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David Baker Architects accelerates housing for homeless in San Francisco with modular construction

Deezen

"Tahanan integrates those best practices into a beautiful space where residents feel comfortable," said Mercy Housing's real estate director Barbara Gualco. Structural engineer: DCI Engineers. MEP engineer: FARD Engineers. Civil engineer: Luk + Associates. Modular fabricator: Factory_OS.

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Interactive Learning Pavilion University of CA, Santa Barbara

e-architect

The project serves the university’s most foundational mission: to provide students with a comfortable space where they can think, learn, create, and grow. Civil Engineer: Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. The building celebrates the natural beauty of Santa Barbara and prepares our students to have a positive impact on the world.”

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Little Rock Art Museum, Arkansas, USA

e-architect

Both inside and outside, the organic, curving form responds directly to the constraints of the existing structure and foundations, which were substantially preserved as part of the design’s sustainable approach. Thornton Tomasetti, Structural Engineer and Enclosure Consultant. McClelland Consulting Engineers, Civil Engineer.

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Home Additions: Building Out vs. Building Up

Santa Cruz Architect

This can result in lower overall costs compared against second-story additions often involving structural retrofitting down to the foundation plus disturbance of interior walls. These include: • cost of excavation and new foundation. Costs Associated with Excavation and Foundation Work. the cost of retrofitting the foundation.

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RO54 Residence, Bel Air, Los Angeles

e-architect

MEP Engineer: GMEP Engineers Civil Engineer: GreyStone Engineering Group Inc. sf Zoning: Residential Estate (RE15-1-H-HCR) Height: 26ft (max) Program: New Single-Family Residence. Waterproofing: Encapsulated foundation membrane, polymesh applied surface waterproofing over whole house adhered membrane.

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A conversation with Quang Truong: carbon fiber, zoning, and architecture's slow evolution

Portland Architecture

Truong won a Van Evera Bailey Fellowship from the Architecture Foundation of Oregon, which enabled him to begin studying carbon fiber and composite materials in earnest. This creates inefficiencies across planning, real estate, architecture, and construction.

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100 Best Architecture Firms in the World [2020 Update]

Architecture Quote

They’re experts in skyscrapers and commercial real estate projects. In 2006, Arsh Chaudry was in the “Top 20 Next Generation of Leaders in Real Estate” list created by Real Estate Forum. Architect Hafeez Contractor started with humble beginnings, with only 3 employees at its foundation in 1982.