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Mixed-Use
Centennial Yards, a $5 billion mixed-use development in downtown Atlanta, tops out its first residential tower
Centennial Yards Company has topped out The Mitchell, the first residential tower of Centennial…
Contractors
The average U.S. contractor has 8.2 months worth of construction work in the pipeline, as of August 2024
Associated Builders and Contractors reported today that its Construction Backlog Indicator fell to…
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Meeting the Demands of Today's Homes, Builders with Continuous Insulation
Continuous insulation is a crucial innovation in modern construction. It offers enhanced energy…
Healthcare Facilities
Exploring the cutting edge of neuroscience facility design
Neuroscience facilities serve patients with a wide range of conditions, from cognitive issues like…
Legislation
Efforts to encourage more housing projects on California coast stall
A movement to encourage more housing projects along the California coast has stalled out in the…
Higher education building construction costs for 2024
Higher education leaders are shaping the financial future of their institutions by being…
Office Buildings
Fact sheet outlines benefits, challenges of thermal energy storage for commercial buildings
A U.S. Dept. of Energy document discusses the benefits and challenges of thermal energy storage for…
Designers
How to promote wellness through interior design
We spend most of our lives inside, and the spaces we inhabit have the potential to greatly impact…
MFPRO+ New Projects
Chicago's Coppia luxury multifamily high-rise features geometric figures on the façade
Coppia, a new high-rise luxury multifamily housing property in Chicago, features a distinctive…
Office Buildings
Office space downsizing trend appears to be past peak
The office space downsizing trend may be past its peak, according to a CBRE survey of 225 companies…
Hotel Facilities
citizenM’s American expansion now includes second hotel in Boston
CitizenM has opened its largest hotel to date globally.The 399-room citizenM Boston Back Bay is the…
University Buildings
UC San Diego’s new Multidisciplinary Life Sciences Building will support research and teaching in both health and biological sciences
The University of California San Diego has approved plans for a new Multidisciplinary Life Sciences…
Codes and Standards
Atlanta aims to crack down on blighted properties with new tax
A new Atlanta law is intended to crack down on absentee landlords including commercial property…
Resiliency
Phius introduces retrofit standard for more resilient buildings
Phius recently released, REVIVE 2024, a retrofit standard for more resilient buildings. The…
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Visual Indication Trims Solve Security Challenges in Retrofits
Recent survey data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) indicates the average…
Data Centers
Data center demand continues its feverish growth rate
Data center demand is expanding exponentially, with data creation expected to increase at a 23%…
Construction Costs
Construction material decreases level out, but some increases are expected to continue for the balance Q3 2024
The Q3 2024 Quarterly Construction Insights Report from Gordian examines the numerous variables…
Products and Materials
Top building products for August 2024
Building Design+Construction editors bring you the top building products for the month of August.…
Adaptive Reuse
More than 1.2 billion sf of office space have strong potential for residential conversion
More than 1.2 billion sf of U.S. office space—14.8% of the nation’s total—have strong potential for…
K-12 Schools
Designing for dyslexia: How architecture can address neurodiversity in K-12 schools
Beginning in the 2025-2026 school year, California will require dyslexia screening for all K-2…
