Architecture

AECOM's $144.5M in school work leads BD+C's 2026 K-12 engineering ranking

BD+C's 50th Giants 400 puts AECOM, PBK and CORE Construction at the top of K-12 engineering, architecture and construction for a second straight year.

Grimshaw plan trades Allegiant Stadium parking lots for a Boring Company station

Grimshaw's new north plaza design for Las Vegas's Allegiant Stadium replaces surface parking with an elevated plaza, walkways and a built-in Boring Company

Architecture 2030 says its dataset charts a pathway to zero operating emissions

Architecture 2030’s “2030 Beyond the Numbers” draws on interviews with 39 practitioners across 31 firms and analysis of over 30,000 design projects.

Graphisoft Outlines Open BIM Layer and AI Design Platform

Graphisoft has detailed a planned Open BIM collaboration layer across Nemetschek Group products and a separate AI-assisted design platform.

Mass timber can cut weeks off schedules, but insurance and keeping it dry decide who wins

CLT projects keep proving speed and labor savings, from Redstone Arsenal’s 37% faster frame to airport-scale roofs. The operational catch is moisture control, i

Hybrid CLT offices are making tenants manage the base building like critical infrastructure

New tenant guidance and a Bowdoin case study show mass timber’s upside comes with fire and moisture controls.

AIA North Carolina's 90-minute session pushes architecture firms to treat future-proofing as an operating discipline

AIA North Carolina’s March 6 session and a new Nature feature point to the same operational shift: make assumptions explicit, then stress-test them like a resea

Architecture billings at 46.6 keep preconstruction demand weak, but a 52.6 inquiries index shows owners still shopping

July’s AIA/Deltek ABI stayed in contraction at 46.6, with design contracts at 47.2. The signal for operators is timing: keep preconstruction optionality while r

DLR Group’s McFarlane deal puts science and tech programming closer to the architect, and it will show up first in lab and data center schedules

DLR Group’s acquisition of McFarlane Architects points to tighter integration of lab and mission-critical planning with architecture delivery.

BD+C’s 2026 architecture ranking makes revenue a procurement signal, not a bragging right

BD+C’s 2026 Top 200 Architecture Firms list puts hard dollars on design capacity, and that changes how owners should qualify partners for 2027–2029 capital work

AI is resetting the baseline for commercial real estate operators, not just augmenting it

From LLM leaderboards to deal analysis, AI is no longer optional in CRE, it's the new floor for acquisitions, management, and advisory teams.

Smart buildings become a financial no-brainer as the market races toward $554 billion

Smart building adoption is surging, with IoT-enabled structures set to hit 115 million globally by 2026 and the market projected to reach $554 billion by 2033.

Where Design Meets Durability: Why Commercial Surfaces Must Support Safety, Cleanability, and Long-Term Value

When a commercial space fails, it often fails quietly: a lobby floor that becomes slippery when wet, a hotel bathroom that is difficult to clean, a healthcare surface that cannot withstand constant disinfection, or an office finish that looks great until afternoon glare makes the

OpenAI–Cerebras Deal Signals Selective Inference Optimization, Not Replacement of GPUs

OpenAI’s partnership with Cerebras has raised questions about the future of GPUs in inference workloads. Cerebras uses a wafer-scale architecture that places an entire cluster onto a single silicon chip. This design reduces communication overhead and is built to improve latency and throughput for large-scale inference. QumulusAI Senior Product Manager Mark Jackson says Cerebras’…

Why Discernment and Curiosity Matter in Career and Life: A Conversation with Mark Morinishi

Career paths rarely move in a straight line. For Mark Morinishi, the road wound from designing playgrounds to teaching English in Japan, and eventually to leading digital engagement at a Bay Area church. His story raises a timely question: how do we find purpose when our professional lives take unexpected turns? This episode explores what…

NVIDIA’s A100, H100, and Speedy Roadmap Drive Market Leadership

Aggressive innovation cycles and next-generation chip releases are cementing one company's dominance in the booming AI hardware race

A Look Into MG2’s Sustainability Impact Report

Strategic sustainability reporting creates measurable benefits across environmental, business, and community outcomes

VCC’s Newest Venture, CMSI, Aims to Offer Timely Information on Client Projects

Construction leaders gain real-time project visibility and decision-making power through integrated management services tailored to their unique needs

Shaping Tomorrow: The Pivotal Role of Modular Design in Sustainable Architecture

Architects are discovering how prefabricated building systems can drastically reduce waste while accelerating project timelines