This past March and April, I wrote in the monthly column, Tomorrow’s Environment, about “How Much Is Too Much.” I addressed the topic of producing HVAC (heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning) ...

Technology manufacturer 2N is diversifying its range of products by offering A&E, BIM technology, and other strategies for architects and designers. 2N is a Prague-based company engaged in the ...

Drawing. We’ve all done it. So why is it the exception not the norm in design today? Architecture and design schools have, for the most part, stopped teaching hand drawing, so students don’t regard it ...

The Construction Specification Institute’s (CSI) recommendations for writing effective specifications contain the now familiar “Four C's.” Specifications should be clear, concise, correct and complete ...

Assigning costs is necessary in every stage of planning, and, ultimately, constructing a building. Sometimes, unfavorable budgets, zoning requirements, or a tricky economy might preclude a building ...

Using this method, owners manage only one single source design-build entity contract as opposed to the multiple contracts used in traditional design-bid-build project delivery. Design-build entities ...

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The design-build project delivery method, for years considered the Tinker Toy division of general contracting, is transforming the commercial construction industry. Attracted by guaranteed prices and ...

Architecture began as a practice of design and construction. The word itself is derived from the Greek architektōn, or “chief carpenter.” During the Pax Romana, Vitruvius described an architect as a ...