Architectural Record – January 2025

Explore Prefabrication Innovations in Architectural Record’s January 2025 Issue
The January 2025 edition of Architectural Record delves into the evolving realm of prefabrication, presenting cutting-edge projects and technological advancements that are reshaping the construction industry.
Key Highlights:
- Advancements in Modular Multifamily Housing: Examine how new approaches to modular construction in cities like Houston and London are enhancing cost efficiency, quality, and construction timelines.
- Innovative Airport Expansion Projects: Discover airport expansions that incorporate novel construction methods, setting new standards for infrastructure development.
- Swiss-Inspired Concrete Flooring Solutions: Learn about a Swiss startup’s reinvention of concrete flooring, drawing inspiration from Gothic engineering to reduce embodied carbon by two-thirds.
- Mass-Timber Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs): Explore how a tiny mass-timber ADU offers a potential solution to significant housing challenges, utilizing 25 repeating CLT panel shapes to achieve cost-effective construction.
- Modular Public Restrooms in Urban Settings: Review the design and implementation of modular public restrooms in New York, showcasing the practical applications of prefabrication in urban environments.
- Danube River-Spanning Bridge: Read about Schlaich Bergermann Partner’s Danube Valley Bridge in Austria, demonstrating how complex infrastructure can be built with minimal disruption through prefabricated components and strategic construction methods.
This issue also features a terra-cotta-clad office tower in Berlin and invites architects to assess notable new projects in Houston, Los Angeles, and Cambridge, providing diverse perspectives on contemporary architectural developments.
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Architectural Record – January 2025
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