Structural Game Changer: Winning solution for curved-wall gymnasium design

New Millennium Building Systems

Course Credits:

.25 AIA LU

Using a real world example, course takers will learn challenges and solutions using acoustical deck in a gymnasium in Rogers, Arkansas. Users will learn about types of standard and special profile joists.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Learn how reconfiguring the joist layout saved cost and time in this project
Explore the different types of standard and special profile joists available
Discover the pros and cons of acoustic deck vs. ceiling tile
Understand MEP integration and finishing options for acoustic deck

Course

Photo courtesy Arup

Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Steel structures offer faster path to climate benefits

Faster delivery of buildings isn’t always associated with sustainability benefits or long-term value, but things are changing.

Course

Contextually inspired material mixing for One Essex Crossing’s curtain wall façades weave together panels of warm brick and Italian terra cotta. Photos courtesy CetraRuddy

Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Solutions for cladding performance and supply issues

From a distance, today’s building innovations in cladding performance, aesthetics, and construction appear unconstrained and quite varied.

Course

Material and MEP system choices drove reductions in embodied carbon and operational carbon for Arizona State University’s new Rob and Melani Walton Center for Planetary Health. Photo courtesy McCarthy Building Cos.

Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW