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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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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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Boston high-rise finds perfect fit in unitized curtain wall system

Construction Specifier

Raffles Boston Back Bay Hotel & Residences, which is well under construction and slated to be open in 2023, will be a 35-story tower, set to hold 147 guestrooms, and 146 residential units. How the team resolved this is explored further in this article as well.

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7 Advancements in MEP Tech that Make Life Easier on Contractors

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems are essential to commercial and residential buildings. Fabrication Software. Fabrication software is incredibly helpful in providing real-time insights for better decision making—from the shop to the field. In turn, MEP contractors are critical to modern infrastructure projects.

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5 Alternative abodes

Constructonomics

If you think of the design elements found in a church, it’s not hard to visualize it as a home. Other structures that are popping up as residential or commercial properties include shipping containers, old boats and sheds. The fabric lining defines them as yurts – efficient and environmentally friendly housing solutions.

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Custom Home: A Modern Design of Light and Magic

Pro Builder

The rest of the home follows suit, with a rich combination of glass and wood—inside and out—that lengthens sight lines, shares light, and provides visual warmth to a decidedly contemporary style. “By Wellness Design, Outdoor Living Features Trend In New Residential Design Survey. . A Warmer Spin on Modern Architecture. Home Design.

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Expanding the exterior footprint

Construction Specifier

In this prolonged pandemic environment, architects have been challenged to expand the footprint of usable space to the outdoors, a trend that is impacting all building typologies and markets including residential. serves as chief engineer for GKD-USA, a leader in metal fabrics for architectural applications, based in Cambridge, Maryland.