Lots of Chicago-area buildings make you stop and ask: “What’s that building?” WBEZ’s Reset is collecting the stories behind them! You can also find them on this map. It may not be obvious at first ...

It’s getting close to 10PM on a Friday night. There’s a slightly muddy hill. Halfway up it, their tires spinning helplessly, are two trucks carrying goods they need to deliver to a shed about half the ...

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), and the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) released a streamlined process for projects pursuing ...

UC Davis Department Safety Coordinators, or DSCs, have worked together with Emergency Management to update the process and documentation for implementing building evacuation plans, establishing a ...

The topic of building inspection has proven to be a very hot topic. I have received a large amount of feedback for both the pros and cons. I do understand the benefit of inspecting even the smallest ...

With the dramatic increase in inflation along with the ongoing rise in interest rates, it is imperative for Jacksonville to take action to streamline the local building department procedures. An ...

A marvelous Art Moderne streamlined building front can be viewed at 90-33 160th Street, just north of Jamaica Avenue. It is a 1934 addition to a building constructed between 1905 and 1910. In the ...

European modernism underwent a growth spurt in the years just before World War I thanks to a group of Italian artists known as the Futurists, who found inspiration in fast cars, airplanes and the ...