Portland Architecture

OCTOBER 5, 2021

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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Housing Design Renovation Art 223

Santa Cruz Architect

JULY 24, 2021

With floods washing into low-lying areas throughout the U.S in recent years, there is a lot of discussion about way to prevent and manage floods. Given the fact that excessive flooding is not going to go away, let’s investigate five different ways to make a house more flood proof. Floodwalls. Dry Floodproofing.

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Building Insurance Zoning Technique 52

Community Architect

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

When a building floods or is torn apart by a hurricane or consumed by fire, or rendered almost useless by weeks without electric power, it used to be "force major" or "an act of god". Louisiana devastation after hurricane Ida 2021. Mitigation is reducing the negative effects on climate, namely green house gases (GHG).

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Design Management Events Cities 61

ArchiDiaries

JANUARY 10, 2022

Fig: 2 – Orchestra practicing in an opera house (Credits-Manuel Nageli). Can this connection between them be celebrated for what it was and is? A town becomes a ghost town because the economic and social infrastructure that supports it fails or due to prolonged drought, floods or nuclear disasters. Ghost towns.

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Students Site Diagram Mining 52

Building and Interiors

MAY 7, 2022

What is LED lighting? Unlike normal bulbs, LED bulbs do not have filaments that weaken over time and burn out the bulb. For instance, there was a time when you needed a 100-watt bulb for heavy brightness as a 12-watt bulb couldn’t light up the room with high intensity. The LED bulbs do not heat up as the incandescent bulbs.

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Installation Technology Technology Industrial 59

Architizer

APRIL 28, 2023

As a former administrative center for the Spanish Empire, Quito is flooded with Baroque churches and neoclassical buildings. Conversely, in Guayaquil, a massive fire left very few traces of the Spanish, and today has given way to a modern architectural expression. Without further ado, here are the 20 best architecture firms in Ecuador: 20.

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Architecture Firm Firms Architecture Commercial 102

Architizer

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Immense structural rehabilitation took place after the war, and pioneering architects like Kenzō Tange made significant contributions to Japan’s built environment by synthesizing traditional architecture with modernism. This has led to an onslaught of innovative reinforcement techniques that continue to be explored today. Some of id inc.’s

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Architecture Firm Firms Architecture Housing 145