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41 Great Solutions for architects, engineers, and contractors

AI ChatBots, ambient computing, floating MRIs, low-carbon cement, sunshine on demand, next-generation top-down construction. These and 35 other innovations make up our 2024 Great Solutions Report, which highlights fresh ideas and innovations from leading architecture, engineering, and construction firms.


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Sustainability | Feb 20, 2019

Studio NAB’s Superfarm project creates an entire ecosystem in an urban environment

The Superfarm will go beyond what vertical farms typically produce.

Great Solutions | Feb 7, 2019

An apiary for the sanctuary

A Seattle events venue, The Sanctuary, has a roof that is literally a hive of sustainability.

Great Solutions | Jan 2, 2019

Net zero construction trailer brings health and wellness to the jobsite

As AEC firms scramble to upgrade their offices to maximize occupant wellness and productivity, Pepper Construction asks, What about the jobsite office?

Great Solutions | Dec 12, 2018

A modular, scalable mobile hospital can quickly respond to natural disasters and crises

CallisonRTKL’s design combines artificial intelligence, electric vehicle technology, and the latest in medical equipment.

Great Solutions | Nov 8, 2018

Public canopy system can be reconfigured by drones on the fly

The installation combines cyber-physical building materials constructed from lightweight carbon fiber filament with a collection of autonomous drones.

Great Solutions | Sep 28, 2018

When pigs fly? How about when cows float?

Merwehaven Harbor in Rotterdam will be home to the world’s first floating farm.

Great Solutions | Sep 17, 2018

Curtain walls go circadian

Catering to our natural circadian rhythm is a task designers are taking to heart.

Great Solutions | Aug 8, 2018

Warehouses rise up to serve downtown

Multistory industrial buildings provide the best chance at keeping up with the rapid growth of e-commerce in North America.

Great Solutions | Jul 13, 2018

Fungus may be the key to colonizing mars

A Cleveland-based architect and a NASA Ames researcher have a novel idea for building on Mars.

Great Solutions | May 14, 2018

It’s not Ripley’s loader, but this industrial exoskeleton makes physical labor a breeze

SuitX modules can be used separately or combined to form a full-body exoskeleton.

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