Heating and cooling buildings is a major consumer of energy, especially older ones that weren’t built with modern energy efficiencies in mind. Now, engineers at Fraunhofer Institute have developed a ...
As with all technology, modular frame building systems (MFBS) continue to advance. In 2009, Swenson Say Faget completed the 10-story Ballard at the Park mixed-use project with Security Properties and ...
The word “modular” may conjure images of job-site trailers and portable classrooms. But permanent modular construction is a different animal, one that has benefited considerably from the integration ...
Modular construction is changing the way the world builds. For residential and commercial projects, modular offers plenty of advantages, from speed, quality control and cost-saving advantages to ...
Blending in with its urban context or standing out to draw attention, a façade tells a building’s story. It is an expressive medium through which we engage with architecture, defining first ...
Autovol, a modular construction company based in Nampa, Idaho, has taken a comprehensive systems approach to building affordable multifamily housing. The Autovol process, which it calls “automated ...
The only thing makers like more than building things is making systems to build things. [Eric Hunting] has compiled a list of these modular building systems. As the well-known XKCD comic likes to ...
SEQUIM — State and local leaders hailed the beginning of construction of two modular buildings at Greywolf Elementary School this week, structures using cross-laminated timber that will house four new ...
Patrick Kennedy is the owner of Panoramic Interests, a development firm that has been building housing, live-work space, and commercial property in the Bay Area since 1990. The firm has focused on ...