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Aluprof solutions in scientific and technological buildings

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Current trends in the construction industry bear no resemblance to the solutions used in past decades. Sustainable construction has become a mandatory approach when designing public utility structures with an elevated social consciousness and a growing concern for preserving the environment.

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Between Memory and Invention

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

Stern Architects (RAMSA), Stern was once described as “the brightest young man I have ever met in my entire teaching career” by Philip Johnson and recently called “New York City’s most valuable architect” by Bloomberg. Unsurprisingly, New York City plays a big role in Between Memory and Invention. Founding partner of Robert A.

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Pier and Beam Foundations - KHouse Progress | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

All this soil movement adds up to cracks in the house. I had a home inspector tell me, as he was inspecting a house I was in the process of buying, that the house had structural issues because there wasn’t dirt under the grade beam where he had checked. Home Inspector : This house has structural issues.

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Architecture Articles: Building Design

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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? Do We Need Libraries?

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Ten Pairs of Books for Christmas

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

While at least one book in each pair is new, the other one isn't necessarily so — new, old, or not-so-old, it is related to the first in some manner, as explained in my descriptions. This year's roundup of books to give to discerning architects for the holidays is presented in pairs. Hey, architectural historians like gift books, too!)

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In Their Elements

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Stephen Stimson, FASLA, and Lauren Stimson, ASLA, built a new house and utility building on property Steve’s family has long farmed. Stimson takes on the challenges of success by staying true to its New England roots. In its plainness, it’s also all about the New England agrarian culture he inherited. BY JONATHAN LERNER.

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Should I be an Architect? | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

I suppose that this seems fortuitous to some people but there were times when this presented serious complications. When I first started architecture school as a freshman in college, I didn’t have the focus or maturity I needed to tackle the curriculum and I ended up having a serious identity crisis when I was 19 years old.

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