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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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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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The Sophia Gordon Performing Arts Center at Salem State University transfigured the Massachusetts school’s 1958 Main Stage Theater building from an antiquated general-purpose auditorium into a modern proscenium venue designed for aspiring professionals.

Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Four 'Big Issues,' Three Trends in Higher Education Design

University and college campuses nationwide are facing historic challenges—pressure to attract the best students, coping with years of deferred faci
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

New Steel Systems Add Strength - and Beauty

The last few years have brought an accelerating pace of creative advances in steel structural systems, notably in architecturally exposed structura
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Achieving Deep Energy Retrofits in Historic and Modern-era Buildings

The high-performance retrofit of an existing building is more difficult than building new because the structural system, orientation, and massing—t
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Security Begins When You Close the Door

Selecting door and window systems for any building project demands a complete articulation of safety and security concerns.
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JEFF GOLDBERG/ESTO, COURTESY CARRIER JOHNSON+CULTURE

Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Sun, Sky Brightness, and Glow: Making the Most of Daylight

To some project teams, “daylighting” means using glass area to admit direct sunlight, period.
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Hospitals of Providence’s 40,000-sf microhospital in the El Paso suburb of Horizon City will serve a market whose population has exploded despite being nearly an hour’s drive from the nearest full-size hospital.

Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Microhospitals: Healthcare's Newest Patient Access Point

Microhospitals are acute care facilities that are smaller than the typical acute care hospital.
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A roofer installs a polymermodified bitumen roof membrane.

Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Energy Code Requirements for Commercial Low-slope Roof Assemblies

Forty-three states and most U.S. jurisdictions have adopted regulations for energy-efficient construction of commercial buildings.
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The Aloft London Excel hotel, designed by Jestico + Whiles, features a façade of highly reflective stainless-steel shingles that create a color-shifting effect throughout the day.

Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Visual Interest: New Coating Colors, Effects, and Optical Properties

High-performance coatings encompass a range of paints and finishes that serve a variety of architectural applications:
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

The 100-Year Enclosure: Strategies for Heat-Air-Moisture Control

Should institutional and commercial buildings be built to last 100 years? Why not?
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Windows to the World: Going Big with Operable Glass Walls

Examining the varied applications of multi-slide and multi-fold glass walls allows for new directions in more effective, sustainable, and valuable...
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Sound-Masking Systems: Optimize Speech Privacy in the Workplace

Since most office-based workers spend more than half their time on focus work and on the telephone, speech privacy and noise control are vital to...
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Multifamily Housing Today - 7 Exciting, Inspiring Innovations

The multifamily sector is not showing any signs of slowing down. The U.S.
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Net-zero Energy Design and the Living Building Challenge

Net-zero buildings are, by definition, buildings that use less energy than they produce over time.
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Steel on the Rise in Multifamily + Taller Mixed-use Projects

 
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Cool Roofs Can Reduce Peak Energy Demand

This course provides an analysis of the effect of cool or highly reflective roofs in reducing peak demand charges, which may account for a...
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Building Wood Towers: How High is Up for Timber Structures?

The recent push for larger and taller wood structures may seem like an architectural fad—plenty of hype, but only a few dozen completed projects...
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Windows, Doors & Storefronts: Optimizing Safety, Durability, and Client Satisfaction

This course discusses the latest trends, certifications and standards surrounding fenestration. In nonresidential construction, Building Teams are...
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