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When To Hire a Structural Engineer over a Civil Engineer

The Architecture Designs

If you are undertaking a new construction project, renovating a home extensively, or carrying out other construction works, you may need to hire a civil engineer, structural engineer, or both. Because of how involved some of these projects can be, it is best to get in touch with a civil engineering firm in St.

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University of Arizona Health Sciences Innovation Building // CO Architects

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The Center for Advanced Technologies in Healthcare unites the health professions disciplines, engineering, behavioral sciences, information systems and others in multidisciplinary research and development endeavors. © CO Architects. © CO Architects. CO Architects: Executive & Design Architect; Swaim Associates: Associate Architect.

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Studio Gang designs Brooklyn fire station to train elite firefighters

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Project credits: Structural engineer: Thornton Tomasetti. Civil engineer: Langan , civil engineer. Cost estimator: Toscano Clements Taylor. The double-height interiors allow for training within the building. Studio Gang is headquartered in Chicago and has offices in New York City, San Francisco , and Paris.

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Page Southerland Page integrates "past and future" at Texas Capitol Complex

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The Texas Capitol Complex was designed by Page Southerland Page Phase 1 – which is estimated as a $600 million investment – opened in 2022. The Texas Capitol Complex was designed by Page Southerland Page Phase 1 – which is estimated as a $600 million investment – opened in 2022.

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

SW Oregon Architect

I’m probably wearing my rose-colored glasses as I look back, but I’m pretty sure life was simpler and the world a little less complex and hurried when I started in architecture than it is today. I’ve seen building codes become more voluminous, expectations grow unreasonably, and litigiousness rise to worrisome levels. Should it be breathable?

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Six material innovations aimed at slashing concrete's outsized carbon footprint

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But none of these alternatives is currently available at the necessary scale to reach net-zero emissions by mid-century, according to Cambridge University engineering professor Julian Allwood. Read: UK cement industry sets out roadmap to "go beyond net-zero" by 2050. Seratech by Sam Draper and Barney Shanks.

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

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Mills Hall contains an event space Both buildings were constructed using a timber frame system, which HGA estimates has reduced the "building's embodied carbon footprint by approximately 75 per cent when compared to a traditional steel structure". The photography is by Michael Moran.

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