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 ...

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 ...

Pre-COVID times, I attended an AEC industry summit in which there was a panel of experts consisting of a property developer, an investment advisor, a real-estate consultant, an architect, and a ...

Now more than ever, modular and prefab construction are playing critical roles in delivering creative, sustainable solutions in the building industry. While the concepts are not new, they have been ...

Modular architecture has a bad reputation for being cookie-cutter and soulless. Architect Eva Talbot is here to dispel the myth. Doreen Lorenzo: Tell us about your interest in design. Were you a ...

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 ...

Modular construction remains a booming trend across the contracting world. Modular design helps solve housing shortages, speeds up construction, and addresses rebuilding work after natural disasters.

The fast-growing Metairie construction company will use modular building to complete the $84 million project, a process that ...