April 2005
Get Fluorescence With An Incandescent Look
As energy codes dictate broader use of fluorescent lighting, achieving the point-source-look provided by incandescent lamps requires design innovation.
Universal Design Is Not Institutional
Products created under the universal-design concept allow builders to provide attractive bathrooms and other interiors, while complying with ADA guidelines.
Software Aids Constitution Awareness
While the National Constitution Center was under construction, the number of details that had to be handled simultaneously was mind-boggling. With the help of Web-based, project-management software, all financial, construction, and organizational issues w
Laundry Facility Goes HighTech, Inside and Out
To meet current and future laundry demands, SOMC consolidated its laundry services and highlighted the building's exterior with metal composite wall panels.
Glass Blocks Add Privacy, Visual Interest
Franciscan Hospital for Children offers waiting children a quiet, enclosed area in which to read, and a television flanked by glass-block waves that echo the waiting area’s Barrier Reef theme.
"Celestial" Metal Ceiling Leaves Theatergoers Star Struck
Metal ceilings are often ancillary to a setting. That's not the case at the San Diego Museum of Photographic Arts, which features a metal-paneled ceiling with fiber optics.
Sliding Doors Withstand Hurricane Ivan
Even hurricane winds as high as 175 mph did not compromise a condo building's sliding doors.
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