New World Trade Center A Giant Symbol of Sustainability
One World Trade Center in Manhattan, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, was recently awarded LEED gold certification for its sustainable design
Lessons Learned: Stricter Building Codes Minimize Damage from Hurricanes
In the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew earlier this month, it appeared that structures built in South Florida in the last decade weathered the storm far better than years past due to stricter codes and lessons learned from the devastation of…
How Virtual Reality is Revolutionizing Design
Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) may have originated in the video game studio but these technologies are now taking the AEC industry by storm presenting huge new opportunities to improve design-phase outcomes by leveraging real time data to…
Trending Now: Architectural Tourism
Culinary tourism (delicious); historical tourism (educational); medical tourism (not so fun); tourism for singles (mega-fun for some); art museum tourism (a visual treat); TV tourism (see the “real” Downton Abbey
