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Pushing Boundaries with Bamboo: A Structural Engineering Case Study

ArchDaily

Image Courtesy of CO-LAB design office In a world grappling with environmental challenges, forward-thinking architects and engineers are increasingly leaning towards more sustainable solutions. Aerial perspective of the Luum Temple under construction, revealing the network of bamboo elements.

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Structural Engineer Vs Architect | All You Need To Know

Architecture Lab

The difference between architects and structural engineers is not easy to describe at first. If you think about it, both job profiles deal with designing buildings. So if both these titles deal with the same work, why is there a distinction between them anyway?

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High-tech structural engineer Tony Hunt dies aged 90

Deezen

High-tech pioneer Tony Hunt, who engineered buildings including the Sainsbury Centre , Waterloo station and Hopkins House , has passed away aged 90. Hunt, who worked with high-tech architects Norman Foster , Richard Rogers , Michael and Patty Hopkins and Nicholas Grimshaw , died last week, reported UK magazine Architects' Journal (AJ).

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Max Fordham Engineering: Structural Engineers

e-architect

Max Fordham Engineers, Architects, Architecture, Studio, Projects, Structural Designs, News. Max Fordham Engineering. Contemporary Buildings + Structures Office News. ” – state this British engineering practice. Centre for Music in London Competition Engineers Shortlist , London, UK.

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Omar Gandhi Architects balances cedar house on rocky Nova Scotia coastline

Deezen

Canadian studio Omar Gandhi Architects has completed a cedar-wrapped house "inspired by the scattered boulders" that trail down the seaside property in Hubbards, Nova Scotia. The house presents as two interlocked, stacking boxes – that are meant to weather over time to match the pale grey of the sky – perched on a hillside.

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Concrete columns frame Bury Gate Farm house by Sandy Rendel Architects

Deezen

A "classical" two-storey colonnade characterises this family home in the South Downs National Park , completed by London studio Sandy Rendel Architects. This led to its colonnaded southern elevation, which draws on classical architecture but is crafted from concrete and brick, offering a more contemporary look.

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This architect has identified the qualities office buildings need for converting to residential

Archinect

That simple recipe for pandemic lemonade—offices people no longer use, combining with central urban locations where people want to live—is blissfully ignorant of a wide range of architectural and economic factors that make the vast majority of office buildings simply unsuitable as housing.