Shrinkage in wood frame is a common phenomenon. This article walk you through why it shrink and how to properly accommondate wood’s shrinkage in building construction.

R.I.P. to Frank Ghery. Thoughts on Architect Gehry’s philosophy and his early figurative projects reflected his vision beyond the conventional aesthetics and technical constraints of twentieth-century architecture.

A perfect wall is a concept in building science. This wall consists of four control layers to form a continuous barrier around the dwelling structure. This article gives a brief introduction to what a perfect wall is and how we can implement it.

The cost of helping the homeless community may be less than the aggregate impact on our overall social system. But how could we help? Here is our creative juice.

Mechanical systems can be complex. This article introduces some basic HVAC concepts to help you facilitate any initial project engagement.

The recent earthquake in Taiwan pushed me to take a closer look at building planning. This article will give you a fundamental understanding of ground motions from an earthquake.

Suburban shopping malls have thrived since the 1950s due to societal changes. 70 years after their first boom, many malls have been hit hard by the coronavirus crisis. This article gives you another look at our existing shopping malls.

The concept of “adaptive housing“ sounds simple, but how can we adapt to these units technically without altering much of the existing condition and meeting our modern code simultaneously?

“Adaptive housing“ is considered a demand side of strategy to bring down global emission. But where can we adapt when 70% of housing stock are single-family homes and nearly 30% of household is “one-person“?

The fiery explosion happened to an apartment complex in silver spring highlights a significant change in residential buildings permitted before 2009.

A deck is generally considered a construction associated with “public safety”. Thus, a building permit is required in most jurisdictions regardless of how high the deck is. Read more on how to plan a deck “fully“.

Did you know there are many ways could help you save the winter energy use? Here are some top saving tips from the movie Love Story.

Sometimes, we might have concerns that the homeless population is growing. If we step back and look at homelessness with a broader lens, we might see the trend actually goes downwards. Here is why.

A recent shed project that Hepburn was working on. There is something you might not know about a simple, but “cool” roof.

Migrating foodservice to an outdoor environment would be a compromised solution for sustaining the economy and …

If we keep up this 5% improvement speed, then by the 20th week (the week of May 31st) of vaccination, we will administer 100% (of the first shot) for the population needed to reach the herd immunity

On November 4, 2019, the U.S. began the year-long process to pull out the Paris Agreement. Once the withdraw is affected…

The recent news about Rose Garden ceremony attendees who tested positive for coronavirus...

The guidelines are shortening the social distancing from 6 feet down to 3 feet. In this article you will explore how these adjustments impact restaurants’ traffic flow, capacity, and revenue.

One of Dean & DeLuca location was just closed after 25 years of operation. The store uses its typical three-parti layout with additional rest area to enhance visitors’ shopping experience. What would it look like if we can have the same experience outdoors?

Having spent the past two weeks in social isolation myself, I am asking now how we can confront this crisis around the need for the homeless to shelter-in-place in a more humane way.

The thoughts behind this campaign from the Belgian company- Ogilvy Social.Lab is this: if Ikea’s mugs, pots, lamps and shelves are getting a ton of attraction on social media, then the Müpolash, whose name is a portmanteau of all those products, should be the “most Instagramable thing ever made”

What does an Architect mean to us in terms of a placemaking? It has to do with the reason why people want a recognizable bag…

What does a Developer mean to us in terms of a placemaking? Based on a research done by University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)…

What does community mean to us in terms of a placemaking?