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Welcome to the Building Design+Construction campus. This is the platform for which the courses found in each issue of BD+C will be hosted. Visit the campus for the latest trends and news from BD+C magazine. Check back often for the latest articles and Webcasts.
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU

Materiality and the Reimagining of Historic Buildings

Re-use projects demand a nuanced approach to design to create spaces for today without discarding the value of existing building fabric.
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW, 1.0 PDH

Restoration and Replacement of Glazed Curtain Wall Assemblies

Buildings with large areas of glass are often seen as emblematic of the wanton energy waste of the mid- to late-twentieth century.
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU

Metal Roofing Trends

New ideas in design and constructability are radically changing how metal systems are used as roofing for commercial and institutional buildings.
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Photo courtesy of Edmon Leong.

Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Architectural Glass Mutates as Building Teams Innovate

Novel concepts in glass and glazing are opening new vistas in the buildings world.
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Applied Parametrics For Façade Designs and Materials

Parametric modeling has proven an invaluable toolset that enables architects to test complex design concepts and organize large quantities of data
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU

New Skin and Bones: Mastering the Campus Building Envelope

Building envelope choices for campus, cultural, and infrastructure projects are shaped by particular conditions.
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU

Building Enclosure Design of Exterior Soffits

Commercial building designs have long incorporated exterior soffits, better known outside of the building design/construction industry as the under
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU

Design + Construction of Cannabis Facilities

Right now, 33 states allow the sale of marijuana for medical purposes; another 14 allow it under more stringent medical supervision.
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU

Value Engineering: Where Quality Meets Cost Control

This course covers the history of value engineering, the benefits it provides (even those beyond the budget), the value engineering methodology, wh
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Shadow Box Design: To Vent or Not To Vent

A curtain wall shadow box is a spandrel assembly consisting of vision glass at the building exterior and an opaque infill at the interior side of t
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Roofing Drainage Systems

Among the most fundamental of architectural elements is the roof.
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Lasting Thermal Control For Building Façades

To keep interior spaces warm in the winter (and nice and cool in the summer), Building Teams report adopting more advanced approaches to envelope d
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU

New Ideas in Building Envelopes

Designing and constructing the most durable and energy efficient building enclosures requires careful integration of materials and assemblies—as we
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PHOTO CREDIT: COURTESY SAFTI FIRST

Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

See-through and Safe

Failure modes of glass systems under the extreme heat and pressures of building fires are reasonably well known, yet still hard to predict.
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Slip-resistant flooring, such as these Maycrest 6x24-inch porcelain tiles, is recommended for universal design in kitchens and bathrooms. Photo: Mohawk Flooring

Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

16 Things You Should Know About Universal Design

Universal design is a term, and a mode of architectural practice, that is often misunderstood.
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU

Urban Placemaking: Building Equity by Design

The U.S. is in the midst of an urban renaissance. People are returning to cities, sparking new investment and growth.
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Storefront Rehabilitation and Design

Rehabilitation and design of storefront systems demands consideration of many factors, from thermal performance and operability to historic landmar
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For the reconstruction of a high school in the United Kingdom, the project team removed concrete spandrel panels and installed a new steel structure for added floor area and a unitized curtain wall of translucent fiber-reinforced polymer. This pumped more daylight into classrooms without unwanted gains to heating and cooling loads. Photo courtesy of Kalwall

Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Sandwich Cladding Primer

Sandwich claddings consist of a panel or shell made of two durable, resilient face sheets and a low-density insulating core, often with a decorativ
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