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Renzo Piano Building Workshop puts the finishing touches on 600 W. 125th residential tower for Columbia University

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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. 125th Street off-campus Harlem housing project for Columbia University in collaboration with CetraRuddy. The construction has been engineered to meet LEED v4.0

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space perspective finishes building largest travel capsule ‘excelsior’ for flights out of earth

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now that building the spaceflight capsule excelsior has concluded, space perspective is preparing to take it out of earth for test flights, in time for commercial space travel in 2025.

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The Art of Building Better: How Sustainable Technologies Can Reshape Construction

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Poor surface preparation has a direct impact on the long-term performance and appearance of façade finishes. These failures typically manifest in the form of peeling, blistering, and cracking, which diminish a building's appearance and compromise structural integrity.

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BetteAnti-Slip Sense finishes by Bette

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This iteration of the BetteAnti-Slip Sense finish builds upon the benefits of the original treatment launched in 2022 , retaining its water-activated technology and applying it to a greater range of sanitaryware. The post BetteAnti-Slip Sense finishes by Bette appeared first on Dezeen.

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Clouds AO wraps a Fukuoka building in satin-finished stainless steel

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Brought to you by: Architect: Clouds Architecture Office Location: Hakata Ward, City of Fukuoka, Japan Completion Date: December 2022 View More Project Info Japanese startup and developer Zero-Ten sought to create The post Clouds AO wraps a Fukuoka building in satin-finished stainless steel appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Exterior finishes of Gehry's Warner Bros. Second Century expansion nearly complete

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Just north of the SR-134 Freeway in Burbank, vertical construction is all but finished for the Warner Bros. Second Century expansion, and exterior finishes are climbing the hulking concrete buildings. Now, as seen through new photos, the exterior finishes of the Warner Bros.

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Schemata Architects embraces rough material finishes for gallery in Seoul

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The rough finishes of an existing concrete and brick structure are contrasted by white exhibition spaces at Arario Gallery in Seoul , completed by Japanese studio Schemata Architects. The gallery is located at the rear of the Space Group Building, a modernist icon in South Korea that houses the Arario Museum.

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