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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

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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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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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Building Passively

The concept of “passive house” originated in North America in response to the OPEC oil embargo of 1973 and the subsequent energy crisis.
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Creating Real Estate Value with Commercial Office Reconstruction

The commercial office sector shows few signs of slowing down.
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Designing Behavioral Health Facilities

Behavioral health facility construction is experiencing a spike in the U.S., due in part to enhanced benefit provisions in the Affordable Care Act
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

A Colorful Comeback: Building Teams Go Bold with Color

The minimalists and severe modernists are losing out.
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Designing and Building 'Active' Roofs

Many buildings these days are planning for walkable rooftops that can be occupied to some extent.
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Staging should be used to support the client’s goals. This rendering for a spec office client was designed to target young, trendy tenants. All artwork for this course was supplied by TILTPIXEL

     

Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU

The art and science of rendering: Visualization that sells architecture

In the world of architecture, generating buy-in from the client or prospect is nearly impossible without the visual means to communicate design pla
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At the top level of this energy-efficient building, an adhered air barrier provides the primary weather protection for a metal panel cladding system, to be installed.

Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Meeting the demand for high-efficiency façades

Energy codes mandating more efficient use of buildings—and, by extension, of building enclosures—are already being adopted by many states as a logi
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Multifamily Security Design Tips

Four certified security professionals offer 38 tips on how to keep your next rental or condominium project as safe as possible.
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For the University of Michigan’s new Ross School of Business expansion, the Building Team employed terra-cotta panels, sandstone panels, and glass expanses to create a new entry sequence.

Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Barriers and Screens Further the Art of Cladding

Is moisture control the absolute for building design decisions? Ask users, owners, occupants, and investors—and expect a chorus of agreement. They’ll...
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