Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Inaba Williams Architects has completed two white-stucco-clad houses in Santa Monica Brooklyn-based practice Inaba Williams Architects followed strategies laid out in Title 24 – California's Building Energy Efficiency Standards – to create net-zero emissions houses "better suited to our future climate conditions".

Civil Engineering 132

Civil Engineering Exterior Glass Windows 132

Deezen

MAY 22, 2023

Daniel Joseph Chenin designed the house in the Las Vegas desert Named Fort 137, "the building pays homage to the old fort structures from the early settlement days of Las Vegas, which relied upon site-sourced materials along with tried-and-true techniques for designing and building in an arid climate," the team told Dezeen.

Housing 111

Housing Building Civil Engineering Structural Engineering 111

Deezen

APRIL 9, 2024

Jun Mitsui & Associates and Pelli Clarke & Partners have converted a grocery store into a sake brewery The site contains three buildings – the brewery, housed in the shell of a former Stop & Shop grocery store, a small rice polishing building and a wastewater treatment facility.

Civil Engineering 133

Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering Windows 133

Deezen

JANUARY 16, 2023

LA studio Kevin Daly Architecture has created a headquarters for a Houston foundation that has a latticed canopy suspended over a white building that was created using steel and cross-laminated timber. Floor-to-ceiling windows and clerestories allow for passive lighting. It has cross-laminated timber structural elements.

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Building Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering 103

Deezen

MAY 11, 2022

These teams are highly specialized in extreme conditions that include rappelling down buildings, navigating collapsed structures, and even deploying for underwater rescue operations. The building serves as the elite unit's headquarters, where the firefighters sleep, train, and coordinate their operations. Landscape architect: SCAPE.

Civil Engineering 111

Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering Consulting 111

Deezen

APRIL 14, 2024

HGX Design created the house to host the owner's visiting family and it now stands as the main dwelling on the 35-acre property, which is dotted with agricultural buildings and another residence. Floor-to-ceiling windows line the majority of the exterior, with the remainder clad in a vertical cedar siding.

Housing 121

Housing Civil Engineering Consulting Design 121

Deezen

JANUARY 24, 2022

American firm Frederick Fisher and Partners has completed a trio of hilltop buildings for a California school that was partly destroyed by a wildfire. The project is a trio of hilltop buildings. The buildings are interspersed with walkways and gardens. Large windows offer views from the dining hall.

Building 98

Building Civil Engineering Students Consulting 98

Deezen

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Four buildings were designed to complement the existing structures – California modern-style buildings with stucco walls and splashes of colour – and the woodland environment. All of the buildings feature concrete podiums, which support load-bearing timber walls. It also added a square at the building's primary entry.

Consulting 132

Consulting Civil Engineering Structural Engineering Residential 132

Deezen

JANUARY 11, 2023

West of West has completed a concrete office complex in eastern Austin , Texas with flexible workspaces, community amenities and public greenspaces between buildings that reinterpret the neighbourhood's industrial context. acres and was inspired by the visual language of the neighbouring warehouses such as punched windows and linear massing.

Civil Engineering 105

Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering Exterior 105

Deezen

APRIL 18, 2022

White siding and a curvy aluminium screen make up the exterior of a residential building in Los Angeles designed by American firm Brooks + Scarpa. Located on the edge of the city's Valley Village neighbourhood, the Magnolia Hill Apartments building occupies a corner site that formerly held a gas station.

Civil Engineering 111

Civil Engineering Exterior Engineering Engineering 111

Deezen

JUNE 15, 2022

American studio Marlon Blackwell Architects has completed a series of asymmetrical, angular buildings for an Arkansas school backed by the founders of retail giant Walmart. The photo shows Wheels Science and Fabrication Building. The Wheels Science and Fabrication Building is dedicated to bicycle repair and construction.

Building 98

Building Architecture Civil Engineering Restoration 98

Deezen

JULY 21, 2022

Architecture studio SPF Architects has completed a sports facility in Los Angeles consisting of two separate buildings that were built using pre-engineered metal structures in order to not disrupt activity at the site. SPF Architects designed atheletic buildings for the Michelle and Barack Obama Sports Complex.

Engineering 111

Engineering Engineering Structure Architect 111

Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Composed of three distinct buildings – a main house, guesthouse and writer's studio – the project was designed for a California-based couple who manage an independent record label. Each building responds to its immediate setting. The other two buildings are tucked within the woods and feel more intimate.

Structure 128

Structure Architect Civil Engineering Client 128

aasarchitecture

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Located at number 1819 Pico Boulevard, one of the most important streets in the Californian city of Santa Monica, is a building of 48 homes designed by the architecture studio Brooks + Scarpa. more than 8x more efficient than typical similar buildings who average 59 pEUI. Source by Brooks + Scarpa. 4850 sqm), 49 units (0.57

Civil Engineering 52

Civil Engineering Housing Engineering Engineering 52

Deezen

JANUARY 4, 2022

The pavilions were designed as square and rectangular buildings with exterior walls that are angled inwards at their base. Large vaulted arches on the sides of the buildings provide views from the interior across to the parkland. Vaulted arches were fitted with large windows. Photo is by Chad Baumer.

Events 126

Events Civil Engineering Exterior Consulting 126

Deezen

MARCH 1, 2022

Architecture firm Brooks + Scarpa has created a North Hollywood apartment building that prioritises social areas over private space and includes units for low-income tenants. The quarter-hectare site, which stretches along Camarillo Street, was formerly occupied by a small office building. The white exterior increases natural light.

Housing 105

Housing Civil Engineering Exterior Engineering 105

aasarchitecture

JULY 7, 2023

Northview Apartments eschews the typical neighborhood defensive apartment buildings with solid walls and fences in favor of a carved-out central court, a beacon in the neighborhood that celebrates social space by de-emphasizing private space. A two-story trellis above provides shade and dappled light to the LEED Platinum building.

Civil Engineering 59

Civil Engineering Landscape Exterior Engineering 59

Deezen

JANUARY 13, 2023

The architects attempted to retain some of the original industrial qualities while retrofitting the structure and adding an additional building to the complex. The client's eagerness to embrace the raw industrial nature is significant because there are moments throughout the building where you can really witness its history.".

Civil Engineering 111

Civil Engineering Renovation Engineering Engineering 111

Deezen

APRIL 6, 2023

On the tower's top floor, a public hall with double-height windows provides panoramic views of the city and acts as a beacon that can be seen from afar. The 2,110-square-metre building has arched ceilings and red brickwork on the exterior facades and interior floors and walls. The museum's highest point is 33.8

Architect 142

Architect Consulting Civil Engineering Engineering 142

e-architect

DECEMBER 24, 2022

A family home unites the demands of an extensive program with hierarchy, plasticity, natural light, views, blurring of interior/exterior space and a unique connection to the natural landscape. Building elements are organized into attached/detached pavilions based on program, hierarchy of structure and levels of privacy.

Home 94

Home Civil Engineering Utilities Engineering 94

Deezen

JUNE 21, 2023

In Situ Studio designed the 1,158-square foot (108-square metre) welcome building for the large park that surrounds the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA). Designed to be a quiet backdrop to the existing landscape, the low, simple building has a broad, thin roof that curves gently and creates a shaded vantage point across the park.

Roofing 97

Roofing Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering 97

aasarchitecture

MAY 24, 2024

Creating a Sense of Place Drawing on Franklin & Marshall College’s motto Lux et Lex the new building for the Art, Art History, and Film Department is conceived as ‘light’ in complementary/contrast to the ‘heavy’ exemplary brick architecture of the 1856 ‘Old Main’ original campus building.

Visualization 52

Visualization Art Architect Consulting 52

Deezen

JULY 31, 2022

Built as a second home for a family of four, the building sits on a ribbon of land between a golf course and Copake Lake in Upstate New York. The team designed a home that not only minimised disturbance to the trees, but capitalised on them to improve the building's energy use and ambience. Windows provide framed views.

Roofing 111

Roofing Housing Civil Engineering Restoration 111

Deezen

AUGUST 21, 2023

A Cold War-era building designed to withstand nuclear blasts is among the structures that have been renovated by Elkus Manfredi Architects at the newly established Children's National Research & Innovation Campus. In the 1970s, an extension was added to the south side of the building. The 12-acre (4.8-hectare)

Renovation 98

Renovation Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering 98

e-architect

OCTOBER 18, 2023

photo © Tim Griffith Construction has been completed on a new LMN designed classroom building located on a central site along Library Mall. The 90,000 SFT project is the first dedicated classroom building to be built on campus since 1967, offering 2,000 seats of instructional space across a variety of contemporary learning environments.

Students 106

Students Civil Engineering Real Estate Contemporary 106

Deezen

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Morphosis chose to wrap the structure in a sculptural facade of white, glazed-terracotta panelling punctuated at points by windows that brings light into the galleries. This level also includes the entry lobby with a mezzanine and the large, window-lit atrium. Windows bring light into the atrium. Structural engineer: John A.

Art 119

Art Civil Engineering Contract Engineering 119

Deezen

APRIL 19, 2022

American firm CookFox Architects has completed a pair of tall, connected buildings with gridded facades for a Williamsburg site that once held an iconic sugar factory. The towers are a pair of tall, connected buildings. One South First holds residential units, while the other building contains office space.

Masterplanning 98

Masterplanning Civil Engineering Residential Engineering 98

aasarchitecture

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

This housing model allowed the developers and long-term building owners to achieve their affordable goals with 100% private funding. Photo © Nick McGinn The project also offers multiple ground-floor live-work units, each with direct access to Humphreys Street, spurring pedestrian interaction and street activation. Source by HASTINGS.

Civil Engineering 52

Civil Engineering Structural Engineering Architecture Contractor 52

aasarchitecture

JULY 20, 2022

Large interior windows establish visual interaction between the multi-storey atrium and its adjacent services. The building also introduces 3C operation service system, deeply integrating commercial and office operations with full consideration to the practicality and connectivity of public spaces. Image © CLOU. Image © CLOU.

Renovation 52

Renovation Civil Engineering Zoning Commercial 52

aasarchitecture

JUNE 8, 2023

Walker Hall is an adaptive reuse of a 1927 building at the core of the University of California, Davis campus. The project transformed a vacant, seismically unsafe building into a graduate and professional student center with meeting rooms, a lecture hall, and sophisticated active-learning classrooms that serve the entire campus.

Architect 52

Architect Civil Engineering Students Estimating 52

Dwell

MAY 12, 2023

The exterior facade is clad in glazed spruce wood— the same type of timber used on traditional Swiss barns. Operable windows are concealed behind wooden shutters, while generous fixed glazing is fronted by wooden sliding doors that provide sun protection and privacy. The building responds to the topography of the site.

Home 52

Home IT Civil Engineering Roofing 52

Dwell

JUNE 15, 2023

The bush-hammered concrete walls form the primary structure, define the exterior, and delineate the zones within. Operable windows on either side of the pavilion provide for excellent cross ventilation whilst hard wearing, raw materials are used throughout, ensuring the house ages gracefully and requires little maintenance.

IT 52

IT Home Civil Engineering Exterior 52

e-architect

MAY 31, 2023

These engineering features act to split the building in half and separate the spaces acoustically. “To The site also provided the opportunity to utilize the topography for the outdoor amphitheater at the back of the building, which looks out toward the trees and pond.

Engineering 92

Engineering Engineering Civil Engineering Utilities 92

Architizer

AUGUST 5, 2022

SMUD Headquarters Rehabilitation – Dreyfuss + Blackford designed the SMUD Headquarters building in the late-1950s and was commissioned 60 years later to renovate and rehabilitate the entire facility inside and out. In addition, the building wings were isolated from each other, discouraging open communication between departments.

Building 53

Building Contract Engineering Engineering 53

e-architect

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Comprised of a series of utilitarian, simple form buildings with a repetitive vertical rhythm, the home’s elongated footprint is reminiscent of the long, low-lying characteristics of agricultural buildings that dot the surrounding regional landscape.

Structural Engineering 76

Structural Engineering Civil Engineering Residential Engineering 76

aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 12, 2021

This 19-unit mixed-use multi-family building includes three stories of flats and double-height mezzanine loft apartments, as well as 1600 square feet of retail on the ground floor. Exterior walkways eliminate the need for climate-controlled circulation, while allowing for cross ventilation and ample daylight from a multitude of directions.

Civil Engineering 52

Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering Structural Engineering 52

aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 12, 2021

This 19-unit mixed-use multi-family building includes three stories of flats and double-height mezzanine loft apartments, as well as 1600 square feet of retail on the ground floor. Exterior walkways eliminate the need for climate-controlled circulation, while allowing for cross ventilation and ample daylight from a multitude of directions.

Civil Engineering 52

Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering Structural Engineering 52