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Peer-Reviewed Journal Publishes Tilt Lab Research on Double-Curvature Tilt-Up Construction

December 2, 2025

The Plan Journal, an international peer-reviewed architecture journal, has published a research article documenting Opus Luteum, the Tilt Lab initiative developed for the 2024 Tilt-Up Convention & Expo in Phoenix. The article, written by Pablo Read more…

Interpreting Modularity and Precision in a Corporate Tilt-Up Headquarters

November 24, 2025

This 21,600-square-foot tilt-up headquarters applies a strict modular system to develop a cubic form with recessed planes, layered materials, and patterned shadows. The project demonstrates how site-cast construction can deliver precision, façade complexity, and schedule efficiency within a compact corporate building.

Scaling Knowledge: TCA Introduces Team Access for Tilt-Up Academy

November 21, 2025

The Tilt-Up Concrete Association has expanded its award-winning digital learning platform with the introduction of Team Access for Tilt-Up Academy. This new organizational-level offering enables companies to enroll multiple employees, centralize continuing education records, and engage with the Academy’s growing library of seminars and documentary-style films, including new content from the 2025 Nashville Convention and Expo and the recent release Beneath the Surface – The Art of Exposed Aggregate.

Shaping Realism and Resilience in Public Safety Training

November 20, 2025

Recognized with a 2025 Excellence in Achievement Award, the Orange County Fire Training Facility demonstrates how tilt-up construction can support immersive, scenario-driven environments for firefighter training, combining durable architectural concrete with complex structural elements tailored to public safety preparedness.

Suntec Concrete Expands Its Commitment as a TCA Sustaining Member

November 20, 2025

As the TCA’s newest Sustaining Member, Suntec Concrete deepens its support for the programs, initiatives, and educational efforts that advance tilt-up practice. This expanded investment underscores the company’s commitment to leadership and the long-term health of the industry.

Tilt-Up Pavilion Earns AIA Arizona Design Award

November 15, 2025

Tilt Lab’s full-scale pavilion earned a 2025 AIA Arizona Design Award in the Component category, recognizing the Opus Luteum prototype and its advancement of double-curvature, earth-formed tilt-up construction.

Tilt-Up Leads Canada’s Low-Carbon Industrial Revolution

November 12, 2025

Halifax’s Julius Boulevard Net Zero Industrial Development demonstrates how tilt-up construction can lead Canada’s transition to low-carbon, resilient industrial design. Recipient of TCA’s 2025 Excellence in Sustainability + Resiliency Award, the project achieved Zero Carbon Building Design certification and set a new benchmark for sustainable construction in Atlantic Canada.

What a Week

November 12, 2025

The 2025 Tilt-Up Convention and Expo struck all the right chords in Nashville. From packed education sessions and the high-energy Mock-Up Medley to unforgettable live music and late-night celebrations, the spirit of innovation and community was everywhere.

Integrating Craftsmanship and Scale in Educational Design

November 7, 2025

Deseret Peak High School in Tooele County, Utah, demonstrates the advanced use of tilt-up concrete in educational design. Featuring 80-foot-tall panels, custom form-liners, and exposed interior finishes, the project combines engineering precision with architectural refinement across a 336,000-square-foot facility.

Precision and Performance in Tilt-Up Design

November 6, 2025

The 23XI Racing AirSpeed facility redefines tilt-up construction through precision detailing, accelerated sequencing, and complex panel integration. Completed in just over ten months, the project illustrates how tilt-up can merge architectural expression with technical performance in a fast-paced, high-profile environment.

Illuminating the Market Together

September 22, 2025

Baseball has always been a game of numbers. For more than a century, measures like batting averages, earned run averages, and on-base percentages have been used to evaluate performance. Yet any student of the game Read more…

Shaping Earth Mock-Up Film Wins Viddy Award

July 18, 2024

The Tilt-Up Concrete Association is pleased to share that the short documentary Shaping Earth Mock-Up, produced as part of Tilt Lab’s early research into double-curvature tilt-up construction, has been recognized with a Viddy Award in the Non-Broadcast / Long-Form Read more…

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publishes Tilt Lab Research on Double-Curvature Tilt-Up Construction

Research & Innovation

December 2, 2025

Interpreting Modularity and Precision in a Corporate Tilt-Up Headquarters

Architecture & Design

November 24, 2025

Workforce & Training