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Read an excerpt from the intriguingly titled eighth chapter, ‘Chunky, Bizarre, Sophisticated: The Peter Pan Syndrome.’

Aaron Cayer’s book traces the history of one of the first built-environment companies to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Adjacent Manhattan apartments are merged into a single unit comprising two wings, private and public, with bands of custom wood veneer creating a fluid architectural language.

Winners in this new category hightlighting AEC software include notable releases from Revizto, Autodesk, and Chaos.

Clad in untreated spruce and encircled by a cantilevered deck, this mass timber residence near Gothenburg features a central atrium inspired by Japanese garden design.

Innovative solutions in the category include cladding made from upcycled rice hulls and insulation manufactured from postconsumer recycled denim.

The young owners of this high-performance, site-sensitive dwelling situated near the Ecuadorian capital of Quito allocated 70 percent of the total construction budget to employing skilled local workers.

‘Reuse of Architectural Components’ proposes a circular construction industry in which the reuse of waste materials could provide new aesthetic and symbolic value.

The book compiles essays by 15 historians documenting the largely forgotten yet remarkable life story of the Vienna-born architect and interior designer.

Selections in these categories include bird-friendly glass and a net zero mass-timber prefabricated housing and commercial solution.