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Modu clads Houston building with "self-cooling" exterior

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Brooklyn-based studio Modu has created a building envelope that lowers the ambient air temperature in order to help cool the interior and exterior of this Houston building. Each tenant will be provided with both an interior and exterior space. A bamboo grove will also provide additional shade.

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Secrets of a structural engineer

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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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Mae Architects completes "21st-century almshouse" in Southwark

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It is designed around a courtyard The exterior of Harriet Hardy House is enlivened with areas of textured brickwork at the ground and roof levels, while the balconies are topped by arched concrete lintels. "[The A tower-like volume on the site's southeastern corner is topped with a rooftop terrace. The photography is by Tim Crocker.

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CLB Architects creates trio of "tectonic structures" for Wyoming residence

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The writer's studio and guesthouse are tucked into the woods "Working in concert with the landscape, this dynamic quality further through the building's charred Shou Sugi Ban exterior, tugged and carved to create overhangs and openings." Just west of the home's centre point, the building extends over a lowland creek.

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Jun Mitsui & Associates convert grocery store into sake brewery in Upstate New York

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Partly because the client was a Japanese brewer who mainly makes sake, we also incorporated 'Japanese-ness' into the design." It encompasses three buildings The main brewery building is rectangular, with wide-tin-covered eaves wrapped around its entrance that create a covered walkway along its length.

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This Walden Pond–Inspired Writer’s Studio Holds a Trove of More Than 1,700 Poetry Books

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Eric had worked with this client before and was intrigued by the request to step outside of his preferred design sensibilities and to venture in a seemingly opposite aesthetic direction. Once inside, the initial space compresses, the ceiling low, exterior fieldstone becomes interior. Upon arrival only one opening is visible.

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Four Pines is a Wyoming home clad in cedar and local stone

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The home was designed to achieve three main goals – to make the most of the natural setting, provide ample space for visitors, and accommodate the client's impressive art collection, which features work by artists such as Richard Serra, Deborah Butterfield and Roy Lichtenstein. Civil engineer: Nelson Engineering (Dave Dufault).

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