Supported by tall concrete columns that emerge from a 9-story parking block, Austin’s new 34-story 70 Rainey houses 164 condos featuring floor-to-ceiling glass.
College applications took a hit during the pandemic but they’ve rebounded in a big way for the class of 2026. The return to campus means a return to what has become an over-booked housing market in college communities.
How can daylight improve industrial centers? Here are just a few of the benefits and how building and design professionals can start integrating it into their industrial design.
Severe weather has significantly changed the way we look at design and construction of our buildings—from commercial to residential. Weather has become more volatile as natural disasters have taken their toll on our architecture.
As part of a dynamic renovation of an historic athletic facility at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pa., developers selectedglass to create a stunning curved façade that brings new life – and more light – to the newly-named UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse.
The owners of a distribution center in Mt. Juliet, Tenn., wanted to provide conditioned space within their three facilities to protect sensitive inventories and improve the work environment for employees.
The new 6-story, 215,000-square-foot, mixed-use facility promotes a “see and be seen” vibe with 30 percent of its façade clad with glass. Enhancing the transparency, operable windows deliver natural ventilation to 80 percent of the spaces in the building.
Called “Lifeguard Arena,” the structure features a dynamic façade design that makes good use of the bold imagery that metal panels can bring to building exteriors.
A building's enclosure and mechanical systems must be designed to confront the weather extremes of its locale. The weather "extremes" can be described in myriad ways using several data.