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Design writer's diary: houses, a warehouse, a museum and an opera

Portland Architecture

I’ve decided to try a new series of monthly blog posts in which I talk about the different articles I’m writing, places I’ve visited, others’ work I might have read, and any other relevant info or stories I can come up with. Recently I completed two articles featuring the work of Portland firm Outside Architecture. So here goes!

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Ep 121: Material Selection

Life of an Architect

Brick, glass, wood, and metal are all great choices – but the decision on what to clad your project in goes a long way towards deciding things beyond the appearance. Brick, glass, wood, and metal are all great choices – but the decision on what to clad your project in goes a long way towards deciding things beyond the appearance.

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022: Residential Construction Costs

Life of an Architect

There are some general broad stroke pieces of information that if you know them, you will not be surprised when it comes time to plan your budget. Hopefully, you and your architect would discuss these matters up front, I know I would. So now that I have my disclaimer out of the way, let’s talk numbers!

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Looking at AIA Oregon Architecture Awards winners by Allied Works, Lever and more

Portland Architecture

One thing's for sure, though: when you're Allied Works Architecture, the AIA Awards mean you'd better have keep expanding your trophy case. Honor Awards. Honor Awards. At last month's ceremony, the firm led by Brad Cloepfil took home AIA Oregon's top prize, known as the Honor Award, for the Benton County Museum in Corvallis.

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Architecture Articles: Building Design

e-architect

Architecture Articles, Architectural Developments, Global Design Project News, New Property Posts Architecture Articles: Building Designs Building Debate – Architectural Information + International Construction Projects Architecture Articles Information : Building Links Architectural Projects + Key New Property Designs, alphabetical: Building (..)

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

Architizer

Find out more about the jury here. This article aims to highlight some of the world’s most innovative minds, and celebrate their success in an evergreen format that can inspire the AEC community year-round. Women have been the creative force behind dozens of winning projects in recent seasons, from B.L.U.E. Raha Ashrafi .

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Grenfell Tower in West London: Fire Inquiry

e-architect

Naming specific policies here, he said “Deregulation and the ‘war on the culture of health and safety’ facilitated the use of the inflammable cladding that destroyed Grenfell Tower… privatisation weakened public services and introduced conflicts of interest between safety and profit as we have seen in the testing and certification regimes”.

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