School design that prioritizes wellness enables the learning environment to support the whole student – physiologically, emotionally, and intellectually. In the following, Clark Nexsen K-12 design experts Aaron Brumo and Julie Leary share best practices for designing a school building…
Renovation presents the opportunity to reimagine existing buildings, giving them new purpose and creating a better occupant experience. With President Biden emphasizing the United States’ responsibility to address climate change at home and abroad, renovation will be an important tool for…
Ryan Johnson, AIA, LEED AP, has been a champion of technology in architecture since teaching himself how to create a script in 2013. Today, as a dedicated computational designer, he believes great design ideas come first and the application of…
The latest report on climate change from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicates that our planet is warming faster than anticipated and is now on track to hit 1.5°C above preindustrial levels by early to mid-2030.…
Ports are a critical economic link for their surrounding regions, accommodating the import and export of a wide variety of goods and materials. Having solid waterfront infrastructure, off-loading processes, and warehousing makes a port more appealing to the industries and…
Premier research universities are powerful economic engines in their regions – they drive innovation, support industry partners, and educate the future workforce. As STEM industries have evolved, so have education and research environments on higher education campuses.
For this installment of 5 Questions with an Expert, I sat down with Whitney Duffy, the transportation department head in our Northern Virginia office, to talk about trends in transportation design and how COVID-19 has impacted our clients: w 1.…
In 2019, Clark Nexsen’s Don Kranbuehl, FAIA, LEED AP, attended the AIA Large Firm Roundtable Summit on Carbon and left with a strong feeling that building design must change in a big way. The built environment accounts for almost 40%…
In the following, Clark Nexsen’s James Meadows, PE, presents the benefits of using 3D LiDAR scanning in industrial and manufacturing settings to accelerate engineering projects: w According to manufacturing firms like http://www.picomes.com/, time is money in the manufacturing world. Industrial…
It’s a given that successful government projects must adhere to specific code and project requirements. Within that prescriptive context, we are seeing a shift in the needs of government agencies in the big picture and at the project level, making…
“Growing up in Dubai, I didn’t really understand what hiking was, what people got out of it, and what joy you could possibly get from walking through luscious green forests. As amazing of a city as Dubai was (and still…
Since the advent of “sustainable design,” designers have argued there is more than an environmental rationale for sustainability – there is a valid economic case for green building design. Today, between the data to back it up and the…