Although no two projects are the same, they all start out with me looking at them the same way ...

The profession of lighting design is a relatively young discipline among the building design and construction fields. Although lighting has certainly been an integral component of the built ...

While automation and artificial intelligence can generate and optimize layouts, human expertise remains essential in evaluating risk and constructability.

Creating an energy-use model and cost profile early in a project design process—using lightweight tools and resources, such as energy use intensity data and DOE commercial benchmark model data—can ...

There are moments when architects take the design process beyond their practice and engage with potential users as design participants. This expands the design framework and makes the input of future ...

It is important that engineers document the design process so that they can communicate it to others and ensure no information is lost. It is also critical for convincing decision-makers to approve ...

This article is part of BD+C's special five-part Technology Report 2014: Top tech tools and trends for AEC professionals. Gregory Janks feels a bit like an impostor at his firm. A self-proclaimed ...