Design + Engineering

Innovations in tools, materials, and digital processes shaping the industry.

Design and engineering define how tilt-up buildings perform, function, and express architectural intent. Coverage explores the integration of architecture, structural engineering, materials, and emerging technologies that shape modern tilt-up construction. Articles examine design strategies, structural solutions, material advancements, and performance-driven approaches that enable tilt-up systems to deliver efficient, durable, and increasingly sophisticated buildings.

Architecture & Design

Cloud Song

January 16, 2019
Photo by William LeGoullon By Tom McClure and Eric Sterner Thanks to a partnership with the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRP-MIC), Scottsdale Community College is the only two-year public higher-education institution located on Native Read more…
Architecture & Design

Generating Collaboration

April 28, 2014
By: Andrew Kudless | California College of the Arts (CCA) One of the goals of a design education is to prepare students for the complex design problems they may face in practice while also introducing Read more…
Structural Engineering

TCA Releases Engineering Tilt-Up

April 25, 2013
The Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) – a non-profit international organization that serves to expand and improve the use of tilt-up as the preferred building system — has announced the release of Engineering Tilt-Up. The newest Read more…