Architects & Design Professionals
The Key to Adaptable Smart Buildings is Less Construction, More Assembly
If owner/developers start by thinking offsite construction is simply traditional construction with a factory, they have it backwards. Here’s the correct way to start.
Read MoreInside-Out Modular Design-Thinking
Modular design-thinking respects that buildings change over time, says Bobby Vance of ModularDesign+. “When I design for modular construction, I design the inside first and then grow that outwards into the overall building.”
Read MoreFRAMECAD: Innovating for Faster Construction and Better Built Environments
FRAMECAD® has spent the past 30 years developing, innovating, and refining its cold-formed steel (CFS) construction system.
Read MoreMaximizing Modular Design and Construction to Create Affordable Housing
Volumetric modular design and construction can save time and money and create affordable, healthy housing. However, there are many ways this delivery method can go awry.
Read MoreModular Multi-family Case Study: The Graphic
Modular Multi-Family Case Study: The Graphic About the Author: Kendra Halliwell, AIA, LEED-H AP is an Associate Principal, Practice + Design Team Leader, at ICON Architecture, Inc., a women-owned, Boston-based firm with award-winning work focused on innovative, sustainable mixed-use projects. Recently Project Manager for The Graphic, the largest modular construction project in the City of…
Read More3 Benefits of Using BIM in Offsite & Modular Construction
How does BIM improve the modular construction process? Read about the top 3 benefits of using BIM with modular projects.
Read MoreThinking About the Small One-Off Modular Process
Small one-off projects take advantage of many of the same benefits as a large scale project but with the added benefit of customization for each client or situation, similar to traditional stick frame construction.
Read MoreWhy Modular? Lessons Learned Through Modular Design
Gary Badge, managing partner at FK Architecture, explains how his firm added modular design to their portfolio and describes lessons learned.
Read MoreMayfair: A Modular Case Study
The Mayfair development in El Cerrito, CA brings 223 new affordable modular housing units to a long-neglected neighborhood.
Read MorePoland’s iQ Module is Expanding What’s Possible with Modular Construction
The modular industry is expanding globally with considerable growth in Europe. iQ Module, headquartered in Gdansk, Poland, has contributed to that industry growth. MBI caught up with iQ Module co-founder Krzysztof Droszcz and talked to him about what iQ Module is doing and how the modular industry is growing in Europe.
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