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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.

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GBBN expands historic Pennsylvania residence with metal-clad education facility

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US architecture studio GBBN preserved and expanded a 19th-century home in Erie, Pennsylvania into an educational facility with a glass bridge connection and metal-clad, barn-like structure. GBBN preserved and expanded a 19th-century house into an educational facility. A thin swooping roofline tops the bridge.

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HGA creates two mass-timber buildings for Bowdoin College in Maine

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Design studio HGA has completed a pair of educational facilities , Mills Hall and Gibbons Center, that are among the first "commercially scaled mass-timber buildings" in the state of Maine. Today, the private college has about 1,900 students from around the world. Facades are clad in red brick, which is commonly found on campus.

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LMN Architects connects learning centre with alumininium walkways

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LMN Architects created a learning center at the University of California in Santa Barbara The structure consists of two buildings facing one another to create an open-air causeway or "paseo", lined on either side with ramps and terraces. The photography is by Patrick Price.

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WIlliams College Museum of Art by SO – IL

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Nestled among the rolling Berkshire hills of Western Massachusetts, the new Williams College Museum of Art is an ambitious pursuit of excellence in arts education and sustainable museum design. Rather than a single monolithic structure, dispersed volumes gather around this central space. Source by SO – IL.

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Snøhetta includes wooden oculus for Norwegian-American museum extension in Iowa

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The structure was built using a mass-timber frame fabricated in Minnesota, while locally sourced brick and concrete were used throughout the rest of building. The building's third floor contains offices and a digital workspace.

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Cannon Design draws on "essence of Michigan forests" for university building

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The facade at grade is clad in stone, referencing the region's Coldwater Shale bedrock, a clerestory level mimics a forest setting with an exposed column structure and reflective glazing, and the upper level suggests a tree canopy with a perforated shading system. It also manages stormwater for a 25-year storm event.