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Slab-on-Grade vs. Crawl Space: Which Foundation System is Best?

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Until recently crawl space foundations have been the favored and most popular type of foundation system. But recent years have seen an increasing interested and popularity of slab-on-grade foundations. What Is a Slab-On-Grade Foundation? What is a Crawlspace Foundation?

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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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Almanach exhibition explores new ways to build a strong future

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The Almanach exhibition, which is the inaugural research project led by the foundation 's director Anne-Claire Duprat, centres on production and processes that can be used to develop creative practices.

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Sagrada Familia shows stone "can return to being used as a structural material"

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His team was invited by La Sagrada Familia Foundation to help speed up the construction and reduce the weight of one of its many colossal elements – the tower of the Virgin Mary – all "while remaining true to Gaudi's vision". "The The photography is courtesy of the Sagrada Familia Foundation unless stated otherwise.

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Time Space Existence show in Venice spotlights solutions for a planet under pressure

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For example, the Norman Foster Foundation (NFF) and Holcim present the Essential Homes Research Project, a proposal to provide displaced people with safe, comfortable and dignified homes. The Norman Foster Foundation (NFF) and Holcim present the Essential Homes Research Project. Find out more about Dezeen partnership content here.

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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. Here is a typical wall section through a pier and beam foundation.

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The most-read architecture and design stories of 2022

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In February, news of a new type of plastic that is twice as strong as steel was the month's most-read article. News about the 1,428-foot-tall (435-metre) tower's completion was also the most-read article in April. The turbine, which compacts down to the size of a water bottle, was the month's most-read article.