Ensuring that a building design is code-compliant can be a complicated task for architects. Whether this involves understanding the codes, tracking code updates or checking designs against the code, ...

The construction of a building entails navigating through a maze of regulations, permits, and codes. Architects are more than mere designers; we are stewards of safety and navigators of code ...

I am writing to express my profound disappointment in the North Carolina General Assembly’s recent override of Governor Cooper’s veto of Senate Bill 1661 this month, a decision that will have ...

With some of the strictest building codes in the nation, New York City is in many ways not the test bed for architectural experimentation one might expect. Here, an architect’s creativity is often ...

View of building new concrete houses. The building code will come into effect on February 25, next year. [File, Standard] Construction project managers, interior designers and landscape architects ...

In Massachusetts, the statewide building code mandates a set of energy efficiency standards, like, for instance, your walls and windows need to hold in a certain amount of heat. A little over a decade ...