A Concrete Reality: Poured, formed and blocked.
Concrete is the most widely used building product in the world. Given the scale of this industry, it is not surprising that the APT Building Technology Heritage Library (BTHL) contains many listings for concrete products, construction techniques, equipment and designs.
Glass Houses
Advanced technology has brought these traditional structures into the 21st century.
Classic Columns
A look at companies creating traditional designs for today’s buildings.
A Concrete Reality: Poured, formed and blocked.
Concrete is the most widely used building product in the world. Given the scale of this industry, it is not surprising that the APT Building Technology Heritage Library (BTHL) contains many listings for concrete products, construction techniques, equipment and designs.
Ben Pentreath named 2023 Richard H. Driehaus Prize laureate
Ben Pentreath, architect, designer, educator and author, is the recipient of the 2023 Richard H. Driehaus Prize at the University of Notre Dame. He will be awarded the $200,000 prize during a ceremony on March 25 (Saturday) in Chicago. Adele Chatfield-Taylor will be honored with the Henry Hope Reed Award.
Glass Houses
Advanced technology has brought these traditional structures into the 21st century.
Classic Columns
A look at companies creating traditional designs for today’s buildings.
Entryway to the Past
A look at historical doors—challenges and solutions to entryways.
Reclaimed Wood Flooring
Specialty companies turn antique timber into board feet underfoot.
The Resilience of Steel Windows and Doors
Steel windows and doors, with their striking aesthetic appeal, are by far the most resilient option. Indeed, it is the strength of solid, hot-rolled steel that enables the graceful, slender sightlines, larger lites of glass, design flexibility, and weather and impact resistance that gives steel windows and doors their remarkable combination of both strength and visual appeal.
Welcome to Traditional Building
Founded in 1988, Traditional Building magazine provides valuable information for architects, designers and others who are interested in traditional architecture and historic preservation in commercial and institutional buildings. Suppliers of hard-to-find traditional products such as wood windows, columns, historically styled hardware, lighting and much more can be found in the Buying Guides, while features, blogs and news items provide up-to-date insights into this field.
Zepsa Industries, Inc.
Supplier of architectural woodwork: stairs, mantels, paneling, wine cellars, doors & more.
A Concrete Reality: Poured, formed and blocked.
Concrete is the most widely used building product in the world. Given the scale of this industry, it is not surprising that the APT Building Technology Heritage Library (BTHL) contains many listings for concrete products, construction techniques, equipment and designs.
History’s Damage
Histories of architecture present past buildings as deficient preludes to Modernism’s successes. This misstates the buildings’ most important role, which is to become architecture offering the beautiful as the counterpart to its service to the common good, roles that only traditional buildings can fulfill.
Real Estate and Remodeling Trends
The National Association of Realtors' “2022 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers” provides interesting insight about the people most likely to remodel their homes. Like much of the research we read, our observations are validated.
The Heat is on: Our Romance With Fireplaces
The fireplace has a unique place in design history, an obsolete technology that has an enduring grasp on our warmth, comfort and well-being.
