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Material health: Metal fabric in healthcare design

Construction Specifier

By Dale Payne Photos ©Moris Moreno Photography/courtesy GKD Metal Fabrics Pandemic-level illness, a nationwide mental health crisis, and healthcare worker burnout are fueling a reimagined future for America’s healthcare infrastructure. Why metal fabric? percent annually this year and next.

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Watch all 19 Accelerate Live! talks on demand

BD+C

AEC innovation conference, May 10, in Chicago. Topics included AI for construction scheduling, regenerative design, the micro-buildings movement, post-occupancy evaluation, predictive visual data analytics, and digital fabrication. . More than 150 AEC professionals attended BD+C ’s second-annual Accelerate Live!

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Modern healthcare interiors: Healing and care from the outside in

BD+C

Through thoughtful design, we have created new opportunities for care, respite, and innovation. Photos courtesy CO Architects Natural Materials Elements like wood detailing generate soft and relaxed visuals. how often a fabric can be laundered, which types of flooring are more easily sanitized than others, etc.)

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Curtain wall design-assist: Navigating the process for success

Construction Specifier

Technological advancements in curtain wall design tools, materials, prototyping, and fabrication techniques offer new avenues for achieving these lofty design and performance goals. Defining specific requirements for fabrication samples, mockups, and testing.

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7 Advancements in MEP Tech that Make Life Easier on Contractors

Autodesk Construction Cloud

We’ve captured our favorite innovations to help address a range of potential obstacles including accessibility, productivity, and resource planning below. . Fabrication Software. Fabrication software is incredibly helpful in providing real-time insights for better decision making—from the shop to the field.

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Coverings Announces Top 10 Tile Trends for 2023

Pro Builder

Some collections offer various finishes and intense chromatic variations to generate visual interest in walls, countertops and even furnishings. Photo courtesy Landmark Ceramic Concrete looks can bring visual harmony to a space and still evoke a raw urban energy. Cemented Tile Pictured: Frontier20, Design Work.

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4 ways AI impacts building design beyond dramatic imagery

BD+C

Kristen Forward, Design Technology Futures Leader Designers Architects AEC Tech Innovation BIM and Information Technology We’ve all seen them: swoopy, plant-filled architectural renderings that blur the line between imagination and reality.

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