Building Fundamentals

A little while ago, Peggi Clouston and I joined Galen Nelson, MassCEC’s Chief Climate Officer, to talk about mass timber. This was part of their Thoughtful Climate Live Interview Series, which is a dialogue that features experts, pioneers, and practitioners from a variety of existing and emerging climatetech sectors and disciplines, as well as subject […]

Opened in October 2020, the Worcester Commons building at UMass Amherst is an 87,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility designed by Perry Dean Rogers Architects to anchor the Northeast Residential Area. Replacing the original mid-century dining hall, this $68 million, three-story building functions as a vibrant student life hub that seamlessly blends award-winning dining with campus community spaces. […]

Construction mockups are temporary structures used to test materials and assembly processes during building projects. Recognizing their educational value, I have curated a digital collection of these ephemeral structures. Now hosted on buildingfundamentals.com, this dedicated category serves as a virtual museum, preserving detailed images of mockups to help others understand building layers and design decisions.