Architectural Technology - Articles - Page 26

Continuing Education: School Security and Safety

Katharine Logan

January 1, 2017

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Three new schools provide an alternative to the fortress approach to security.

Continuing Education: Biophilia

Katharine Logan

December 1, 2016

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Biophilic design and the hospitality sector are a natural fit.

Continuing Education: Sustainable Campus Development

Katharine Logan

November 1, 2016

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Colleges and universities take environmentally responsible design to new levels.

Virtual Reality and Architecture

The technology is on the cusp of becoming an almost indispensible part of architectural practice.

Michael Leighton Beaman

November 1, 2016

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Virtual reality, or VR, has had many lives.

Continuing Education: Kinetic Buildings

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

October 1, 2016

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Dynamic structures with large-scale operable elements adapt and transform, responding to changing needs.

International Living Future Institute Reveals First Fully-Certified Living Products

Christine H. O'Toole

September 21, 2016

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When the International Living Future Institute announced its Living Product Challenge in 2015, finding manufacturers to participate seemed like a tall order.

Continuing Education: Pushing Prefabrication

Russell Fortmeyer

September 1, 2016

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From entire buildings to discrete components, the use of off-site construction is expanding across multiple building types.

Celebrating 125 Years: Looking Forward

The Road Ahead: Driverless Vehicles, Cities, and Architecture

Autonomous vehicles are on their way—but what will their arrival mean for density and sprawl?

Sarah Amelar

September 1, 2016

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The race to develop driverless vehicles is zooming full-speed ahead, engaging all the major car companies—as well as Google X, Apple, and various start-ups.

Celebrating 125 Years: Looking Forward

Material Futures

Designers and architects are going back to basics to develop an innovative palette of building blocks for generations to come.

Bradley Quinn

September 1, 2016

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Materials have undergone a radical transformation.

Continuing Education: Dark-Sky Design

Joann Gonchar, FAIA Linda C. Lentz

August 1, 2016

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Light pollution hides views of the cosmos and causes a host of environmental problems. But architectural and landscape lighting can be designed so that it is sensitive to the night sky and ecosystems yet still responds to clients’ requirements.