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Life of an Architect – Best of 2014

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While 2014 isn’t technically over yet, it isn’t going to stop me [ cause I do what I want] from looking back at all the articles I wrote over the year to see which ones represented the very best that 2014 and I had to offer. On the residential part of our practice, we do a lot of pier and beam foundations.

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Yasmeen Lari on track to build a million flood-resilient Pakistan homes by 2024

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For our Designing for Disaster series , her foundation reveals it is a third of the way towards that target. The latest update from the Heritage Foundation of Pakistan , founded by Lari, is that the rebuild programme has so far provided 333,000 homes for those displaced by the 2022 floods.

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Pier and Beam Foundations - KHouse Progress | Life of an Architect

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Home / Construction / Pier and Beam Foundations – KHouse Progress Pier and Beam Foundations – KHouse Progress Bob Borson — June 12, 2014 — 73 Comments On the residential part of our practice, we do a lot of pier and beam foundations. Add water, through rain and irrigation, and the soil expands.

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Las Ánimas presents "altered vision of reality" in seven totemic designs

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Las Ánimas is formed of the artist couple Trini Salamanca and Pablo Párraga, who have been working together since 2014. All of these themes have geometry, iteration, symbolism, codes and repetition at their core foundations." Here, the Seville-based duo present seven designs that reveal their fascination with geometry and symbolism.

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Outstanding Young Architecture Firms To Watch in 2023

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CPLUS Firm Location: Beijing, China Founded: 2014 Pictured Projects: LAB Art Museum , Chongqing, China ; Lost&Found Store , Beijing, China This growing practice in Beijing believes architecture should be a conduit between spatial users and the environment. Judging for the 11th A+Awards is now underway!

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Cool Schools: 7 Educational Structures Championing Affordable and Sustainable Construction

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Several communities worldwide don’t necessarily have the same access to new-age materials, construction techniques or the funds to actualize these grand visions. An earthquake in May 2014 greatly impacted the buildings in the Chiang Ray province of Thailand. Baan Nhong Bua School. Jury Winner, 2017 A+Awards, Primary & High School.

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7 iconic designs by equally iconic 20th century female designers

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Ditzel ‘s work experimented with materials, shapes, and production techniques, often incorporating organic forms and playful elements into her designs. The subsequent creation of the film Price of Desire and the documentary Gray Matters (both in 2014) continued to amplify the impact of the exhibition.

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