Not so long ago, it was exceptionally rare to see timber buildings more than six stories tall. But new engineered wood technologies like cross-laminated timber (CLT), glued laminated wood (gluluam), ...
Through the first four months of 2015, total construction starts* were $208.2 billion, up 24 percent from the same period a year ago. Not coincidentally a flurry of new luxury residential high-rise ...
Our contemporary society has been witnessing a surge in skyscraper construction in urban centers worldwide for various reasons—including engineering advancements, increased urban density, space ...
In celebration of the London Design Festival 2024, EnviroBuild invites architects and designers to showcase their vision for the future of urban living in the "Reimagining London's High-Rise Green ...
It seems fitting that wider adoption of thin-shell concrete, a technology popular worldwide but somehow unfavored in the U.S., has resulted from the exigencies of the multifamily construction boom.
As the number of challenges associated with high-rise buildings continue to increase, so too does the responsibility of the fire department to know as much as possible about these buildings’ design, ...
The tallest new tower in Dallas' Design District has opened its doors. The 27-story Urby apartment high-rise has been under construction for almost two years on Hi Line Drive near Turtle Creek ...
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