Archinect

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The incident began on the night of Thursday, February 22nd, and though the cause has not been definitively established, early reporting has suggested that the building’s cladding may have played a part in the disaster. Valencia is reeling from a fatal fire at an apartment complex in the Spanish city. Related.

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ArchDaily

DECEMBER 6, 2023

© Dave Burk architects: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Location: Campanile Rd, Houston, TX 77005, United States Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Dave Burk Photographs: Lucas Blair Simpson Area: 251400.0 ft2 Read more »

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designboom

APRIL 13, 2023

engineer sergii gordieiev and his team recycle discarded bicycle parts to create a custom bike with square wheels from scratch. The post engineer builds custom bike with square wheels using discarded bicycle parts appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

MARCH 19, 2024

Chinese state-owned construction contractor will build China’s largest soccer park in Guangzhou on the site where struggling Chinese property developer China Evergrande Group was supposed to build its soccer stadium. The site was originally meant for a 100,000-seat stadium designed by Gensler.

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Deezen

MARCH 17, 2023

Continuing our Timber Revolution series, we look at the Tamedia Office Building by Shigeru Ban – Switzerland's first seven-storey mass-timber structure that was barely legal at the time of its completion in 2013. And engineers were incredulous that such a large wooden structure could function without steel connections."

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

APA – THE ENGINEERED WOOD ASSOCIATION Multifamily Housing Engineered wood’s combination of benefits—from beauty and versatility to sustainability and strength—has made it a popular material for commercial projects such as mixed-use buildings, low-rise office structures and even eight-story mass-timber high rises.

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designboom

JUNE 28, 2023

The post mimicking the mechanics of a tank, engineer builds custom ‘wheelless’ bike appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. sergii's bike may not reach high speeds, but it's guaranteed to turn heads!

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Archinect

MAY 17, 2023

Using Epic Games’ powerful game engine Unreal Engine 5, the entire original master plan for the radical early 1960s scheme has been constructed, marking a significant expansion on the realized segment situated in Montreal , Canada. If we could reinvent the apartment building to offer the quality.

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

© Kevin Siyuan architects: Kyoob Architects Location: 100 Jurong East Street 21, Singapore Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Kevin Siyuan Area: 33682.0 m2 Read more »

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designboom

JANUARY 21, 2022

the three engineers are building a cleaner and more efficient system for transporting freight across the united states. The post former spaceX engineers raise $50M to build autonomous freight trains appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Secrets of a structural engineer 0 dbarista Fri, 09/08/2023 - 11:54 Engineers Walter P Moore's Scott Martin, PE, LEED AP, DBIA, offers tips and takeaways for young—and veteran—structural engineers in the AEC industry. Below is a summary of the presentation “Secrets of a Structural Engineer” that I gave to the students.

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Archinect

APRIL 10, 2024

calls for an individual “responsible for the technical innovation, integration, documentation, and execution of the architectural and engineering design intent.” The role, based in Washington, D.C.,

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The Architect's Newsletter

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The post SOM’s new engineering building for Rice University features a veil of brick and cast stone modules appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper. Brought to you by: Architect: SOM Completion Date: November 2023 Location: Houston View More Project Info Rice University recently announced the completion of a new research facility.

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ArchDaily

JANUARY 8, 2024

© Tianpei Zeng architects: China Construction Science and Industry Corprotation LTD architects: FORWARD STUDIO architects: Jianxue Architecture and Engineering Design Institute CO. LTD Location: Longgang, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Tianpei Zeng Area: 6181.0 m2 Read more »

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ArchDaily

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Huizhen High School by Approach Design Studio - Zhejiang University of Technology Engineering Design Group Co.,Ltd_Huizhen Ltd_Huizhen High School by Approach Design Studio. The announcement follows the final day of WAF, in which prize winners across all 44 categories competed for the winning titles.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Concluding the 2023 World Architecture Festival in Singapore is the announcement of the prestigious World Building of the Year award , which went to Huizhen High School by Approach Design Studio and Zhejiang University of Technology Engineering Design Group.

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aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 7, 2023

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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World Architecture Community

JANUARY 7, 2024

O’Connor Building for Engineering and Science, located in the heart of the historic core campus. Rice University recently announced the opening of its latest research facility, the Ralph S. Designed by SOM, the Ööâ,âââ-sq.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The federal government wants to build a massive system of storm surge gates and seawalls to protect the New York harbor region from flooding and has put forth a much-delayed plan that would remake coastal areas from upper Manhattan down to Jamaica Bay. The New York District, North Atlantic Division of the U.S.

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designboom

MAY 7, 2022

MIT engineers are taking to nature to study its structures and translate them into wooden buildings. The post MIT engineers use discarded tree forks to build wooden structures appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) is progressing towards the completion of its new 600 W. Thornton Tomasetti is in charge of delivering the building’s facade system. The construction has been engineered to meet LEED v4.0 Greene Science Center, Lenfest Center f.

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Archinect

JANUARY 18, 2024

Thanks to this cooperation, in the end, not only the Control building serving the flood gate and ship lock, but also the bridge crossing the dam and the reinforced concrete structure itself could become an arch.

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Deezen

AUGUST 5, 2022

An exposed steel structure and perforated copper cladding bring an industrial feel to The Dyson Building at Gresham's School in Norfolk, designed by architecture studio WilkinsonEyre. The new centre for science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) at the independent day and boarding school was made possible by an £18.75

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

via New York Engineers Almost two decades ago, in the downtown corridor of Columbus, Ohio, the century-old landmarked Lazarus Building underwent an extensive renovation to save the department store and restore it to its former glory. Sixty million dollars went into its restoration and transformation into a retail and office complex.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion 0 qpurcell Thu, 09/28/2023 - 10:37 Office Buildings IMEG's Edwin Dean, Joe Gulden, and Doug Sweeney, share seven key focuses for structural engineers when planning office-to-residential conversions. faces a housing deficit of 3.8 million units.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Moss Structural Engineers and the Toronto Metropolitan University announce the winners of its now-returned, in-person, annual TimberFever student design-build competition. He added, "I wanted to give students the opportunity to work with tools, learn about wood, and introduce collaboration between engineers and architects."

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

degrees Celsius at noon, and has the potential to reduce a mid-rise apartment building's yearly carbon emissions by 10 percent. The technology was developed by a research team at the University of Maryland , led by Distinguished University Professor Liangbing Hu in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.

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BD+C

APRIL 21, 2023

The Role of Engineered Wood in Sustainable Structures 1 kcichowicz Fri, 04/21/2023 - 11:23 Sustainability in construction is becoming more important as society moves towards a more sustainable future. Learn about engineered wood’s key role as a green building solution. How Do We Compare Building Materials?

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

To honor its rich past and prepare for a bright future, the school building underwent a comprehensive renovation and expansion. Brickwork with concrete window frames adorns the main building, while tall, concrete elements define the two building wings. The prestigious St.

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Archinect

MAY 12, 2023

OMA , along with Circlewood, a coalition of architects, engineers, builders, and researchers, have developed a modular wood system to build a variety of schools in Amsterdam. This project aims to support the city’s goal to halve the use of primary raw materials by 2030 and become fully circular by 2050.

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BD+C

JUNE 1, 2021

Georgia Southern’s new $60 million, 140,625-sf Engineering and Research Building has completed construction. The building was designed to facilitate academic and institutional partnerships, inspire creative engineering, and accelerate academic success for students in the College of Engineering and Computing.

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Archinect

MAY 10, 2023

UC San Diego has hosted the tallest full-scale seismic building test on an earthquake simulator. The 10-story building, made of cross-laminated timber, was tested on what the organizers say is the world’s largest outdoor shake table.

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Deezen

MAY 5, 2022

The system combines generative design and robotic fabrication to allow tree forks – the pieces of wood where a trunk or branch splits into two – to be used as the Y-shaped nodes that connect straight building elements. Many iconic buildings built in the past two decades have unexpected shapes," she said.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Researchers from the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering have published details of a new material that can auto-regulate its environment by changing its infrared colors and liquid-solid state. ” Image courtesy University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering.

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e-architect

JANUARY 7, 2022

Max Fordham Engineers, Architects, Architecture, Studio, Projects, Structural Designs, News. Max Fordham Engineering. Contemporary Buildings + Structures Office News. ” – state this British engineering practice. . ” – state this British engineering practice. Max Fordham Engineering News.

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Archinect

MAY 25, 2023

Famous historic sites, low-income apartments and Twitter's headquarters all appear on a previously unpublished draft list of 3,407 concrete buildings in San Francisco that may be at high risk of collapse in a major earthquake, according to a copy of a city government document obtained by NBC News through a public records request. Current U.S.

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Bustler

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The UK’s Institution of Structural Engineers has announced the winners of the Structural Awards 2022, which seeks to celebrate the role of structural engineers in sustainability, social impact, innovation, and ingenuity. Ten projects were honored, comprising two Supreme Award winners and eight shortlisted works.

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