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When Weather Becomes a Design Challenge

Community Architect

But with rare becoming common the damages to the built environment reach new heights every year. The question is now: What can we do to make our buildings, towns, cities and our infrastructure withstand the new type of destructive weather? Unfortunate but rare. It isn't no longer enough to point to the higher powers.

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

Life of an Architect

The soil in my area of practice tends to be expansive because it contains a healthy dose of clay, which expands and contracts as moisture enters the equation. They are strong enough to support the weight of wet concrete but over time, long after the concrete has cured and become hard, the cardboard will rot away and leave a void.

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Cracking the code of affordable housing

BD+C

MFPRO+ Blog Mixed-Use Affordable Housing Senior Living Design Apartments Designers Architects New Project Portfolios A wave of residential projects rising across the country is meeting an insatiable demand, given the estimated shortage of 7.3 A generator helps the systems stay operable during power outages. “As

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