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". Project credits: Architect: Brooks + Scarpa.

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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. The exterior facade is made of concrete panels. The exterior panels were maximised in width as much as possible to reduce the number of joints," the studio said.

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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 project, called 11 NOHO, is located in an emerging arts district in North Hollywood. Exterior walls are wrapped in stucco and corrugated aluminium panels.

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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.

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Glass Housing Civil Engineering Renovation 114

BD+C

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Below is a summary of the presentation “Secrets of a Structural Engineer” that I gave to the students. More experienced engineers in the AEC industry may use this blog as a catalyst to engage new engineers at your firm—as talking points or pass-along information.

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Deezen

MARCH 17, 2023

The project entailed enlarging the rectangular building, modifying the stone-clad facades and reconfiguring the interior. 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.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Composed of three distinct buildings – a main house, guesthouse and writer's studio – the project was designed for a California-based couple who manage an independent record label. A fourth structure is planned for the site Based in Jackson, Wyoming , CLB Architects has designed numerous projects in the area.

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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. Moreover, the project required intensive planning and coordination due to the tide schedules of the shallow bay around the island.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Chicago architecture firm Studio Gang has expanded a California college through the addition of mass-timber structures that were informed by how fungi grow in the wild. Studio Gang has completed a number of high-profile projects this year, including museum expansions in Arkansas and New York City. The photography is by Jason O'Rear.

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Deezen

JANUARY 6, 2022

Architecture firm SOM has completed its headquarters for Shenzhen 's Rural Commercial Bank, a steel-wrapped office building with an exterior that resembles an exoskeleton and features natural ventilation. The building's exterior diagrid provides structural support while reducing solar heat gain.

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Civil Engineering Commercial Exterior Estimating 116

Deezen

AUGUST 8, 2023

At 93 storeys and 1,066 feet (325 metres) tall, the supertall skyscraper topped out in March 2023 , but the intricate cladding of its exterior was only recently completed. Local interior firm Gachot Studios carried out the design of most of the residences. The photography is by Max Touhey.

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Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering Structural Engineering 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 project was designed by EDR in collaboration with CambridgeSeven , which is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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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. The pavilions were designed as square and rectangular buildings with exterior walls that are angled inwards at their base. hectares) Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Events Civil Engineering Exterior Consulting 126

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. Exterior walls are clad in vertical cedar siding, which is paired with local grey stone that mimics the area's rock formations. Project credits: Architecture: CLB Architects.

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Home Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering 111

Deezen

AUGUST 16, 2023

Sliding glass walls dissolve the transition between interior and exterior Disappearing sliding glass walls dissolve the transition between interior and exterior. Large windows open the various rooms to the forest-like landscape on each side of the house, while skylights and interior glazing allow sunlight to reach deep into the plan.

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Housing Civil Engineering Glass Contractor 98

Deezen

MAY 2, 2022

Located on a large plot of land in the village of El Barrial, near the city of Monterrey , the project was developed as a secondary home for a family and dubbed "El Aguacate" – or "The Avocado". The architects also included an exterior fire pit a few steps away from the house, which is accessed via a footpath. metres above the floor.

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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.

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Information Building Civil Engineering Engineering 105

Deezen

APRIL 10, 2022

A lush green wall and back-lit fibreglass panels are found on the exterior of an electrical substation extension that was designed by TEF Design to achieve net-zero energy consumption. For the constrained site, local firm TEF Design conceived a two-storey addition that totals 12,200 square feet (1,133 square metres).

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Deezen

AUGUST 21, 2023

One of the buildings is a brutalist 1950s volume "As part of this important historic site, the buildings are protected and any change to the exterior is carefully reviewed." The campus stretches 12 acres The brutalist building dates to 1953 and was originally designed by the local firm of Faulkner, Kingsbury and Stenhouse.

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Renovation Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering 98

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. Project credits: Client: North Carolina Museum of Art Contractor: Frank L. The photography is by Estudio Palma.

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Roofing Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering 87

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 Ojai Valley School Upper Campus project sits on a 195-acre (79-hectare) site overlooking the Ojai Valley in Ventura County, about two hours north of Los Angeles.

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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. Other projects by Morphosis include an asymmetrical supertall skyscraper in Shenzen as well as the Emerson College campus in Los Angeles. Project credits: . Civil engineer: KPFF.

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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. CookFox Architects designed the project. The project is in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

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Masterplanning Civil Engineering Residential Engineering 92

e-architect

JUNE 1, 2023

The Clive is a carefully considered, LEED-certified project which incorporates a series of sustainable and green features into its design. Located on a previously developed infill lot, the project is situated within walking and cycling distance to many amenities. Electrical Engineer: AES Engineering Civil Engineer: J.E.

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e-architect

JUNE 28, 2023

de Reus Architects is the lead architect for more than 400,000 square feet of club amenity facilities and residential dwellings that comprise the core of this project. de Reus Architects is the lead architect for more than 400,000 square feet of club amenity facilities and residential dwellings that comprise the core of this project.

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Civil Engineering Structural Engineering Engineering Engineering 61

e-architect

MAY 17, 2023

Strang Design rose to the challenge, using unfilled Travertine for both the interior and exterior flooring, and teak slatted ceilings and walls for texture and warmth. Notably, the firm was recognized as the 2022 Firm of the Year by AIA Miami. Maldonado General Contractor: Contemporary Builders, Inc.

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aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 19, 2023

NEAC Margraten was originally designed by American landscape architect Michael Rapuano, sculptor Joseph Kiselewski, and architecture firm Coolidge, Sheply, Bulfinch and Abbott, in collaboration with local architect Alphons Boosten of Maastricht. Source by KAAN Architecten.

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Civil Engineering Structural Engineering Engineering Engineering 59

Architizer

AUGUST 2, 2022

Project Status: Built. to learn more about this project. This idea of a stronghold in the desert gave birth to the project’s name and further inspired the design and materiality which pays homage to the historic forts, hand forged from site-sourced materials, that dotted the fringes of the Southwest frontier. Year: 2021.

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Construction Construction Exterior Consulting 85

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

DECEMBER 1, 2021

This stunning overview of contemporary residential architecture in India features over twenty houses from across the country, designed by leading firms such as Samira Rathod Design Associates and Architecture Brio, as well as emerging architects such as Martand Khosla. Each chapter starts with a "featured project" that is on yellow paper.

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Contemporary Housing Civil Engineering Exterior 109

aasarchitecture

AUGUST 28, 2023

Embassy in Ankara, Türkiye, designed by internationally renowned architecture firm Ennead Architects. ” “The project builds upon Türkiye’s rich material history and vernacular architecture, incorporating traditional Turkish courtyard design by combining architectural and landscape elements into a complete form.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The design concept is rooted in the idea of an authentic fusion of architecture and nature The project was designed by the architecture team of Kuehn Malvezzi , Pelletier de Fontenay and Jodoin Lamarre Pratte Architectes , along with landscape firm Atelier Le Balto , after it won an international competition to design the museum in 2014.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Corten steel cladding references red-toned earth found in Oklahoma The project was in the making for over two decades. Exterior walls consist of glass and pale-toned metal. The museum's design references Native American beliefs and traditions As part of the museum project, the site was remediated and replanted with native vegetation.

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e-architect

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

After exploring multiple design possibilities, we decided to embrace this project as a sort of typology of its own, without any preconceptions of what that typology must look like.” There are many ways to form relationships with nature, including by juxtaposing or by blending in,” says Hal Goldstein, AIA, Founder and Creative Director of HGX.

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Structural Engineering Civil Engineering Residential Engineering 76

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.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Project Status: Built. As the first Living Building of its kind in the Southeast US, the project sets a new standard for sustainability. Architizer chatted with Matthew Kikosicki, Architectural Designer at The Miller Hull Partnership , to learn more about this project. This project won in the 10th Annual A+Awards!

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Sustainability Building Civil Engineering Students 78

e-architect

JULY 4, 2023

Bristol Zoological Society will use the sale to fund the creation of a new conservation zoo at Wild Place Project, on the outskirts of Bristol. Green glazed bricks and ‘scaly’ roof tiles clad the exteriors. The redevelopment will also enhance the site’s historical gardens and lake areas.

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Project Status: Built. 5 architects to learn more about this project. What do you believe is the most unique or ‘standout’ component of the project? The contemplation garden and Reflection Terrace are the most unique components of the project. What drove the selection of materials used in the project?

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