Glazed Interior Partition Systems: Fundamentals of Aesthetics and Function

Learn to select the right interior glazed walls to meet the aesthetic and performance objectives of commercial projects

Restorative & Regenerative Design as Holistic Design Approach

Neuroaesthetics, neuroarchitecture, biomimicry, and preserved gardens collaborate to achieve transformative, human-centric spaces

Window Shade Fabric Selection: A Performance-Based Approach

Selecting shade fabric based on performance. Specifying interior roller shade fabrics is not a simple interior design decision. Rather, the shade fabric impacts occupant comfort and performance, productivity, and energy efficiencies, and should be evaluated with a whole building approach taking into account the lighting, building facade, surroundings, and location. Various modeling tools can assist designers with fine-tuning material selection, weaves, color, and openness and view through factors for optimized comfort, performance, and aesthetics.

Window Shades: Their Impact on Building Performance and Budgets

Daylighting has been shown to have positive impacts on building occupants’ health, wellness, mood, and productivity. However, it also introduces issues with glare and solar heat gain. Shades address these issues. By introducing motorization and automation, the impact of a building’s shading system is maximized while taking into account individual comfort needs in a no-touch environment. Supporting Performance and Maximizing ROI is also covered.

The Future of Building Materials: Laminated Engineered Bamboo for Exterior, Interior, and Structural

While the use and specification of engineered bamboo products have skyrocketed in the past few years, it’s hard to keep up with the many uses of this environmentally beneficial material. While bamboo is hard and dense, it is technically a grass, which means it grows extraordinarily fast with few problems. Once it is harvested, the plant can grow again from the same stalk without needing to be replanted. Thanks to technology, engineering, and innovation, the ways that architects can add a warm and sophisticated aesthetic to their projects is growing. This course shows the many ways that laminated engineered bamboo is the building material of the present and the future.

Exterior Sunshades - Mastering the Physical Movement of Sun and Light

Harnessing natural light to benefit commercial spaces

Perimeter Security Design, Barriers, Procedures, Evolving Solutions, Incorporating ASTM Regulations

Physical Security: Advanced Applications & Technologies

Balancing History and Performance: Custom Home Renovation Across Eras

Preserving Character While Designing for Comfort, Efficiency, and Modern Living

Beyond the Noise: Elevating Building Design, Performance and Experience with Acoustics

Optimizing Soundscapes for Superior Spaces

Acoustic and Aesthetic Suspended Ceiling Solutions Using Stone Wool

The origins and characteristics of mineral wool

Creative Collaboration: Partnerships Between Vendors and Architects Hold New Possibilities for Extruded Aluminum

Extruded aluminum has evolved to become even more customized for multifamily and commercial projects

Back to Cool: Designing Learning Spaces That Make the Grade in Acoustics and Aesthetics

Creating Engaging Classrooms Through Sound and Style

Beyond Energy: How Glass in Architecture Contributes to Occupant Well-Being and Comfort

Glass as a multifaceted solution for post-pandemic commercial and residential construction

Sponsored By National Glass Association

Credits: AIA/HSW, IDCEC/HSW

Type: Article

Meeting Today’s Most Stringent Sustainability Standards

Healthy solutions, circular design, and digitalization are keys to reducing embodied carbon and waste in building environments

Decision Point–Examining the Advantages of Insulated Metal Panels Against Tilt-Up

Understanding insulated metal panels in modern building construction

Sponsored By Metal Construction Association

Credits: AIA/HSW, GBCI, ICC, IIBEC

Type: Article

Resilient and Sustainable Design with Sunshade Systems

Architectural metal sunshades manage heat gain while delivering daylighting and aesthetic appeal

Sponsored By AMICO Architectural Metal Systems

Credits: AIA/HSW, ICC, IDCEC/HSW

Type: Article

Landscape Architecture – Designing with Nature

Combining the natural environment with the built environment

Sponsored By Tournesol Siteworks, Bison Innovative Products

Credits: AIA/HSW, GBCI, ICC, IDCEC/HSW

Type: Article

Converting Offices to Housing

A New Lease on Life: As vacancy rates rise, developers and architects transform outdated office buildings to residences.

Sponsored By Architectural Record, Benjamin Moore & Co.

Credits: AIA/HSW

Type: Article

Design Considerations for Commercial Fenestration Systems

A guide to specifying storefront, window wall, and curtain wall systems

Sponsored By National Glass Association

Credits: AIA/HSW, ICC, IDCEC/HSW

Type: Article

Matching Design Aesthetic with Performance

Louvers as a decorative element to achieve thermal performance

New Needs for Existing Buildings

Adaptive reuse can change empty buildings into new vibrant places

Sponsored By Bison Innovative Products, National Terrazzo & Mosaic Association, Inc., Geberit

Credits: AIA/HSW, GBCI, ICC, IDCEC/HSW

Type: Article

Firestop Systems: From Initial Inspection to Continuous Compliance

Bridging inspection requirements and design strategies to support fire-resistance performance over the lifecycle of the building

Sponsored By Specified Technologies Inc. / STI Firestop

Credits: AIA/HSW, ICC, IIBEC

Type: Article

Fostering Health Indoors: Design Strategies for Healthcare Environments

Balancing Indoor Environmental Quality and Patient-Centered Care

Mastering the Physical Movement of People – Interior Solutions

The performance and appearance of interior spaces within commercial buildings have a measurable impact on occupants

Specifying Architectural Coatings for Commercial Green Building Projects

A guide for architects

Comfort Meets Creativity: Designing for Wellness and Longevity with Sustainable Products and Cool Color Trends

Good interior design increasingly means enhancing well-being and user experience through innovative sustainable approaches

Achieving Sustainable Goals with Extruded Aluminum Trim

Specifying materials that provide flexible design and environmental benefits

Supporting Performance While Saving Energy

Designing solar shades to cultivate occupant well-being and promote whole building function

Next-Level Glass Performance and Sustainability

A closer look at high-performance glass and glazing products, carbon-reduction opportunities, code drivers, retrofits and recyclability, and more

Sponsored By National Glass Association

Credits: AIA/HSW, ICC, IDCEC/HSW

Type: Article

Designing Interior Glass Walls and Office Partitions

Learn to select the right interior glazed walls to meet the aesthetic and performance objectives of commercial projects

Interior Fiberglass Mat Gypsum Panels: Evolution of Sustainable Construction

How fiberglass gypsum board contributes to sustainability

Sponsored By Georgia-Pacific Building Products

Credits: AIA/HSW, IDCEC/HSW

Type: Lunch & Learn

Why Architects Love Insulated Metal Panels

With top thermal performance, air, water, and vapor protection, and great aesthetics, IMP wall and roofing systems have it all

Sponsored By Metal Construction Association

Credits: AIA/HSW, GBCI, ICC, IDCEC/HSW, IIBEC

Type: Article

Designing Walls for Control of Air, Water, Thermal, and Vapor

Creating an enclosure that meets code and exceeds performance goals

Interior Fiberglass Mat Gypsum Panels: Evolution of Sustainable Construction

Addresses issues of indoor air quality

Sponsored By Georgia-Pacific Building Products

Credits: AIA/HSW, ICC, PDH

Type: Multimedia

Wellness-Based Design Strategies in Healthcare

Using new products and materials that support holistic care environments

Sponsored By Bison Innovative Products, ROCKFON, Inpro, PABCO® Gypsum, The Chicago Faucet Company

Credits: AIA/HSW, GBCI, ICC, IDCEC/HSW

Type: Article

Creating Circularity Through Glass Recycling and Reuse

An exploration of architectural glass recycling opportunities, infrastructure, and experimental possibilities for glass reuse and circularity

Sponsored By National Glass Association

Credits: AIA/HSW, GBCI, ICC, IDCEC/HSW

Type: Article

Sealed and Delivered: The Role of Water-Resistive Barriers

A look at WRB's in exterior vertical wall assemblies

Reconsidering Sustainability

Critically evaluating decisions in the built environment

Sponsored By Bison Innovative Products, New Millennium, Rieder USA

Credits: AIA/HSW, GBCI, ICC, PDH

Type: Article

Beyond Function: Designing with Exterior Glass Doors to Improve Well-Being

Current products offer exciting choices in design, style, and performance

Harvesting Rain: System Design for Strategic Rainwater Capture

Conserving water through rainwater harvesting saves natural resources, providing water for use in buildings and for site irrigation

Sponsored By WATTS Water Technologies, Inc.

Credits: AIA/HSW

Type: Lunch & Learn

CE Center Library

Glazed Interior Partition Systems: Fundamentals of Aesthetics and Function

Restorative & Regenerative Design as Holistic Design Approach

Window Shade Fabric Selection: A Performance-Based Approach

Window Shades: Their Impact on Building Performance and Budgets

The Future of Building Materials: Laminated Engineered Bamboo for Exterior, Interior, and Structural

Exterior Sunshades - Mastering the Physical Movement of Sun and Light

Perimeter Security Design, Barriers, Procedures, Evolving Solutions, Incorporating ASTM Regulations

Balancing History and Performance: Custom Home Renovation Across Eras

Beyond the Noise: Elevating Building Design, Performance and Experience with Acoustics

Acoustic and Aesthetic Suspended Ceiling Solutions Using Stone Wool

Creative Collaboration: Partnerships Between Vendors and Architects Hold New Possibilities for Extruded Aluminum

Back to Cool: Designing Learning Spaces That Make the Grade in Acoustics and Aesthetics

Beyond Energy: How Glass in Architecture Contributes to Occupant Well-Being and Comfort

Meeting Today’s Most Stringent Sustainability Standards

Decision Point–Examining the Advantages of Insulated Metal Panels Against Tilt-Up

Resilient and Sustainable Design with Sunshade Systems

Landscape Architecture – Designing with Nature

Converting Offices to Housing

Design Considerations for Commercial Fenestration Systems

Matching Design Aesthetic with Performance

New Needs for Existing Buildings

Firestop Systems: From Initial Inspection to Continuous Compliance

Fostering Health Indoors: Design Strategies for Healthcare Environments

Mastering the Physical Movement of People – Interior Solutions

Specifying Architectural Coatings for Commercial Green Building Projects

Comfort Meets Creativity: Designing for Wellness and Longevity with Sustainable Products and Cool Color Trends

Achieving Sustainable Goals with Extruded Aluminum Trim

Supporting Performance While Saving Energy

Next-Level Glass Performance and Sustainability

Designing Interior Glass Walls and Office Partitions

Interior Fiberglass Mat Gypsum Panels: Evolution of Sustainable Construction

Why Architects Love Insulated Metal Panels

Designing Walls for Control of Air, Water, Thermal, and Vapor

Interior Fiberglass Mat Gypsum Panels: Evolution of Sustainable Construction

Wellness-Based Design Strategies in Healthcare

Creating Circularity Through Glass Recycling and Reuse

Sealed and Delivered: The Role of Water-Resistive Barriers

Reconsidering Sustainability

Beyond Function: Designing with Exterior Glass Doors to Improve Well-Being

Harvesting Rain: System Design for Strategic Rainwater Capture