Landscape Architecture Magazine

MARCH 14, 2024

To meet the ambitious climate targets ahead, designers, developers, and construction firms need common standards. For example, a landscape project could talk about the carbon footprint of the concrete used per cubic yard. Or they could talk about the average carbon footprint per yard of landscape covered,” Simonen says.

Civil Engineering 76

Civil Engineering Landscape Estimating Regulation 76

Architizer

JANUARY 13, 2023

Historically, the architecture of Denmark was reflected its reigning sovereign, many of which deeply admired French architecture and commissioned the French to build up its monarchical landscape. Fortunately, Architizer is able to provide guidance on the top design firms in Denmark based on more than a decade of data and industry knowledge.

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Architecture Firm Firms Architecture Sustainability 101

Deezen

MAY 5, 2023

When new owners purchased the property in 2016, they engaged us to make additions to the site that respected the natural character of the sparsely populated island," the firm said. The main house sits within this meadow, overlooking a shallow bay. The rectangular building holds a main living area and two bedrooms.

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Nature Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering 143

Deezen

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The genesis was a blank slate, influenced only by the program brief, the surrounding landscape, and our collective imaginations.". The regulatory and topographic site limitations provided an opportunity for the studio to challenge how the house engaged the landscape in multiple dimensions. Structural engineer: Thorton Tomasetti.

Housing 145

Housing Architect Civil Engineering Engineering 145

Architizer

MAY 11, 2022

Atherton pavilions – The two pavilions nestled in this verdant landscape were a response to the clients’ vision for a deeper engagement with their lovely yard. The design sensitively accommodating the need for more space and program for a young family without detriment to the surrounding landscape. © Feldman Architecture.

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Site Modern Civil Engineering Architecture 98

Deezen

AUGUST 8, 2023

Local interior firm Gachot Studios carried out the design of most of the residences. The tower features multiple entrances, one directly from the street and another through the renovated bank, which has become a retail and pedestrian space.

Civil Engineering 98

Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering Structural Engineering 98

Deezen

MAY 11, 2022

The rescue company is trained to respond to various emergency scenarios, from fire and building collapses to water rescues and scuba operations," said US firm Studio Gang. The concrete building is fronted with terracotta tiles that recall the red colour typically used for fire engines. Civil engineer: Langan , civil engineer.

Civil Engineering 111

Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering Consulting 111

aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Guided by the landscape setting and the monumental atmosphere of the site, the building complements the serenity of this vast memorial. This intervention does not detract from the monumental features, but architecturally complements the cemetery landscape with style and dignity. Source by KAAN Architecten.

Civil Engineering 59

Civil Engineering Structural Engineering Engineering Engineering 59

Deezen

JUNE 21, 2023

Local architecture firm In Situ Studio wrapped an art museum visitor centre in Raleigh, North Carolina with darkened steel and cantilevered a roof with an aperture over its patio. The soffit is a very dark blue stucco that amplifies the figural quality of the hoop and allows the colors of the landscape and sky to take the lead."

Roofing 90

Roofing Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering 90

Deezen

JANUARY 18, 2023

"With almost no wiggle room in a utilitarian budget, the design team needed to get creative finding ways to make every dollar spent do double-duty," said Hacker Architects , an Oregon firm with offices in Portland and Bend. The building's main entrance was replaced to include a landscaped plaza. Landscape: Ground Workshop.

Civil Engineering 101

Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering Renovation 101

Deezen

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The plaza level spans nearly the whole of the museum and the firm noted that it was equivalent to nearly 70 per cent of the building's footprint. Structural engineer: John A. MEP engineer & sustainability: Buro Happold. Civil engineer: KPFF. Fire life safety engineers: Simpons Gumpertz & Heger.

Art 119

Art Civil Engineering Contract Engineering 119

Deezen

MARCH 17, 2023

The original building was designed in a modernist style by the Boston office of Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson & Abbott – the firm started in 1870s by noted American architect Henry Hobson Richardson. The building's formerly opaque stone walls were carefully and selectively removed to allow light in," the firm said.

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Consulting Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering 132

Deezen

APRIL 18, 2022

White siding and a curvy aluminium screen make up the exterior of a residential building in Los Angeles designed by American firm Brooks + Scarpa. Local firm Brooks + Scarpa designed the project to serve as "a model for more compact, responsible urban living". "The Structural engineer: John Martin Associates.

Civil Engineering 111

Civil Engineering Exterior Engineering Engineering 111

Deezen

JUNE 9, 2023

Grimshaw and Architekton designed a research facility in Arizona Designed by global firm Grimshaw Architects and local studio Architekton , the building – formally known as the Rob and Melani Walton Center for Planetary Health – is the latest addition to a science-and-research district on the desert campus.

Information 105

Information Building Civil Engineering Engineering 105

Deezen

AUGUST 12, 2022

Polycarbonate walls and a row of tall window boxes bring diffused sunlight into the Iowa City Public Works building by US firm Neumann Monson Architects. Structural engineer: Raker Rhodes Engineering. MEP engineer: Modus. Civil engineer: Snyder. Landscape design: Genus Landscape Architects.

Building 105

Building Architect Civil Engineering Exterior 105

Deezen

JANUARY 9, 2024

Working with local studio NORR Architects and Engineers , Renzo Piano Building Workshop ( RPBW ) designed the structure for downtown Toronto, where it will house many of the city's criminal courtrooms. Project credits: Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop, NORR Architects Structural : Stephenson Engineering Ltd.

Consulting 128

Consulting Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering 128

Deezen

AUGUST 16, 2023

Large windows open the various rooms to the forest-like landscape The ADU sits atop an embedded garage and is topped by an urban roof garden with a sinuous aluminium sunshade structure. The pool deck and roof garden together create a 'middle ground' suspended between the streets at the site’s top and bottom," the team explained.

Housing 98

Housing Civil Engineering Glass Contractor 98

Deezen

JANUARY 4, 2022

An angular concrete building and an underground reservoir form a stormwater treatment plant in Toronto by Canadian firm GH3 that is meant to "signal a new and distinctive city precinct". . Local firm GH3 was charged with designing a utilitarian building that would make an "urban, landscape and architectural statement".

Civil Engineering 128

Civil Engineering Firms Client Clients 128

Deezen

APRIL 10, 2022

For the constrained site, local firm TEF Design conceived a two-storey addition that totals 12,200 square feet (1,133 square metres). The constrained property and need to accommodate crane and equipment lift access prescribed the expansion's perpendicular orientation to the existing substation," the firm said.

Civil Engineering 98

Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering Utilities 98

Deezen

JUNE 8, 2022

To design the residence, local firm CLB took inspiration from Swiss mountain chalets and the vernacular architecture of the American Mountain West. Landscape: Hershberger Design (Mark Hershberger). Civil engineer: Nelson Engineering (Dave Dufault). Structural engineer: KL+A (Rachel Harper).

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Home Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering 111

Deezen

MARCH 1, 2022

Architecture firm Brooks + Scarpa has created a North Hollywood apartment building that prioritises social areas over private space and includes units for low-income tenants. The firm noted that 11 NOHO follows the tradition of courtyard apartment buildings in Southern California. Structural engineer: Labib Funk Engineering.

Housing 105

Housing Civil Engineering Exterior Engineering 105

Deezen

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Local architecture firm La Base Studio has renovated a glass and concrete home, wrapping it in a delicate privacy and shading screen on a lush site in Buenos Aires , Argentina. The home was first constructed in the mid-1970s by a civil engineer, and La Base Studio demolished part of it for its current iteration.

Glass 118

Glass Housing Civil Engineering Renovation 118

Deezen

JUNE 15, 2022

Local firm Marlon Blackwell Architects designed five structures for the school. Local firm Marlon Blackwell Architects designed five structures for the school and oversaw the restoration and relocation of Thaden's historic childhood home, which was moved from a site in Bentonville to the school campus.

Building 98

Building Architecture Civil Engineering Restoration 98

Deezen

APRIL 19, 2022

American firm CookFox Architects has completed a pair of tall, connected buildings with gridded facades for a Williamsburg site that once held an iconic sugar factory. The towers opened in 2019 but the firm has just now released photographs. Structural engineering: Rosenwasser Grossman, Consulting Engineers.

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Masterplanning Civil Engineering Residential Engineering 94

e-architect

JUNE 1, 2023

On-site stormwater management in a native landscape bioswale animates the pedestrian experience along Clive Drive, along with an innovative “green-cleaning” education program for residents, while exterior shading devices on the southern facade mitigate solar gains and augment energy efficiency. Construction Manager: Knight Contracting Ltd.

Civil Engineering 57

Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering Contract 57

Deezen

JANUARY 24, 2022

American firm Frederick Fisher and Partners has completed a trio of hilltop buildings for a California school that was partly destroyed by a wildfire. The project embraces the scenic landscape while reflecting the kids of resiliency practices necessary to responsibly inhabit the area," the team said. Photo by Tim Street-Porter.

Building 98

Building Civil Engineering Students Consulting 98

Deezen

JULY 26, 2023

EskewDumezRipple and CambridgeSeven led the project The museum's current home first opened in the early 1990s, with a design by local studio Eskew Dumez Ripple (EDR) and several collaborating firms. The photography is by CambridgeSeven and EskewDumezRipple.

Civil Engineering 98

Civil Engineering Renovation Glass Engineering 98

Deezen

MAY 6, 2022

Global firm Henning Larsen Architects prioritised openness and connectivity to create a Minnesota government building that is part of a "new coalition of civic architecture across the United States". Structural engineer and security consultant: Buro Happold. Mechanical and electrical engineers: Buro Happold.

Building 98

Building Consulting Government Civil Engineering 98

Deezen

JANUARY 4, 2022

British architecture firm Adjaye Associates has designed a collection of pigmented-concrete pavilions in Winter Park, Florida , to house a library and an events centre. Civil engineer and landscape architect: Land Design. Located on the northwestern corner of the 23-acre (9.3 hectares) Martin Luther King, Jr.

Events 126

Events Civil Engineering Exterior Consulting 126

e-architect

JULY 11, 2023

Solving a campus planning dilemma of ubiquitous parking lots and background buildings facing the public way, an organically curving stone and bronze wall now faces the boulevard, embracing visitors like two outreached arms creating a landscaped welcome lawn, and defining a clear point of campus entry. 5 architects ikon.5

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Students Civil Engineering Structural Engineering Engineering 62

e-architect

MAY 31, 2023

Tall Tree Physiotherapy and Integrated Care Clinic Mattick’s in Victoria, BC – Building Information Design: Cascadia Architects – [link] Structural Engineer & Civil Engineer: Herold Engineering Ltd. Forest House I adds to a rich portfolio of original, residential homes, equal parts urban and rural.

Civil Engineering 59

Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering Structural Engineering 59

Deezen

AUGUST 21, 2023

The campus stretches 12 acres The brutalist building dates to 1953 and was originally designed by the local firm of Faulkner, Kingsbury and Stenhouse. The largest structure, called Building 54, houses the Children's National Research Institute and totals 332,000 square feet (30,844 square metres).

Renovation 98

Renovation Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering 98

e-architect

AUGUST 12, 2023

This novel “t” spatial configuration not only shapes the home’s layout, but also ensures an uninterrupted flow of awe-inspiring views throughout, extending to the pool area and distant landscape.

Housing 65

Housing Real Estate Civil Engineering Engineering 65

Deezen

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

New York firm Hargreaves Jones served as the landscape architect. The harmonious relationship between the building and the surrounding landscape is critical to telling the authentic story of the tribes in Oklahoma today," the team said.

Civil Engineering 105

Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering Site 105

aasarchitecture

JANUARY 19, 2023

Throughout the project, Heatherwick will act as Design Guardian, collaborating with local firms. HGA, a Milwaukee architectural firm, as architect of record providing civil engineering, landscape, lighting, and technology design.

Civil Engineering 52

Civil Engineering Design Foundation Firms 52

e-architect

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Designed by the Austin office of the global architecture firm , HKS , and interior design by Britt Design Group, Wilson Tower at its completion will reach 1,035 feet in height across 80 floors making it an iconic contribution to Austin’s growing skyline. Civil Engineer: Kimley-Horn. Landscape Architect: Nudge Design.

Real Estate 87

Real Estate Civil Engineering Landscape Information 87

Deezen

MAY 2, 2022

Its inhabitants can enjoy the surrounding landscape through the large windows that end in two of its perimeter patios," said Práctica Arquitectura. Beyond the roof's edges, the landscape is terraced down to meet the site's grade. Civil engineering: Federico Guerra. Lighting design and landscape: Práctica Arquitectura.

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Materials Home Civil Engineering Roofing 98