Deezen

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Dutch architecture firm Powerhouse Company has used cross-laminated timber to construct an off-grid office building that floats on water. Floating Office Rotterdam is a three-storey building floating in Rotterdam's Rijnhaven. The building is constructed on a pontoon of 15 "concrete barges". Photo is by Sebastian van Damme.

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e-architect

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The 23-storey mixed-use building, MVRDV’s first completed project on the west coast of the United States, is part of a masterplan that creates the wholly new neighbourhood “Mission Rock” overlooking San Francisco Bay. MVRDV’s residential complex The Canyon on San Francisco’s waterfront is complete.

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Building Masterplanning Structural Engineering Landscape 74

The Arch Insider

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Planning to build your career as an architect? Architecture is an amalgamation of design, engineering, and technology. If one is choosing architecture as a career, one would essentially be responsible for planning, designing, and overseeing the construction of a building. within the buildings.

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The Arch Insider

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Planning to build your career as an architect? Architecture is an amalgamation of design, engineering, and technology. If one is choosing architecture as a career, one would essentially be responsible for planning, designing, and overseeing the construction of a building. within the buildings.

Building 52

Building Architect Estimating Client 52

Deezen

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Snøhetta created an 8,000 square feet (743 square metres) building for the museum, as well as adjoining outdoor spaces that connect the museum's Heritage Park to the street. "As The project includes the addition of a gallery and office building, as well as the further development of the museum's outdoor greenspace.

Civil Engineering 130

Civil Engineering Contractor Engineering Engineering 130

Deezen

JULY 10, 2022

Neubau was approached by St Mary's Junior School for girls to transform the 1970s greenhouse into a specialised lab for teaching classes in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Client: St Mary's School Cambridge. Structural engineer: Simple Works. Main contractor: M.G.Monk.

Building 102

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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.

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Deezen

JANUARY 21, 2024

Alongside the main worship space on the first floor, which is named the Sea Chapel, the building contains two smaller prayer spaces. It is illuminated by a skylight that projects from the southeastern side of the building. This rooftop space can be accessed independently of the building using an external spiral stair made of metal.

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Engineering Engineering Glass Windows 137

Deezen

AUGUST 12, 2022

Polycarbonate walls and a row of tall window boxes bring diffused sunlight into the Iowa City Public Works building by US firm Neumann Monson Architects. The low-lying building is located just south of Iowa City's downtown district, near a recreational area and a future housing development. Contractor: Merit Construction.

Building 105

Building Architect Civil Engineering Exterior 105

aasarchitecture

MARCH 13, 2024

Marga Klompé Building, designed by Powerhouse Company, is the first college building in Europe to be entirely constructed from solid wood. The building accommodates a foyer, 1 auditorium, 13 lecture halls, and self-study spaces for approximately 1,000 students.

Building 52

Building Consulting Utilities Sustainability 52

Deezen

JANUARY 29, 2024

The new rooms were raised up from the ground The house reminded the client of a trio of modernist villas in Sardinia, which he had admired since childhood stays at his family's vacation home on the Mediterranean island. The original intention had been to give the building a wood frame. The photography is by Filippo Romano.

Home 139

Home Renovation Structural Engineering Regulation 139

Deezen

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Piil was designed to blend in with a surrounding forest The studio chose to construct the 19-square-metre building from a metal frame with timber cladding to create an organic feel alongside the nearby woodland. White-washed oak clads the interior Inside, the building was "conceived as a large piece of joinery".

Structural Engineering 140

Structural Engineering Site Client Clients 140

aasarchitecture

MAY 8, 2024

The hospital consists of two distinct buildings and compromises new-build mental health facilities, provides a range of adult inpatient wards along with adult and children’s outpatient services, Recovery College, teaching facilities and support services. Source by C.F. Møller Architects. Møller Architects Landscape: C.F.

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e-architect

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Photos © studiohanswilschut CasaNova Rotterdam Tower Building News The Muse and CasaNova In the wake of the economic crisis, Barcode Architects took the initiative in 2013 to develop a tower on the Wijnhaven 69 plot, where The Muse now stands. As light changes, the strong relief in the stone constantly gives the building a new look.

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Building Roofing Safety Residential 82

Deezen

MARCH 21, 2024

When not staying at the house, the clients rent it out. Roughly rectangular in plan, the house sits on a gently sloping site and was built atop the footprint of a former building. A primary goal for the team was to create a low-impact home that merges with its natural setting, both day and night.

Housing 119

Housing Exterior Engineering Engineering 119

Deezen

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Read: Wurck designs underwater parking garage for 7,000 bicycles in Amsterdam Visitors can enter the hub on their bicycles via ramps on the eastern and western sides of the building, or via staircases towards the centre. Rounded edges and flowing lines help create continuous sight lines through the building.

Transportation 130

Transportation Structural Engineering Contractor Site 130

Deezen

APRIL 5, 2024

Local architecture studio Ædifica has created a residential apartment building outside Montreal with an interior courtyard and a metal-mesh second skin on the facade. Called Cité Angus II, the structure is part of Technopôle Angus, an urban revitalization project that its developers say is a "full-scale sustainable development".

Housing 120

Housing Residential Exterior Remodeling 120

Deezen

MARCH 26, 2024

Hewitt created a residential tower in Seattle informed by a stack of magazines The 33-storey-high building consists of a glazed tower with four facades of angled planes that rises from a rectangular base clad in brick. Photo is by Tim Rice Photography Mechanical elements were encased in a two-level block on top of the building. "We

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Information Residential Structural Engineering Landscape 142

aasarchitecture

JUNE 15, 2023

Photo © Koichi Torimura By necessity, the detached building housing a two-car garage and guest room is situated on the east side, where the elevation gap is smallest, but the client requested that the main house weave around the difficult site conditions. Source by Takeshi Hirobe Architects.

Architect 105

Architect Structural Engineering Client Clients 105

Deezen

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Helsinki-based JKMM Architects used glulam and black spruce cladding to relate the Chappe Art House to surrounding timber structures in the coastal town of Tammisaari, Finland. It has a glued laminated (glulam) timber structure and was clad in black-stained spruce as a nod to the nearby timber buildings.

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Art Architect Foundation Engineering 128

Deezen

OCTOBER 18, 2022

London studio Crawshaw Architects has transformed a former cow shed in Dorset into a library and office , organised around a wooden, barrel-vaulted arcade that references the client's collection of books on classical Palladian architecture. This plan references classical architectural forms, which are the focus of many of the client's books.

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Architect Structural Engineering Client Clients 105

Dwell

JUNE 30, 2022

A trifecta of buildings from Connect Homes—a main residence, a guesthouse, and a garage—form their new retreat in Sonoma. The client and family live in San Francisco and use the house as a retreat for gatherings and celebrations.

Structural Engineering 124

Structural Engineering Consulting Contractor Home 124

Deezen

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The columns were created using a technique in which concrete is poured into fabric formwork "The hay field is treated as if it were a carpet, draped over the volumes of the residence in a series of berms, allowing the entire building roof to be traversed from the exterior and contributing to the archaeological reading," said the team.

Housing 140

Housing Technique Exterior Consulting 140

Deezen

APRIL 7, 2022

Like other parts of the city, the area is experiencing a lot of new development and building renovations. Local firm In Situ Studio was charged with designing a contemporary residence for a couple – the husband is an electrical engineer, and the wife is a German and history teacher. They opted to raze the old building and start anew.

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Site Housing Structural Engineering Client 144

Deezen

AUGUST 10, 2022

Architectuur Maken acted as main contractor for the project, working with structural engineer Transistor, ecological and landscape advisors from Dutch firm Eelerwoude and the local municipality. Client: Municipality of Tilburg. Contractor: J.A. Structural engineer: Rutger Snoek, Transist-or.

Landscape 111

Landscape Structural Engineering Design Contractor 111

Deezen

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Elliott Architects demolished the main house and relocated the other two structures to start the design with a clean slate. The client was not beholden to the prevailing style of houses in the area, most of which are traditional, vernacular, New England wood-framed structures," the studio said. "He

Housing 144

Housing Architect Civil Engineering Engineering 144

Dwell

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Balancing a tight budget and brief, the clients tasked Unknown Works with adding space for their young family’s creative pursuits, ensuring the layout could be adapted for hosting parties and intimate family gatherings. Unknown Works chose to use cross-laminated timber (CLT) as a flexible, cost-effective, sustainable building technology.

Remodeling 111

Remodeling Structural Engineering Client Clients 111

aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Guided by the landscape setting and the monumental atmosphere of the site, the building complements the serenity of this vast memorial. KAAN Architecten chose to place the new building at a respectful distance from the monumental ensemble, maintaining the original plan for the site and preserving its peaceful atmosphere.

Civil Engineering 59

Civil Engineering Structural Engineering Engineering Engineering 59

aasarchitecture

APRIL 3, 2024

The Hope Center & Berkeley Way Apartments are two distinct 6 story buildings joined visually by interlocking facade motifs and welcoming, light-filled ground floor spaces that are woven together reflecting two parts of a greater whole.

Civil Engineering 59

Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering Structural Engineering 59

e-architect

APRIL 18, 2023

This relationship is most effective when the architect listens and understands the client’s needs and vice versa to translate into the final design. What was unique about this design and ultimate build was that the clients came to Pedersen Architecture with an interior design and construction background.

Housing 58

Housing Mining Real Estate Contractor 58

Deezen

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The store is located at a restored courtyard house in Beijing FOG Architecture renovated the building to reveal its original architecture, which features triangle-shaped timber roof trusses and series of wooden columns. These roofs were restored with the same grey brick tiles from the original building layered in the same density.

Housing 97

Housing Architecture Restoration Roofing 97

e-architect

JULY 13, 2023

After discovering a series of these abandoned, subterranean bunkers on their land, the client commissioned the architects to convert one into a functioning holiday letting. The brief was to celebrate the enormous historical significance of the structure whilst ensuring a habitable and commercially viable space for the client.

Home 83

Home Client Clients Structural Engineering 83

Deezen

JANUARY 28, 2024

Manna hotel is housed in a former sanatorium for tuberculosis patients The building sits within a fir forest on Mount Mainalo, the tallest peak in the mountainous region. When the sanatorium closed – made obsolete following the introduction of penicillin in 1938 – the building had been emptied to prevent looting.

Zoning 124

Zoning Consulting Roofing Structural Engineering 124

Dwell

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

This proximity challenged the architects to introduce light into the property and provide smoother access to the small garden, without compromising the clients’ privacy. This proximity challenged the architects to introduce light into the property and provide smoother access to the small garden, without compromising the clients’ privacy.

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Glass Structural Engineering Contractor Commercial 99

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 Martin Flats Martin Flats, located in Nashville’s Wedgewood Houston neighborhood, offers a new congregate housing model to address the city’s desperate need for attainable housing.

Civil Engineering 52

Civil Engineering Structural Engineering Architecture Contractor 52

aasarchitecture

AUGUST 31, 2023

Photo © Nick McGinn The resulting building, celebrate the congregate housing model’s inherent sense of community. Compact 190-square-foot sleeping suites, shared kitchen & living spaces, and mindful design create a hyper-efficient and economic project.

Civil Engineering 52

Civil Engineering Structural Engineering Contractor Engineering 52

DesignScape Architects

APRIL 17, 2023

Whether you are designing a traditional home or your interests lie in large scale commercial buildings, you will find many different people involved in the construction process. From building contractors, civil engineers, and even interior designers — we’re here to help you find out exactly who works with an architect.

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