Building Design + Construction - October 2019

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EDUCATION

Applied parametrics

for façade designs

and materials

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FEATURES 50

26 AEC TECH

Big data’s coming

out party

40 EXCLUSIVE

RESEARCH

The state of tech

innovation at the

AEC Giants

46 CULTURAL GIANTS

REPORT

For libraries, the

future is all about

community

DEPARTMENTS

6 EDITORIAL

8 NEWS+TRENDS

HOK’s neurodiverse

workforce report

12 AEC AUTOMATION

The way nature

designs

14 THINK TANK

5 converging trends

for healthcare’s

future

20 TRENDSETTING

PROJECTS

Seattle’s newest

substation doubles

as a civic amenity

52 PRODUCT

INNOVATIONS

Lightweight

architectural glass

58 GREAT SOLUTIONS

REEF Technology

wants to turn parking

facilities into urban

mobility hubs.

ON THE COVER:This graphic is a fl oor plan of

Gensler’s New York offi ce. The fi rm is studying the

use of Internet-connected sensors to track things like

occupancy, temperature, and energy consumption in

the space.RENDERING COURTESY GENSLER

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REEF TECHNOLOGY; GENSLER (FAR LEFT

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COURTESY HGA

2014–JESSE H. NEAL 2017, 2019

AWARD WINNER

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