In the age of social media, smart phones and online meeting tools, many people find themselves yearning for face-to-face interaction. Companies who put extra effort ...

Carl Seville, GBA Advisor It isn't easy to meet the energy and water requirements set by the LBC The Living Building Challenge uses the flower ...

 by Carl Seville, GBA Advisor This new non-profit has a solid pedigree and lofty goals Image 1 of 4 Adam Deck, the director of the ...

By Carl Seville, greenbuildingadvisor.com How I learned more than I expected at an affordable housing conference I recently learned that in Georgia, as well as ...

By Laura Davis, AIA, Dallas Architect There’s more to choosing an architect than what you’ll see in a résumé or proposal. Dallas Architects, Laura Davis, ...

By Megan Tinkler, meganleanne.com Often times the term “modern design” is misused and misinterpreted by the general public. It is thrown around casually to describe ...

Two-thirds of architects and designers, contractors and builders are using mobile apps. But out of those, what percentage are using mobile apps for business purposes? ...

Clever. Subtle. Clean. Just a few of the words used to describe the three advertisements designed by Function: that were honored in Architectural Record’s 2011 ...

In a year when large building and construction companies still felt the economic ripples of a hard-hit industry, Brian Zeis, president of Anjer Construction, said ...

Oscar Wilde once said, “There is only one thing worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.”   Today, in the age ...

Contractors’ schedules are fast-paced and demanding. With more days spent out of the office than in, contractors often have little time to check email, browse ...

Function: recently surveyed over 1,000 Manufacturers to examine the outlook for marketing building products in 2011. Through this research, we identified the direction of marketing ...

Function: collaborated with iSqFt on this study to gain insight into contractors’ professional habits and thought processes in order to aid the BPM in communication ...

Recently, Function conducted a Webinar on the changing face of media relations. We brought in some of the most well respected and knowledgeable media experts ...

Opening his State of the Union address with a reference to the periods of economic trouble America has faced and endured in the last century, ...

A New Culture For years the American mindset was “greed is good” (á la Gordon Gekko in the 1987 movie “Wall Street”). We produced a ...

There was a time that marketers reached their audiences solely through print – printed pieces of mail, printed advertisements in magazines and newspapers, and printed ...

As a society we have become increasingly aware of the impact of our behavior on the global environment. We have found ourselves, in a short ...

In today’s tight market, competition is fierce. People and businesses are competing for jobs, clients and projects – using whatever means necessary to win. However, ...

Building Information Modeling, or BIM, is a design movement that has captured the interest of the industry and created a huge “buzz.” There’s still much ...