How Ready Are Your Doors and Hardware for an Electrified Future?

This week’s quiz is from Securing the future: Electrification of doors and hardware. From access control to life-safety integration, electrification is rapidly reshaping doors and hardware. Take this quick quiz to see how well you understand the technologies, challenges, and code considerations securing the future of building openings. Source link

Design leaders honored for advancing sustainable practice

Images courtesy Architecture MasterPrize (AMP) The Architecture MasterPrize revealed the winners of its 2025 edition, recognizing outstanding achievements across the global architectural and design community. This year’s submissions arrived from 72 countries. Each year, the Architecture MasterPrize recognizes work that elevates the built environment through design excellence, innovation, and thoughtful engagement with contemporary challenges. The […]

Mixed-use project highlights scalable timber engineering

The office connects to Helsinki’s iconic maritime cityscape. Photo courtesy Tuomas Uusheimo Katajanokan Laituri in Helsinki, Finland, is a solid-wood office and hotel building that sets an example of the possibilities of wood construction. The first new building on the formerly industrial Katajanokka waterfront, the office connects to Helsinki’s iconic maritime cityscape. A double-structure on […]