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The looming Federal Government shutdown could impinge on infrastructure projects for years

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A stop-work on October 1st would exacerbate the industry's sustained backlog of infrastructure builds and threatens to imperil important areas in the now two-year-old Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that are, in many cases, tethered to a multilayered compendium of different funding sources.

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This Japanese housing project utilizes regenerative architecture to support its natural surrounding environment

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has designed a sustainable residence noted for its positive impact on the surrounding environment. It combines traditional Japanese civil engineering with contemporary technology. Japanese regenerative architectural design studio tono Inc.

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SOM-designed "Breathing" bank headquarters opens in Shenzhen

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The structure responds to the region’s tropical climate through a series of biophilic and sustainable design solutions. SOM's work on this project included architecture, mechanical, electrical and plumbing, structural, and civil engineering.

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Rice University by SOM new engineering and science building opens

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O’Connor Building for Engineering and Science is now open. News & World Report and the O’Connor Building will only elevate this standing. “We looked beyond the boundaries of the building to transform a core location on this important, historic campus,” said SOM Design Principal Javier Arizmendi.

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TVK designs limestone buildings for "first zero-carbon district" in Paris

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French architecture practice TVK has completed a neighbourhood in Paris made up of limestone buildings surrounding a garden and designed as a sustainable development that aims to increase biodiversity. We chose to use mainly limestone from the Paris region – it's the same one used to build the Haussmann buildings."

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HGA creates two mass-timber buildings for Bowdoin College in Maine

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Design studio HGA has completed a pair of educational facilities , Mills Hall and Gibbons Center, that are among the first "commercially scaled mass-timber buildings" in the state of Maine. Both buildings also have mass timber frames, wooden interior finishes and brick facades.

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Kendeda Building: A Model of Sustainable Design by The Miller Hull Partnership

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The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design – The Kendeda Building was created to foster environmental education, research, and a public forum for community outreach. As the first Living Building of its kind in the Southeast US, the project sets a new standard for sustainability. Budget: 10M – 50M.