The Metal Construction Association launched its 2025-26 Metal Architecture Academy on Architectural Record’s Continuing Education Center. The Metal Architecture Academy examines the versatility and innovation of metal in modern architecture through courses exploring strategies for designing with metal to balance long-term performance with eye-catching aesthetics. Course takers have the opportunity to earn eight continuing education credits, including AIA/HSW, GBCI, ICC, IDDEC/HSW, and IIBEC.
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Location:Charlotte, NC
Products: Reynobond (MCM)
General Contractor: WX Tite
Architect: The Housing Studio
Located in the heart of Charlotte, Circa Uptown is an upscale apartment community with the Bank of America Stadium and Truist Field just steps away, as well as many of the city’s hotspot eateries, including Ink N Ivy, Haymaker, Morton’s The Steakhouse and more. The pet-friendly apartment complex has 243, studio, 1-, 2- or 3-bedroom floor plans. There is also a pool with cooling lounge, state-of-the-art fitness center, 24-hour yoga studio, courtyard with fire pit and grilling stations, two skyline terraces, a pet spa and much more. For this project, MillerClapperton fabricated and installed 26,500 square feet of metal composite material panels in Champagne Metallic.
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Artificial intelligence is being used in a number of different ways by businesses. While AI can be helpful in drafting contracts, it’s important to make sure all contracts are reviewed for accuracy, completeness and compliance with the law. This article in Window + Door highlights what you should know if you’re using AI to help with contracts.
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Most cities and neighborhoods across the country are not designed with human biology in mind, leading to growing cases of cardiovascular disease and mental health challenges. This article on ArchDaily notes how urban environments often eliminate any connection to natural cycles, prioritizing cars over pedestrians, minimizing greenspace and more. However, biophilic cities represent an alternative approach that honors humans’ evolutionary connection to nature. Click the link below to learn more.
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Recommendation: Newsmaker: In Conversation with Chicago Architecture Biennial Artistic Director Florencia Rodriguez
The largest public architecture exhibition in North America, the Chicago Architecture Biennial opens today. Architectural Record talked to Florencia Rodriguez, an Argentinian architect, author, publisher and educator who is the artistic director of the sixth cycle, about this year’s theme of SHIFT: Architecture in Times of Radical Change. She also discusses some of the highlights of CAB 6, which takes place at the Chicago Cultural Center as well as off-site locations throughout Chicago. Click the link below to learn more.
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