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Studio Bark devises structural use for waste timber in English woodlands

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British architecture practice Studio Bark has worked with students from the University of East London to devise a roof-supporting column with otherwise unusable timber at a site within ancient English woodland. If you were to draw a force diagram, you'd need more material in the middle, so naturally it's a win-win," she said.

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Eugene/Architecture/Alphabet: O

SW Oregon Architect

Olive Plaza (my photo) This is the next in my Eugene/Architecture/Alphabet series of blog posts, the focus of each being a landmark building here in Eugene. My selection criteria for each will be threefold: The building must be of architectural interest, local importance, or historically significant.

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Muda Architects completes circular museum dedicated to traditional Chinese medicine

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Its circular form spans land and water and is designed by Muda Architects as a giant Taiji diagram, or yin-yang symbol, to represent the philosophy of holistic traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The structure is enclosed by a sweeping circular walkway.

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7 Top AI Tools for Generating Smart Architectural Plans

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In the realm of architectural design, “the plan” is considered one of the two fundamental drawings for creating space. Integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in architectural planning has emerged as a transformative force, revolutionizing traditional approaches and ushering in a new era of innovation.

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Integrating Services and Environmental Control

SW Oregon Architect

In my opinion, Bill could and should have written more to expand upon the necessity of aligning aesthetics, spatial design, and fundamentally the project’s organizational structure with the technical demands of a building’s service and environmental control systems. Selecting appropriate systems.

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NO Architecture arranges Flower House in the Berkshires around hexagonal courtyard

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NO Architecture arranged pavilions around a hexagonal courtyard to form a family nature retreat in rural Massachusetts that "reinterprets and expands on the glass house typology". Providing a connection to nature was a guiding concern for the project team from NO Architecture , a New York studio founded by architect Andrew Heid.

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No Architecture inserts "garden folly" into New York duplex apartment

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Wooden structures supporting net hammocks rise up through the two-storey interior of this apartment in New York's West Village , designed by No Architecture. One of the structures aligns with the home's floor plan, while the other is rotated to face the park and the river beyond. metre) glass walls on three sides.