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When specifying stairs or railings, be sure to consider the dimensions of the installation space, an d the form, color and material you envision for the steps, handrails, balustrades or ramps.

Instead of trading hours for money — which is typical for the architecture business, like any other service business — a passive revenue stream is not directly linked to the number of hours you put into it.

“Clients have said that the VR experience was much more realistic than expected.”

Back in August, the tech world went wild upon hearing Elon Musk’s announcement that Tesla was enteri ng the solar roof market, and then everyone wondered just how effective the product could be compared to standard photovoltaic panels and what exactly it would look like. As of last weekend, we know the answer to the latter:…

Earlier this month, Italian furniture brand Arper collaborated with Architizer to present a panel of experts who discussed the varying ways design offers value in spaces for living and consumption – from the workplace to retail or travel. Four presenters — Ray Ehscheid, Senior Vice President of Design Services at Bank of America; Julio Braga,…

In just 30 years, Technical Glass Products (TGP) has revolutionized the way that fire-rated glass is made — transforming it from the glass characterized by heavy wire-mesh inserts to clean, wireless modern glazing. “We’ve gone from a slab steel door with wire and glass in it to a sleek transparent smooth fire-rated glass curtain wall,”…

These cutouts are conveniently accompanied by a pre-made shadow layer.

Move aside, Apple: Microsoft is the next great innovator in tech for designers.

Over the last few years, the media has been weighing in on workplace design trends with articles lik e “The Open-Office Concept Is Dead” (Fortune magazine) and op-eds like “Google got it wrong. The open-office trend is destroying the workplace” (Washington Post). Unless you’ve been living under a rock, then you know these authors who may not be as embedded in our industry aren’t necessarily wrong: Research conducted and presented by office furniture manufacturers and major design firms like Gensler has suggested that open plans can actually impede productivity and employee well-being but they also point to possible solutions such as hybrid offices, where there’s compromise between open-office plans, casual lounge areas and privacy zones.