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From Surfboards to Shelter: Surf Block Maui Builds an Alternative to Landfills Out of Styrofoam Waste

Archinect

APRIL 29, 2025

Recently, the practice has been active in rebuilding efforts in Maui following the catastrophic 2023 wildfires that displaced as many as 12,000 people.

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The American Society of Civil Engineers gives New York's infrastructure a C grade in new report

Archinect

JULY 26, 2022

The New York chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has released its 2022 Report Card for New York Infrastructure , issuing the state's infrastructure an overall grade of C. The rating is a slight improvement from its 2015 grade of C-.

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AI can be used to predict infrastructure damage, researchers find

Archinect

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Led by Ali Behnood, assistant professor of civil engineering, the research stems from the university’s NextGen Infrastructure Lab which explores how recycled materials , renewable resources, and alternative construction materials can create a new generation of sustainable, resilient infrastructure.

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Corrugated House / monotrum

ArchDaily

MARCH 10, 2024

& The project is to renovate a structure made of corrugated pipe, a civil engineering material, Completed in 2023 in Japan. Images by Yoshiro Masuda. Hotel in renovated house made of corrugated pipes.&

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Take a look at Reiser+Umemoto's completed Kaohsiung Port Terminal

Archinect

JUNE 1, 2024

Image courtesy Fei & Cheng Associates The firm explains: “RUR’s work with 3D Urbanism comes from a long-standing set of explorations challenging the monofunctionally of infrastructure projects which are traditionally conceived and designed to do a single task well, much in the vein of civil engineering.

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NASA explores potential for green roofs to lower temperatures in cities

Archinect

MAY 30, 2022

Related on Archinect: 10 green rooftop spaces we liked this week “As cities grow and develop, they need to make good decisions about their infrastructure, because these decisions often last for 30 or 50 years or longer,” said Christian Braneon, a climate scientist and civil engineer at Columbia University and co-author of the study.

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Innovations and Potential of CPC Panels in Decarbonizing Concrete Construction: Interview with Josef Kurath

ArchDaily

OCTOBER 20, 2023

ArchDaily interviewed Professor Josef Kurath from the Department of Architecture Design and Civil Engineering at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), who collaborated with CPC Construction in developing these concrete panels.

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Cal Poly Pomona students win big at Sustainability Decathlon with 'Roots House'

Archinect

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Named Roots House, the recently sold market-ready home is the culmination of three semesters of work by more than 100 students along with faculty advisors CPP Civil Engineering Professor Sunai Kim and Architecture Professor Juintow Lin.

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The U.S. is about to begin the largest dam removal project in history

Archinect

MARCH 16, 2023

The removals are among the $3 billion worth of dam projects being funded under the new Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, though experts still say it isn’t enough to address the 15,600 dams across the country that are currently classified as “high-hazard potential structures” by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2021. (..)

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Malta's chamber of architects lays out guidelines for development near ancient Megalithic temples

Archinect

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

“As professionals in the field of architecture and engineering, it is imperative that we approach the design and planning of development projects within the buffer zones of UNESCO World Heritage Sites with the utmost care and sensitivity,” the chamber said.

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Grimshaw's new pedestrian bridge opens in Toulouse

Archinect

JULY 9, 2024

Developed alongside ppa.architecture as part of a consortium led by French civil engineering construction company Eiffage, which included Ingérop, ATP, and Quartiers Lumières, the bridge is one of four that will connect the Île du Ramier and the city.

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SOM-designed "Breathing" bank headquarters opens in Shenzhen

Archinect

JANUARY 4, 2022

SOM's work on this project included architecture, mechanical, electrical and plumbing, structural, and civil engineering. SOM was commissioned by Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank in 2012 to design a new headquarters that merges its past with its vision for the future.

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

Archinect

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

“Most projects these days have lots of different funding sources, they maybe have local and state and federal, maybe a private component, maybe an authority,” the President of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Maria Lehman, explained to Construction Dive this week.

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5468796 Architecture adds "floating" office floor within preserved pumphouse

Deezen

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Project credits: Landscape architect: Scatliff + Miller + Murray Structural engineer: Lavergne Draward & Associates Mechanical & electrical Engineer: MCW Consultants Civil engineer: MCW Consultants Surveyor: Barnes & Duncan Building code consultant: GHL Consultants Energy consultant: Footprint The post 5468796 Architecture adds "floating" (..)

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Who Needs Glass? Not This Board-Formed Concrete Retreat in Greece

Dwell

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Project Mingde uses "cascading" roofs on Chinese nursery to recycle rainfall

Deezen

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

First initiated in 2003 by a former student of HKU's engineering department, Professor Nicolas Yeung and his wife Lorene Yeung, Project Mingde develops "social architecture" to tackle poverty, while at the same time giving civil engineering students the chance to work on real-world projects.

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Researchers develop artificial sand that can sequester CO2

Deezen

APRIL 15, 2025

The research team, led by civil engineer Alessandro Rotta Loria , found a way to "grow" sand by injecting CO2 and electricity into seawater. A team of researchers from Northwestern University has developed a "carbon-negative" artificial sand that could replace conventional sand in concrete while permanently storing CO2.

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Dig Studio and Lake Flato revamp Scottsdale Civic Plaza for "increasingly warming world"

Deezen

JANUARY 6, 2025

Project credits: Architectural design: Lake Flato Architects Landscape architect: Dig Studio Civil engineer: Ardurra Structural engineer: Architectural Engineers Collaborative Mechanical engineer: Affiliated Engineers, Inc. The photography is by Alan Karchmer.

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This Australian Home Is Wrapped Entirely in Zinc

Dwell

APRIL 28, 2025

Project Details: Location: Mapleton, Queensland, Australia Architect: Atelier Chen Hung / @ atelierchenhung Footprint: 2,282 square feet Builder: AMBuild Structural Engineer: Westera Partners Civil Engineer: Stantec Landscape Design: BrushBox Design + Ecology Lighting Design: Volker Haug Photographer: David Chatfield From the Architect: "The design (..)

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

Archinect

JULY 10, 2023

It combines traditional Japanese civil engineering with contemporary technology. Image: Rui Nishi Located on the southern Japanese island of Yakushima, Sumu Yakushima applies regenerative architecture to reconceptualize the relationship between human habitation and the natural environment.

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Translucent Panels Top This Airy Retreat Outside São Paulo

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MAY 21, 2025

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Master-planned community set to rise near Austin Tesla factory

Archinect

JANUARY 3, 2022

Brookfield is partnering with Houston-based Hines investment group on the project, and civil engineering firm Consort submitted the plans for the new apartments. Canadian company Brookfield Residential Properties wants to build the homes on vacant land in a 3,200-acre planned community in Southeast Austin called Easton Park.

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Heatherwick Studio and BIG transform flat-roof Swiss solar shingles from barn to bay

The Architect's Newsletter

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Brought to you by: Architect Heatherwick Studio, BIG Location Mountain View, California Completion Date May, 2022 Landscape Architect Olin Structural Engineer Thornton Tomasetti Civil Engineer Sherwood Design Engineers, Arup Civil, [.].

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A Pristine Bay Area Home By a Lloyd Wright Protégé (Somehow) Had Room for Improvement

Dwell

MARCH 10, 2025

Project Details: Location: Palo Alto, California Architect: Schwartz and Architecture / @ schwartzandarchitecture Footprint: 4,115 square feet Builder: Marrone & Marrone Structural Engineer: SWM & Associates Civil Engineer: Triad/Holmes Associates Landscape Design: Boxleaf Design Lighting Design: Loisos + Ubbelohde Interior Design: Sarah Sherman (..)

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This Heavenly Add-On Gives One Sydney Family All the Breathing Room They Need

Dwell

MAY 3, 2023

Project Details: Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Architect: Carla Middleton Architecture / @ carlamiddletonarchitecture Footprint: 1,119 square feet Structural Engineer: ROR Consulting Civil Engineer: Adcar Consulting Civil Engineer: NB Consulting Landscape Design: Studio UC / @ studio_uc_ Soft Furnishings: Pip Casey Interiors Photographer: (..)

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beehive facade screens renovated hotel unit made of corrugated pipes in japan

designboom

MARCH 5, 2024

monotrum redesigns Kenji Kawai’s corrugated house Corrugated House project by monotrum transforms a structure constructed from a corrugated pipe, a civil engineering material, into an accommodation facility.

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They Restored an Abandoned Church and Turned It Into a 30-Unit Apartment Building

Dwell

MARCH 17, 2025

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gmp refurbishes 1969s multi-purpose hall Hyparschale in Magdeburg, Germany

World Architecture Community

JUNE 25, 2024

Constructed in 'Üü based on the designs of Ulrich Müther, a civil engineer, The team of von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects (gmp) has completed the refurbishment of a 'Üüs multi-purpose hall, known as The Hyparschale in Magdeburg, Germany.

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Kevin Daly Architects and PRODUCTORA’s Houston Endowment headquarters will bring net-zero design to Texas

The Architect's Newsletter

JULY 8, 2022

Bellows Civil Engineering Brown & Gay Engineers Structural Engineering Arup Texas [.]. Brought to you by: Architect Kevin Daly Architects; PRODUCTORA Location Houston, Texas Projected Completion October 2022 General Contractor W.S.

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From Sketch to Structure: What Are You Really Paying an Architect For?

Architizer

MAY 12, 2025

Or to ensure a structure that stands firm surely the domain of the civil engineer? To create something beautiful a notion as subjective as it is elusive? To craft a merely functional space when countless templates already exist? And so, the question lingers: what, truly, makes an architect worth the investment?

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This Home in the Czech Republic Feels Holy (and Is Literally Hole-y)

Dwell

MAY 8, 2025

Structural and Civil Engineer: Projekty S+S Landscape Design: Atelier Rouge Photographer: BoysPlayNice / @ boysplaynice From the Designer: " The House Oskar was built by designer Jan Zaloudek for himself and his family.

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Cascading glass wraps mass timber office building in Kirkland by LMN Architects

The Architect's Newsletter

JUNE 17, 2022

Architect LMN Architects Location Kirkland, Washington Occupied 2021 Structural and Civil Engineer Coughlin Porter Lundeen, Inc. Landscape Architect Hewitt Architects Lighting Design Fisher Marantz Stone MEP Engineer Rushing General Contractor [.].

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Frei Otto Building with Nature Book

e-architect

MAY 18, 2025

Photos © Werkarchiv Frei Otto Otto’s forward-thinking approach paved the way for energy-efficient and environmentally conscious architecture long before these ideas became mainstream.

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New Messe Süd by slapa oberholz pszczulny | sop architekten | Trade fair & exhibition buildings

Architonic

OCTOBER 27, 2022

architecture: slapa oberholz pszczulny | sop architekten. interior & design: slapa oberholz pszczulny | sop architekten.

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The Urban Design Forum 2023 Forefront Fellows will explore design's relationship with social and political issues in New York City

Archinect

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

This year's group is made up of architects, urban planners, artists, researchers, civil rights advocates, community leaders, organizers, designers, and civil engineers. View all 33 Forefront Fellows below.

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The Urban Design Forum's 2023 Forefront Fellows will explore design's relationship with social and political issues in New York City

Archinect

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

This year's group is made up of architects, urban planners, artists, researchers, civil rights advocates, community leaders, organizers, designers, and civil engineers. View all 33 Forefront Fellows below.

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Field Architecture clads flowing Sonoma house in copper

Deezen

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Project credits: Lead Architects: Jess Field, AIA, LEED AP, Stan Field, RIBA, SAIA, Assoc.

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Bedrooms Step Directly Out Into a Pool at This Sunken Home in Ojai

Dwell

MARCH 4, 2025

Project Details: Location: Ojai, California Designer: Samantha Mink / @ samanthamink.bodyofwork Footprint: 2,600 square feet Builder: Steve Schneider and Andrew Stasse Structural Engineer: Gordon Polon Civil Engineer: Stantec Landscape Design: Terremoto Landscape with Sushwala Hedding Photographer: Daniel Dorsa / @ danieldorsa From the Designer: "This (..)

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I’m a Jack of All Trades and a Master of None

SW Oregon Architect

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Accordingly, it is not unusual these days for the demands of a project to require a large and diverse group of specialists to complement the architect’s limited skillset. and more.

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The Department of Homeland Security gives landscape architecture STEM designation

The Architect's Newsletter

JULY 13, 2023

STEM-designated fields range from forestry and veterinary anatomy to architecture and civil engineering and now landscape architecture. Yesterday, the U.S.

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A Central Courtyard at This Sierra Nevada Retreat Evokes the Feel of a Campsite

Dwell

JULY 20, 2022

Title 24: Monterey Energy Group Photography: Joe Fletcher / @joefletcherphoto From the Architect: " A San Francisco family asked us to help them expand an existing property near Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

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News: Cal Poly Pomona students win big at Sustainability Decathlon with 'Roots House'

Bustler

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Named Roots House, the recently sold market-ready home is the culmination of three semesters of work by more than 100 students along with faculty advisors CPP Civil Engineering Professor Sunai Kim and Architecture Professor Juintow Lin.

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In Belgium, a Wooden Home Nestled in the Dunes Is Thoughtfully Restored

Dwell

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

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Studio Libeskind unveils social housing that feels "like home" in Brooklyn

Deezen

MAY 24, 2024

Project credits: Architect of record: Studio Libeskind Construction manager/ GC: Lettire Construction Corp Civil engineer: AKRF Structural engineer: LERA Consulting Structural Engineers MEP/FP engineer: FISKAA Engineering Fire alarm consultant: Nazar Engineering P.C.

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From Surfboards to Shelter: Surf Block Maui Builds an Alternative to Landfills Out of Styrofoam Waste

The American Society of Civil Engineers gives New York's infrastructure a C grade in new report

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Corrugated House / monotrum

Take a look at Reiser+Umemoto's completed Kaohsiung Port Terminal

NASA explores potential for green roofs to lower temperatures in cities

Innovations and Potential of CPC Panels in Decarbonizing Concrete Construction: Interview with Josef Kurath

Cal Poly Pomona students win big at Sustainability Decathlon with 'Roots House'

The U.S. is about to begin the largest dam removal project in history

Malta's chamber of architects lays out guidelines for development near ancient Megalithic temples

Grimshaw's new pedestrian bridge opens in Toulouse

SOM-designed "Breathing" bank headquarters opens in Shenzhen

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

5468796 Architecture adds "floating" office floor within preserved pumphouse

Who Needs Glass? Not This Board-Formed Concrete Retreat in Greece

Project Mingde uses "cascading" roofs on Chinese nursery to recycle rainfall

Researchers develop artificial sand that can sequester CO2

Dig Studio and Lake Flato revamp Scottsdale Civic Plaza for "increasingly warming world"

This Australian Home Is Wrapped Entirely in Zinc

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

Translucent Panels Top This Airy Retreat Outside São Paulo

Master-planned community set to rise near Austin Tesla factory

Heatherwick Studio and BIG transform flat-roof Swiss solar shingles from barn to bay

A Pristine Bay Area Home By a Lloyd Wright Protégé (Somehow) Had Room for Improvement

This Heavenly Add-On Gives One Sydney Family All the Breathing Room They Need

beehive facade screens renovated hotel unit made of corrugated pipes in japan

They Restored an Abandoned Church and Turned It Into a 30-Unit Apartment Building

gmp refurbishes 1969s multi-purpose hall Hyparschale in Magdeburg, Germany

Kevin Daly Architects and PRODUCTORA’s Houston Endowment headquarters will bring net-zero design to Texas

From Sketch to Structure: What Are You Really Paying an Architect For?

This Home in the Czech Republic Feels Holy (and Is Literally Hole-y)

Cascading glass wraps mass timber office building in Kirkland by LMN Architects

Frei Otto Building with Nature Book

New Messe Süd by slapa oberholz pszczulny | sop architekten | Trade fair & exhibition buildings

The Urban Design Forum 2023 Forefront Fellows will explore design's relationship with social and political issues in New York City

The Urban Design Forum's 2023 Forefront Fellows will explore design's relationship with social and political issues in New York City

Field Architecture clads flowing Sonoma house in copper

Bedrooms Step Directly Out Into a Pool at This Sunken Home in Ojai

I’m a Jack of All Trades and a Master of None

The Department of Homeland Security gives landscape architecture STEM designation

A Central Courtyard at This Sierra Nevada Retreat Evokes the Feel of a Campsite

News: Cal Poly Pomona students win big at Sustainability Decathlon with 'Roots House'

In Belgium, a Wooden Home Nestled in the Dunes Is Thoughtfully Restored

Studio Libeskind unveils social housing that feels "like home" in Brooklyn

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