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Biophilic Design

Shadow Box Design: To Vent or Not To Vent

A curtain wall shadow box is a spandrel assembly consisting of vision glass at the building exterior and an opaque infill at the interior side of the…

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Lasting Thermal Control For Building Façades

To keep interior spaces warm in the winter (and nice and cool in the summer), Building Teams report adopting more advanced approaches to envelope…

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Wood and Evolving Codes: The 2018 IBC and Emerging Wood Technologies

Increasingly, designers, builders, and building owners are turning to one of our oldest building materials: wood. Valued for its versatility, low…

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New Ideas in Building Envelopes

Designing and constructing the most durable and energy efficient building enclosures requires careful integration of materials and assemblies—as well…

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See-through and Safe

Failure modes of glass systems under the extreme heat and pressures of building fires are reasonably well known, yet still hard to predict. In a…

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Biophilic Design

VIDEO COURSE: Great Buildings Deserve Great BIG Glass

Learn about glass fabrication processes with a concentration on BIG glass, an industry trend. Best practices for properly designing projects using…

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Wood and Indoor Environment

The objectives of sustainable design are broader than just environmental effects, having come to embrace issues of human health and performance. Many…

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Thinking Wood as a Material of Choice

Designers today are finding new possibilities in one of the oldest building materials on earth. Wood has always been valued for its beauty, abundance…

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Opportunities for Wood in Low-Rise Commercial Buildings

When designing restaurants, stores, and low-rise offices, certain features come to mind as typical. These buildings tend to have large openings that…

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Multifamily, Mid-Rise Buildings Using Wood Construction

Multifamily housing is an active part of design and construction activity across the U.S. Steel, concrete and masonry typically come to mind as…

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