The act of creating a building has always been difficult, but during the past century it has become exponentially more so. Building codes and regulations have been implemented to cover a wide range of ...

If you’re interested in working with Integrated Design, please complete the online project proposal form. Your request will be reviewed by someone on our staff within 24 hours. If your project fits ...

Building performance is a hallmark of architecture in the 21st century. With buildings and the construction industry being significant contributors to carbon emissions, designers must do everything to ...

Through the Integrated Design initiative, the university will fully leverage scholar expertise across architecture, construction, planning and engineering, to optimally position UTSA on the cutting ...

Once upon a time, integrated circuits (ICs) were built by the same companies that designed them. The design of an IC was tightly integrated with the manufacturing processes available within each ...

If the first 10 percent of design effort accounts for 90 percent of project success, how might that reality change the design effort? How does it change an owner’s expectations of how the team works ...

Have you ever thought about how and why something was designed? Who was considered a “stakeholder” for the design? And what biases are baked within the process of designing something? These are some ...

A system-engineering approach is essential for an efficient design in a complex system. Comprehension of conflicting requirements of participating subsystems and integrated designs are key elements ...

Though the presumption is that physical separation is needed between control and safety systems to avoid common cause failures, “effective” separation may be enough with proper analysis and the right ...