A high-performance ... this great responsibility, the building envelope presents great opportunities to enhance sustainability and reduce the long-term costs of buildings throughout their life.

That also translates into a lot of reasons an apartment in a high-rise building might be appealing ... your water pressure—and sanity. High-rise buildings are designed to sway slightly.

Urbanization and the evolution of modern cities have led to the development of high-rise building constructions, but what is the real environmental impact of these buildings? Traditionally ...

The Marcus project could include 750 residential units, 190,000 square feet of office space, 40,000 square feet of retail ...

Perth-headquartered ClearVue Technologies, smart building envelope solutions specialist ... ClearVue has also developed new sales tools, including High-Rise Archetype-3 thermal modeling software ...

Our Documentation section focuses on this issue’s main theme of building envelopes. It highlights projects that have, each in their own way, already set out on the path to a new architectural era – ...

“It can be a basement or a certified shelter within the building itself.” In the event of a tornado warning, high-rise residents should shelter in the lowest floor available. “The best ...

The Seattle City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved an ordinance to make it easier to turn office and other commercial buildings into ... projects in downtown high-rise or mid-rise ...

That means non-residential buildings can be redeveloped to residential use in a commercial, downtown, Seattle mixed, high rise or midrise ... the housing need and building availability.

Yack emphasized that high-rise residents should try to get to the lowest shelter space. But if getting to a lower floor isn’t an option, getting to the “most interior part of the building ...