Published Articles
Modular
Construction: Rising to the Challenge
Mobilizing to provide critical infrastructure to
meet immediate needs
Engineering
News-Record, June 2020
Maximizing Value with Interior Glass
Door Solutions
Interior glass walls and doors gain traction in
workplaces and multi-unit studios and lofts
Architectural
Record,
January 2020
Natural
Materials in Biophilic Design
In creating a direct connection to nature, wood
ceilings and wall systems can boost occupant health,
well-being, and productivity
Architectural
Record,
May 2020
Targeting 2030 
With close to a decade to go, how close is the building sector to reaching its carbon neutral goal in the race against climate change?
Architectural
Products,
January 2019
Steinhardt Museum
of Natural History
Tel Aviv’s Wooden Treasure Chest: Wrapped in a
wooden façade resembling Noah’s Ark, the new
Steinhardt Museum of Natural History creates a new
city landmark.
Architectural
Products.
January 2019
10 Hudson Yards
The first of 16 new developments on Manhattan’s
west side, a striking high-rise features an expertly
crafted curtain wall system held together by
high-tensile cables
Metals
in
Construction, Spring 2017
A
Sound Plan: How To Achieve Optimal Healthcare
Acoustics
Healthcare Design,
December 2016
CoreNet
Global:
The Essential Guide to Corporate Real Estate
2015 
Chapter 14: Sustainability
Chapter 15: Workplace Strategy & Mobility
Chapter 17: Partnering
Interior
designers
stand to benefit from BIM and
BIM-compatible software just as much as
architects and contractors. From highly
accurate clash detection to reduced
change orders to a much more streamlined
design and construction process, BIM is
poised to continue its upward trend from
novelty to best practice, eventually
becoming an industry standard.
A New
Dimension
As highly collaborative
endeavors, today's research parks are driving
innovation, technological advancement and
economic growth
Architectural
Products,
September 2015
Rediscovering Wood
With a plethora of
sustainable benefits, wood also offers an
under-appreciated value as a structural material.Architectural Products, November 2014
Onsite Corporate Clinics Provide
Business Class CareIn an effort to contain rising employee healthcare costs and attract and retain talent, more and more corporations are opening up healthcare clinics right inside their office buildings
Healthcare Design, October 2014
Geothermal, Ready for Prime Time
Despite being a highly sustainable, renewable energy strategy, ironically, geothermal systems have captured less than 2 percent of the HVAC market, to date. That's about to change.
Green Builder, September 2014
Net Zero in the Desert HeatAn innovative passive ventilation system and large daylighting installation trim down AC and lighting loads to make net zero a reality for DPR in Arizona.
Net Zero Buildings, June 2014 (pg. 13)
An A+ for CollaborationTask chairs on casters, modular furniture, multimedia platforms and comfortable loungue furnishings are supporting today's collaborative, flexible higher education environments.
Architectural Products, September 2013
K-12 School Design that Pays Off for Students
As school districts struggle to find capital to build and maintain energy-efficient, healthy environments, K-12 projects teams are developing strategies to support high-performance educational facilities while staying on budget.
Building Design+Construction, September 2013
Immersive
Branding for Commercial Interior DesignCorporate Branding Strategy Secrets to Success
LPA blog, September 2013 (ghostwrite)
Healthcare Design for the Ages
While assisted living and continuing care retirement community (CCRC) developers were going like gangbusters a few short years ago, the picture is quite different today.
Healthcare Design, March 2013
New Patient Tower Serves as a Beacon in
BaltimoreWhat do you get when you combine a Monet painting with a world-class medical institution? The answer is a striking, multicolored curtainwall façade for Johns Hopkins Medical Center's new 1.6-million-square-foot patient care building.
Healthcare Design/Healthcare Building Ideas, August 2012
Applying BIM, Retro-Style
While increasing percentages of hospitals and healthcare facilities are harnessing the power of building information modeling (BIM) for planning and new construction, very few have applied its potential to ongoing facilities management and operations like Ohio State University Medical Center.
Healthcare Building Ideas, June 2012
The
BIM
RevolutionWhether it’s clash detection, an expedited project delivery process, fewer change orders, increased collaboration or optimized MEP systems design, building information modeling continues to prove its worth.
Environmental Design+Construction, April 2012
Modern and Minimalist, Yet Sophisticated
Clean, simple, restrained, modern, serene and sophisticated -- these words embody the signature style of the Israeli-born and bred architect, Irit Axelrod.
Architectural Products, March 2012
Hospitals as Community LeadersFrom weight loss competitions to free health screenings to educational programs to teddy bear clinics, hospitals are actively promoting health and wellness within their communities
Healthcare Design, February 2012
Healthcare Reform: One Year Later
Does the industry have any more clarity about how the largest anticipated restructuring of the U.S. healthcare system in recent history will ultimately shake out than we did a year ago?
Healthcare Buildling Ideas, August 2011
Fresh AirOperable windows, which stepped aside with the advent of mid-century AC, is making a big comeback as natural ventilation gains popularity as an energy efficient, comfort-promoting design strategy.
Architectural Products, October 2011
Engineering Brick + Masonry for Commercial Buildings
Brick and stone masonry have served as reliable and valuable elements of commercial building projects for centuries, gracing urban and rural landscapes since time immemorial.
Building Design+Construction, November 2011
HUMAN INTEREST
Book Review
To Kindle A Soul – Jewish Parenting
Judging from the ever-growing selection of child
raising books in the bookstores, parents and
grandparents are likely finding it a challenge to fish
out the best guides to effective parenting.
Fortunately, it seems that with the recent release of
To Kindle a Soul: Ancient Jewish Wisdom for Modern
Parents and Teachers, veteran educator and father of
five, Rabbi Lawrence Kelemen, may have come up with a
strong contender.
Scene from a Jewish Wedding
Dressed in a polka-dotted clown suit and a bright
red wig, a gentleman surrounded by a group of men
tosses flaming torches in the air. In the center of
the commotion sits a young man, delighted.
Across the room, a woman in an ornate white dress
watches as her female friends, dressed as cowboys and
Indians, chase each other in a high energy Wild West
skit. Sound like a three ring circus? Guess again.
It's an Orthodox wedding.
Women in Engineering (1st of a 3-Part
Series)
Just a few decades ago, it was practically unheard
of for women to enter the field of M/E engineering.
While a few brave female pioneers began testing the
waters in the late '70s and early '80s, it wasn't
until the '90s that greater numbers began to follow.