Roofing Corporation to ensure insulation efficiencies

Prefabricated insulated wall panel solutions are lightweight, energy efficient, durable, cost-effective, and require only a fraction of field personnel for a typical installation

Understanding the energy code requirements and how to properly calculate the fenestration U-factors is an important skill to develop to inform the building-enclosure design

For a building of any kind, the first line of defense protecting its occupants from the elements is the external cladding

Schools typically age faster than the funding to fix them is allocated. For some municipalities this leads to a continuing cycle of deferred maintenance and the natural wear-and-tear process accelerates

Designers and construction specifiers should look closely at opportunities to streamline both the production process and quality control of their wall assemblies

The design team and project partners enlisted to reimagine the new Summit House, which is recognized as the highest ongoing construction site in North America, were met with a unique set of opportunities and challenges

The workplace has been radically changed by the COVID-19 pandemic, creating a critical gap that must be addressed during America’s comeback: the mass exodus of women from the American workforce

It is time for building design professionals to track and report the embodied carbon of their projects. Embodied carbon refers to the carbon dioxide emitted during the manufacture, transport, and construction of buildings materials, together with end-of-life emissions