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The U.S. is about to begin the largest dam removal project in history

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The removals are among the $3 billion worth of dam projects being funded under the new Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, though experts still say it isn’t enough to address the 15,600 dams across the country that are currently classified as “high-hazard potential structures” by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2021. (..)

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Cascading glass wraps mass timber office building in Kirkland by LMN Architects

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Architect LMN Architects Location Kirkland, Washington Occupied 2021 Structural and Civil Engineer Coughlin Porter Lundeen, Inc. Landscape Architect Hewitt Architects Lighting Design Fisher Marantz Stone MEP Engineer Rushing General Contractor [.].

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Field Architecture clads flowing Sonoma house in copper

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Palo Alto-based Field Architecture designed the home around the presence and absence of water in the unique microclimate, with the project completed in 2021. the studio said. Project credits: Lead Architects: Jess Field, AIA, LEED AP, Stan Field, RIBA, SAIA, Assoc.

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Es Devlin awarded CBE in Queen's New Years honours

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Hanif Kara is co-founder of civil engineering firm AKT II. Also awarded on the New Years Honours list was structural engineer Kara, the co-founder of structural and civil engineering firm AKT II. She was awarded the London Design Medal in 2017.

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Elliott Architects uses dramatic cantilever for House on a Bay

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Completed in the spring of 2021, the 6,060-square-foot (563-square-metre) House on a Bay is composed of two distinct bars that sit atop a steep site overlooking a bay in Southport, Maine. Structural engineer: Thorton Tomasetti. Mechanical engineer: Integrated Energy Systems. Envelope consultant: Building Envelope Solutions.

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John Friedman and Alice Kimm include dining room crane in Los Angeles house

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John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects (JFAK) completed the house – and 540-square foot (50-square metre) accessory dwelling unit (ADU) – in November 2021. Nearby in Los Angeles, Anonymous Architects recently embedded a concrete house into a hillside with a two-storey pool. The photography is by Benny Chan.

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Strang Design tops Miami mansion with slatted volume and planter

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The studio, which specializes in projects along Florida's vast coastline dedicated to "environmental modernism", completed the expansive, 8,500-square foot (2,590-square meter) house – known as the Angel Oaks Residence – in 2021. Civil engineer: Jorge G. Angel Oaks Residence is located in Miami The five-bedroom, 7.5-bathroom