Inspection Drones
It’s imperative that a building be inspected after construction and routinely thereafter. However, inspections can not only incur great expense but often come with great risk to the [...]
Principles of Building Envelope Design
Continuity is king when it comes to designing a building envelope. In order to create a successful design, there must be continuity in all aspects of the building facade including movement [...]
How to Design Facade Interfaces
Your mother always advised you to dress in layers. Who knew that her advice would be relevant to your career in construction and architecture? Karol Kazmierczak, a building facade consultant, [...]
Transparent Wood
Is the future of glass in danger? A genius new development in Sweden might boot glass to the side as a suitable material for the manufacture of solar panels. At Stockholm’s KTH Royal [...]
Beautiful Detroit Architecture
You can’t visit Detroit and not notice it’s beautifully constructed architecture. Someone familiar with the area probably can’t even imagine the city without landmarks such as [...]
The Silo Hunting Cabin
Builders are becoming more and more inventive in reusing old structures instead of building new ones. This ingenuity can’t be ignored when you see the functional, rustic, and downright [...]
