From early cave dwellings to the well-appointed sub-urban homes of today, the most fundamental reason for shelter remains to provide protection from weather and other possible dangers. Beyond this most basic purpose, modern culture has forged a...

Joseph Black. More than 3.3 billion square feet of new commercial buildings were constructed from 1988 to 1998, with 170 percent more expected by the year 2030. Because this new stock is expected to have a lifetime of fifty to one hundred...

Energy efficiency codes and standards for new buildings are the most cost-effective ways to improve the efficiency of a new building. Improvements can be made when a building is being designed and constructed at a fraction of the cost that it would...

For building design and construction, the eighteenth century represents a period of transition. Engineers and architects, formerly lumped together, assumed separate identities and functions. The increasing complexity of buildings and bridges helped to...

Building design is the design of architectural exterior/interior spaces, engineered elements and shelter design. A building designer, architect, or building engineer may produce designs for all types of buildings in small projects while larger projects...

The values of design/build By Luis Jauregui, AIA Architects who collaborate with a builder provide multiple benefits for clients As a residential architect and head of an established design/build firm, it has been challenging for me to approach this column,...

Last month, REMODELING'S "The Business of Design/Build" (November 2004, page 108) highlighted a roundtable discussion among remodelers to follow up on research, sponsored by Andersen Windows, that gauged the influence of design on the American house and explored the extent to which design...

Las Vegas casinos are morphing from efficient but uninteresting boxes to more visually pleasing and compelling structures designed to provide the city with its own identity, panelists at an Urban Land Institute session concluded.In a panel featuring "star-chitects" — award-winning building designers who are...

Design review boards are the "queer eye for the straight guy" of civic policy, and approve or disapprove of the aesthetic of community buildings http://www.inman.com/inmanstories.aspx?ID=49869 ">(Inman News) Life on Vashon Island, just a commute over the Puget Sound or an Internet line to...