Analysis 46 Architecture Firms Are Trying to Agree What a Building Product Is. Materials Are Half the Money. The Innovation Design Consortium has named Acelab co-development partner on an open material data standard, built on a shared ontology so product information is published once and reused. The consortium's figure for what is at stake: 46 member firms, about 30,000 design professionals, 10,000-plus projects a year — and materials at 40 to 50 percent of construction cost. Hugo Pegley · Oct 9, 2026
