The design team found their solution with a two-hour, fire-resistive- rated glass floor system. “We needed a fire-resistance-rated assembly in the atrium, but we didn’t want researchers and students ...

BD+C’s roundup features colorful sprinklers for offices, hotels, museums; a fire-rated curtain wall at a transit hub in Manhattan; a combination CO/smoke detector; and more. 1. Light-filled transit ...

Access to daylight and views to the outside provide well-documented benefits to occupants in all buildings. But when it comes to school design, these considerations often receive more emphasis as ...