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

Santa Cruz Architect

While there are advantages and disadvantages to each type of foundation, the choice ultimately comes down to a combination of personal preference, costs/benefits analysis, short-term vs. long-term advantages, and site-specific accruing to where the new home or addition is being built. What Is a Slab-On-Grade Foundation?

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Difference between carbon neutrality and net zero Mackintosh Building Glasgow School of Art RICS and YouGov survey 2022 Next generation of knowledge work: hybrid workplaces Data-Informed Design for the User Experience at Work The fluid, sustainable future of retail Designing for Extra Care: What Can Covid Teach Us?

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American Icon or Chief Offender?

Community Architect

But already in 1926 it states this: “Very often the apartment house is a mere parasite, constructed in order to take advantage of the open spaces and attractive surroundings created by the residential character of the district.". It is so much part of the American way of life that most can't see any other.

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How to Teach Equity in Architecture?

Community Architect

Young, Jr., to deliver the keynote address at AIA's annual National Convention, that year held in Portland, Oregon, he probably thought to do the sensible thing in a year of national race tension and international turmoil. Young was no architect but a HCU trained sociologist and a MIT trained electrical engineer.