Designers Anticipate Tomorrow’s Needs in Today’s Buildings
One of the challenges on any retrofit or adaptive reuse project is that a building constructed decades ago most likely won’t anticipate the needs of…
Trend Alert
Architects and Designers Will Need to Adapt Buildings and Interior Spaces for a COVID-19 World
In normal times, there is a natural evolution of trends. These can ebb and flow as one jumps ahead and another takes a step back….
Clients Want to Differentiate Their Properties and Are Looking to Custom Solutions to Do It
In our March-April issue’s “Trend Alert” we explored the growing trend toward local geographic and cultural influences in place of standardized design approaches not only…
Buildings Are Starting to Look More Like the Communities in Which They’re Located
Not long ago, you could walk into a major hotel or restaurant chain anywhere around the world and you wouldn’t know if you were in…
There’s a Massive Shortage of Skilled Workers to Fill Construction-related Jobs; Here’s How It’s Impacting the Building Industry and What’s Being Done About It
At the midpoint of 2019, the Washington, D.C.-based American Institute of Architects released an update from its Consensus Construction Forecast Panel that projected a 4…
Hand Sketching Is Experiencing a Resurgence. However, Analog and Digital Are Not Competing but Complementary Tools that Result in Richer Building Designs When Combined.
In his 2014 book, Why Architects Still Draw, Paolo Belardi posed a rather poignant question: Why would an architect reach for a pencil when drawing…