Archinect

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Docomomo US has announced its 2022 Modernism in America Awards winners in recognition of their inspiring commitment to preservation practices resulting in innovations across a broad range of building types and scales. Memorial Library in D.C.;

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Archinect

AUGUST 15, 2022

Researchers from Flinders University’s Chalker Research Lab have developed a more sustainable alternative to making bricks by using waste products. The team used low-cost feedstocks to make lightweight but durable polymer building blocks, which can be bonded together with an adhesive-free chemical reaction.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Noted Yale University professor emerita and urban historian Dolores Hayden has just been announced as the 2022 Vincent Scully Prize recipient by the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. NBM President Aileen Fuchs called the honoree a "true pioneer in using the built environment to document the history of gender, class and race."

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Archinect

MAY 9, 2022

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) , in collaboration with the University of Washington and the University of Minnesota , has published a supplement to their Guides for Equitable Practice, a framework for understanding and building equity in the architecture profession.

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Archinect

AUGUST 31, 2023

The Prize recognizes innovations in the instruction of architecture courses in North American universities that will ultimately lead to a greener future thanks to their abilities to engender a "stimulating and evidence-based environment for learning about timber." The jury selected five courses.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A web of glass and carbon fibres envelops Texoversum, a university building for textiles that architecture studios Allmannwappner and Menges Scheffler Architekten have created in Germany. metres in height, each made by a robotic winding process developed at the University of Stuttgart.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

His colleagues recalled him as a progressive champion who balanced the ideological pull of high modernism with a sensitivity to different forms, themes, building types, and architectural styles. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum in Little Rock, Arkansas, the Newtown Creek sewage plant in Brooklyn, and Newseum in Washington, D.C.,

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Archinect

JUNE 7, 2022

A team from the University of Florida has taken home the top prize at this year’s AISC Student Steel Bridge Competition finals for their structural design of a hypothetical wildlife crossing in Washington State.

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Deezen

MARCH 5, 2024

Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto has been named the winner of this year's Pritzker Architecture Prize for his buildings that are a "background and foreground to everyday life". Yamamoto, who is the 53rd Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate and the ninth from Japan, was honoured for his buildings that aim to foster community.

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Architecture Art Housing Cities 145

Deezen

JULY 25, 2023

US architecture studio Lever Architecture and a team of researchers have successfully tested the earthquake-resistant capabilities of a 10-storey, mass-timber building in California. I t's demonstrating this idea of resiliency in buildings," said Lever Architecture principal Thomas Robinson. "As earthquakes. earthquakes.

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SW Oregon Architect

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The Kennell Ellis Building (my photo) This is the next in my Eugene/Architecture/Alphabet series of blog posts, the focus of each being a landmark building here in Eugene. Many of these will be familiar to most who live here but there are likely to be a few buildings that are less so.

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Architecture Mining Modern Windows 211

Deezen

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Universal Design Studio put a modern spin on the design conventions of bank buildings when creating the headquarters for cryptocurrency firm Copper inside a Richard Rogers-designed office in London. Universal Design Studio sought to work with this vision, creating light-infused workspaces with a focus on natural materials.

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SW Oregon Architect

MARCH 12, 2023

The March meeting of the Construction Specifications Institute-Willamette Valley Chapter featured a fascinating tour of the $90 million renovation project in progress at Huestis Hall on the campus of the University of Oregon. The most common fiber types are glass, carbon, or synthetics.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The museum appears to emerge from under the lake Glass panelling was inserted between the columns to give visitors views of the lake, with Ishigami intentionally leaving gaps where the building's floor meets the surface of the lake. This allows water to flow into the building, submerging parts of the floor.

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SW Oregon Architect

AUGUST 7, 2022

Rendering of a mixed-use building in the Eugene Downtown Riverfront development (image generated by Midjourney). The July/August print issue of The Architect’s Newspaper published a report entitled “ Midjourney Madness ” questioning whether the fact artificial intelligence can now make convincing images of buildings is a good thing.

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Art Technology Technology Development 195

Deezen

OCTOBER 23, 2023

It serves as a type of computer numerical control (CNC) machine – manoeuvring different tools based on a path set by a computer – but one that is relatively lightweight, portable and able to combine with human control. Photography by Sandy Steele-Perkins.

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BD+C

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Sustainability Group will strengthen Suffolk’s in-house expertise and ability to design and execute a wider range of green building solutions. The LEED Platinum Boston University Center for Computing and Data Sciences, built by Suffolk, is 100% free of fossil fuels. He is a Fitwel Ambassador and LEED and WELL Faculty member.

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Sustainability Construction Construction Consulting 105

BD+C

JUNE 14, 2023

Education Facilities Higher Education School Construction University Buildings Designers Designers / Specifiers / Landscape Architects Architects In recent years, there has been a marked pedagogical shift toward multi-disciplinary, experimental, and project-based learning.

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Deezen

JANUARY 29, 2024

While its rotor blades and generator hub are made of conventional materials, the tower is made of laminated veneer lumber (LVL), a type of engineered wood made of thin veneer strips glued together and often used for beams and load-bearing building structures. This is great if we want to reach net zero energy production, and we need to."

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Technology Technology Transportation Materials 143

Bustler

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture ( ACSA ) and the Softwood Lumber Board (SLB) have just revealed the winners of the 2022 Timber in the City 4: Urban Habitats Competition in partnership with the Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Architecture and the Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design.

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Cities Architecture Innovation Students 98

BD+C

JULY 20, 2023

Additionally, because national building codes do not currently address security, it is possible to use products that are either not effective or violate egress and accessibility requirements. Establishing code-driven standards has the potential to help other occupancy types become safer and more secure.

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Safety Education Design Commercial 92

The Spaces

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

LignoSat is the brainchild of researchers at Kyoto University and the logging company Sumitomo Forestry. The team has been investigating biodegradable alternatives to the metals traditionally used to build satellites, which produce harmful aluminium particles when reentering Earth’s orbit.

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Space Building Project IT 96

Deezen

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The installation was made using the Bio-Block building material developed by Colorado-based material company Prometheus Materials , a masonry block created from micro-algae and aggregate that offers an alternative to standard concrete. Prometheus Materials was established in 2021 by professors at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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aasarchitecture

MARCH 27, 2024

CannonDesign introduces the new Student Center at Western Michigan University (WMU), a beacon of inclusion. The three-level building features gathering and lounge spaces, dining options, the campus bookstore, an anticipated on-campus brewpub, retail locations such as FedEx and Starbucks, and more.

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Students Glass Inspiration Site 64

BD+C

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Scott Martin, PE, LEED AP, DBIA Building Team Contractors Designers Designers / Specifiers / Landscape Architects Engineers Facility Managers Architects Building Owners Recently, I was asked to present to a group of aspiring engineers at the Florida A&M-Florida State University College of Engineering.

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Structural Engineering Engineering Engineering Structure 111

BD+C

APRIL 2, 2024

How university rec centers are evolving to support wellbeing 0 qpurcell Tue, 04/02/2024 - 13:35 Sports and Recreational Facilities In a LinkedIn Live, Recreation & Wellbeing’s Sadat Khan and Abby Diehl joined HOK architect Emily Ostertag to discuss the growing trend to design and program rec centers to support mental wellbeing and holistic health.

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Architizer

APRIL 26, 2024

The new building, located in Gangnam, combines a basement studio for the client’s son, a photographer, a reception area, and a residence for the mother and son, complete with a compact elevator for the elderly mother’s convenience. The design concept draws lines between the perfect geometry of a circle and arches.

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Modern Architecture Roofing Inspiration 96

Bustler

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Docomomo US has announced its 2022 Modernism in America Awards winners in recognition of their inspiring commitment to preservation practices resulting in innovations across a broad range of building types and scales. Memorial Library in D.C.;

Modern 98

Modern Innovation Sustainability Inspiration 98

SW Oregon Architect

OCTOBER 23, 2022

The Lane Building, east facade (my photo) This is the next in my Eugene/Architecture/Alphabet series of blog posts, the focus of each being a landmark building here in Eugene. Many of these will be familiar to most who live here but there are likely to be a few buildings that are less so. So, of what style is the Lane Building?

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Architecture Commercial Building Structure 164

Deezen

MAY 18, 2022

A mix of textured timber cladding animates walls throughout the Creative Centre teaching space, which London studio Tate+Co has created for York St John University in England. The building, located at the heart of the inner-city campus in York, provides the university with teaching facilities for its music and computer science departments.

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Architizer

MAY 4, 2023

With varying colors and textures depending on the type of clay, terracotta is now produced in a vast array of shapes, styles and varieties. Shildan has become known for its rainscreens and terracotta products, which bring iconic and energy-efficient building façades to life.

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Materials Architecture Education Glass 104

Deezen

DECEMBER 8, 2023

This roundup of projects includes houses that can expand and contract to resolve urban overpopulation and a building constructed using artificial intelligence. The modules can be assembled in various combinations to accommodate all types of vendors and create variety within the space.

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Students Project Architecture Contract 101

Architizer

JANUARY 16, 2023

The project is located on a trapezoidal section on the edge of the campus of Inner Mongolia Normal University. Inner Mongolia Normal University Sculpture Research Center，Pengju Zhang Gallery. The post Inner Mongolia Normal University Sculpture Research Center，Pengju Zhang appeared first on Journal.

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aasarchitecture

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Thammasat is a long-established university in Thailand, formerly named “The University of Moral and Political Sciences”. Dr. Puey Ungphakorn, the 10th chancellor of Thammasat university. This project was initiated in 2016 in the occasion of 100thanniversary birthday of Prof.

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Architect Consulting Roofing Engineering 72

Deezen

MARCH 8, 2023

Promotion: architectural cladding brand Cupa Pizarras has developed a slate cladding system named Cupaclad, which is designed to showcase the material's aesthetic quality while improving a building's insulation. According to Cupa Pizarras, the rainscreen cladding method increases the building's thermal and sound insulation.

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Nature Roofing Exterior Safety 99

Deezen

OCTOBER 17, 2022

American architecture studio Gensler has completed a resilient and technologically advanced sports arena in Austin , Texas that has a wooden canopy and roof that moves depending on the type of event. The building sits underneath a vernacular wooden canopy. John Houser described the facility as "two buildings in one".

Civil Engineering 110

Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering Technology 110

The Spaces

JANUARY 17, 2023

While today’s student digs can often leave a lot to be desired, in the 1950s, French architect and designer Jean Prouvé was raising the bar for university residencies through mass-production. This urgent need for housing prompted institutions to seek innovative and experimental solutions for equipping university residences.

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