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View Corridors

SW Oregon Architect

This is not a regulated view corridor. In the context of urban planning, municipalities implement view corridors through zoning regulations, building height restrictions, and other planning measures. The city implemented regulations years ago to preserve views of the surrounding mountains and waterfront.

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7 Top AI Tools for Generating Smart Architectural Plans

Architizer

The software uses site data such as topography, flood maps and building regulations as well as additional parameters set by architects, to generate layout options for a plethora of building typologies: multi-housing projects, retail stores, hotels, industrial sites and even parking lots. Learn more and review this tool > CONIX.AI

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Deconstruction by Design: How Architects Are Redefining Practice Through Material Reuse

Architizer

Breaking Ground: Creative Approaches to Construction Waste Diagram illustrating the winning entry for an architecture competition held by Hackney City Farm, showcasing the repurposing of sash windows. Mock-ups, often made of high-end materials, are typically discarded after reviews, resulting in significant waste.

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Gullhaug Torg by Snøhetta

aasarchitecture

The naturally climatized building will have qualities that in comparison to mechanically ventilated buildings will be easier to operate and run, less need for maintenance, longer life-cycle in addition to greater floor to ceiling heights, improved daylight qualities, design integrated concept for acoustic regulation. Facade Diagram.

Diagram 59
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Why are HVAC systems the backbone of buildings?

Building and Interiors

These systems may use fresh air from external surroundings to regulate temperature and humidity. It circulates the air, regulates the temperature according to the weather, and removes harmful particles or gases from the air. An HVAC System Diagram- Layout Plan. A VRF HVAC system diagram. for air conditioning.

Building 105
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Architects should be "more involved" in abortion access says AIA Los Angeles panel

Deezen

Brown said architects and designers can help in places where laws and building codes – generally referred to as targeted regulations of abortion provider (TRAP) laws – make it difficult for the clinics to function. Creating diagrams of buildings codes to use in courts is an example Brown gave of tactics for architects.

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Hibiscus Building | Caparroz Arquitectura

ArchiDiaries

Most houses currently being built are architectures diagrammed by orders established in another era and according to other needs. They are more rigid models framed in an idea of ??family family and a way of life destined to endure. The conflict is generated when these established orders and ways of living change.