The construction industry plays a significant role in shaping our environment, from the design and construction of buildings around us to the materials used. Because of this large and impactful global ...

Before it was even completed in 2014, the 38-story office tower at 20 Fenchurch Street in London made an unexpected impact on the city. The building essentially generated its own wind tunnel, an ...

What happens when artificial intelligence (AI) moves from painting portraits to designing homes? That question is no longer theoretical. At the Utzon Center in Denmark, Ai-Da Robot, the world's first ...

Nations around the world are undergoing a seismic shift, switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy to meet net-zero targets. But one sector is set to dominate new demand—buildings. Today, the ...

Autodesk's Forma Building Design aims to give architects and engineers level 200 and 300 design capabilities such as this daylight analysis while not replacing the detailed geometry in Revit but, ...

What if we could design buildings that could heat and cool themselves? What if we do this by repurposing existing technology? And what if we could seamlessly integrate this technology into a ...

Traditionally, campuses have been designed for the able-bodied, college-age student from the majority culture who enrolls full-time. But today’s campuses—from residential to commuter, four-year to ...

How did early humans first learn to build? It's quite possible that it was by observing animals that had already mastered the art. Indeed, when you look at the animal world many birds, insects and ...

Cities are a consequence of human choices. We decide how to lay out urban and suburban spaces, what buildings to construct and their function, where and how to position our structures, how they will ...

When designing buildings, architects start by identifying goals and objectives to guide the process of creating a structure. This includes addressing client aspirations to meet functional and ...