Bustler

JANUARY 28, 2024

The results of this year’s Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel (IDEAS²) Awards have been shared by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) as part of the competition’s 64th edition. A total of six projects were honored by the 2024 edition.

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e-architect

JANUARY 7, 2022

Max Fordham Engineers, Architects, Architecture, Studio, Projects, Structural Designs, News. Max Fordham Engineering. Contemporary Buildings + Structures Office News. ” – state this British engineering practice. . ” – state this British engineering practice. 5 Feb 2018.

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ArchDaily

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Since the advent of Modernism , architects have become schizophrenic in dealing with the reality of time. Architects are exquisitely good at dealing with gravity —it is present in everything we design. We study it and engineer its unrelenting requirements. Gravity does a symbiotic dance with structure.

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Deezen

AUGUST 22, 2022

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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Deezen

MAY 1, 2024

American studio Walker Warner Architects has completed Hale Kiawe, a family retreat with simple, gabled forms are set within an undulating landscape dotted with chunky lava rocks. Walker Warner Architects designed the retreat with simple, gabled forms For a 4.7 (1.9-hectare) The photography is by Matthew Millman.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Harnessing stone as a structural material can make architecture more enjoyable to both build and inhabit argues Tristram Carfrae, an Arup engineer working on the Sagrada Familia , in this Stone Age 2.0 The main benefit of structural stone is that it is a plentiful, natural, low carbon and beautiful material," said Carfrae. "It

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Architecture Lab

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

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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Deezen

MAY 5, 2022

The system combines generative design and robotic fabrication to allow tree forks – the pieces of wood where a trunk or branch splits into two – to be used as the Y-shaped nodes that connect straight building elements. MIT's Digital Structures group has built a demo structure using tree forks as joints.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

APA – THE ENGINEERED WOOD ASSOCIATION Multifamily Housing Engineered wood’s combination of benefits—from beauty and versatility to sustainability and strength—has made it a popular material for commercial projects such as mixed-use buildings, low-rise office structures and even eight-story mass-timber high rises.

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Architizer

APRIL 30, 2024

Architects: Want to have your project featured? They can be material structures that connect two (or more!) Architects are well aware of this dual meaning, and more and more designers are leaning into it for its symbolic potency. Showcase your work through Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newsletters.

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SW Oregon Architect

MARCH 24, 2024

The intriguing subject of the meeting was what it means to be a model “Citizen Architect.” Simply put, the notion of the Citizen Architect relates to design professionals who engage in civic endeavors, contributing their insights, talents, and experiences towards the betterment of society.

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Deezen

APRIL 25, 2024

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. Read: Omar Gandhi models fire-resistant residence in Canada on a mountain beetle In the end, the house was designed to bridge a gap between two massive rocky conditions.

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Deezen

JANUARY 26, 2024

The most important aspect of the project, Studio Bark architect Ella Thorns explained to Dezeen, was the approach the practice took to thinking about timber and responding to the particular ecological conditions of a site. We need to look to alternative sources and design buildings that make timber go a lot further," she said.

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Deezen

APRIL 29, 2024

Architecture studio dMFK Architects has restored and renovated the Voysey House office in Chiswick, London , which was originally designed as a wallpaper factory by architect CFA Voysey. Voysey House stands as the only commercial building designed by the renowned architect.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Construction is in full swing again on a Raphael Viñoly Architects -designed 88-story 125 Greenwich Street Manhattan residential project after resuming earlier this year following a four-year pause.

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Deezen

MAY 6, 2024

Japanese studio Kooo Architects has designed the skinny Hotel Rakuragu in central Tokyo to have a "unique shape", with cut-out balconies that help to preserve privacy. This inspired Kooo Architects ' unusual design, which features large balconies and terraces that are inverted, creating gaps in the facade.

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Architect- Charles Correa (1930–2015) The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has just announced its plan to demolish India's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (SVP) Stadium. The structure was initially designed by Charles Correa and engineer Mahenda Raj in the 1960s.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Construction is in full swing again on a Rafael Viñoly Architects -designed 88-story 125 Greenwich Street Manhattan residential project after resuming earlier this year following a four-year pause.

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Deezen

APRIL 16, 2024

US architecture Ross Barney Architects has completed a NASA laboratory for deep-space technology testing in Cleveland , USA, which includes a tower made of pre-cast concrete panels for testing antennas. AIA Gold Medal-winning architect and founder of RBA Carol Ross Barney said that the building is an expression of its function.

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BD+C

JUNE 5, 2023

How to properly assess structural wind damage 0 dbarista Mon, 06/05/2023 - 16:17 Engineers Properly assessing wind damage can identify vulnerabilities in a building's design or construction, which could lead to future damage or loss, writes Matt Wagner, SE, Principal and Managing Director with Walter P Moore.

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Architonic

JULY 16, 2023

.</p> <p>The school complex is designed in a staircase, with each level set back from the one below. A functional element but one that offers multiple possibilities in its design. It concentrates on a technicality, use, design, poetry, and all other components of architectural thinking. </p>

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Archinect

JUNE 9, 2022

David Zwirner, 20th Street by Selldorf Architects. Seattle-based multidisciplinary design firm LMN Architects has. For even more opportunities, visit Archinect Jobs and browse our active community of job seekers , firms , and schools. Photo: Jason Schmidt.

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Deezen

MAY 3, 2024

Japanese studio Tono Mirai Architects has used soil and wood to create Toiletowa, a curving structure in Saitama prefecture containing a public toilet that reuses wastewater. The post Tono Mirai Architects encloses toilet in Japanese park with rammed earth appeared first on Dezeen. The photography is by Takeshi Noguchi.

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Architizer

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Text description provided by the architects. Ethiopian history, culture and existing reality were the driving forces in deciding the design concept. © Alebel Desta Consulting Architects and Engineers. © Alebel Desta Consulting Architects and Engineers. . © Alebel Desta Consulting Architects and Engineers.

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Deezen

MARCH 17, 2023

Continuing our Timber Revolution series, we look at the Tamedia Office Building by Shigeru Ban – Switzerland's first seven-storey mass-timber structure that was barely legal at the time of its completion in 2013. And engineers were incredulous that such a large wooden structure could function without steel connections."

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Deezen

MAY 16, 2024

Soil from across Thailand was used to create layers of colour and texture in the rammed-earth walls of Chonburi Multi-Purpose Building, designed by local studio Suphasidh Architects. For more examples, see Dezeen's recent round-up of rammed-earth buildings from around the world. The photography is by Jessica Tang.

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Archinect

MAY 3, 2024

Today, the Webuild group advanced a proposal designed in collaboration with architect and MIT professor Carlo Ratti and French structural engineer Michel Virlogeux for a new bridge in Baltimore that would replace the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Moss Structural Engineers and the Toronto Metropolitan University announce the winners of its now-returned, in-person, annual TimberFever student design-build competition. He added, "I wanted to give students the opportunity to work with tools, learn about wood, and introduce collaboration between engineers and architects."

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

British studio Zaha Hadid Architects is creating 100 refuelling stations in Italian marinas for energy company NatPower as the "world's first green hydrogen refuelling infrastructure". Hydrogen can be used to generate electrical power in a fuel cell, emitting only water vapour and warm air – unlike polluting combustion engines.

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Archinect

JULY 28, 2023

A new look behind the process and select architects involved in Saudi Arabia’s controversial The Line megacity for NEOM has been released, answering some questions as to its ideation while leaving many remaining in regard to the project's structural engineering, technical specifics, and design feasibility overall.

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Deezen

APRIL 24, 2023

Local architect Tomás de Iruarrizaga has designed Casa Granic, a holiday home located on a hillside by Riñihue Lake in Chile that is meant for "year-round living". Iruarrizaga designed the 500-square-metre house with a timber-clad upper level that bridges two rectangular concrete structures.

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Archinect

MARCH 27, 2023

WoodWorks has announced the winners of the 2023 Wood Design Awards, an annual showcase of the industry’s most inspiring applications of mass timber and wood in building designs across the United States. Investing in a more sustainable future deserves to be recognized.

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Deezen

MARCH 3, 2023

New York design studio New Affiliates and architect and historian Samuel Steward-Halevy have created a prototype of their Testbeds project, which repurposes architectural models used for large projects. The mockup forms one of the walls of the new structure "The project involves many leaps of faith," the team told Dezeen.

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e-architect

MARCH 1, 2023

Integrating humans with AI in structural design, 3D printers fabrication tools, Computer-aided design modelling Integrating humans with AI in structural design March 2, 2023 A process that seeks feedback from human specialists proves more effective at optimization that automated systems working alone.

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designboom

JANUARY 13, 2022

avignon architecte has taken over the rehabilitation of the structure, shifting its attention to the large central void with the 'engines'. The post metal engines become the protagonist of industrial hall renovation in france appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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30X40 Design Workshop

DECEMBER 16, 2019

A structural engineer is a part of the design team for all my residential work in the studio. In this video you'll join me for the kick-off meeting with my engineer as we begin developing the structural design for the Outpost project. Many thanks! Watch the Outpost Series.

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Deezen

MARCH 13, 2024

London studio Woo Architects will employ the principles of a circular economy for its design of the UK Pavilion at the Expo 2025 Osaka , which will have a reversible gridded structure. The specific structural system that will be used is the Global Modular System.

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