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When To Hire a Structural Engineer over a Civil Engineer

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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. Type of Structure. When a building collapses, you need the input of both a civil engineer and a structural engineer.

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Field Architecture clads flowing Sonoma house in copper

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We looked to the bush – those forested, undeveloped areas of nature that surround the house – while allowing the built structures to adapt to the natural terrain," the studio said. Two stone bases serve as the foundation for the pavilions that house the living areas.

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News: UPenn's Weitzman School of Design? announces 2023–24 McHarg Fellow and postdoctoral appointments

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She was previously a lecturer at the University of Virginia , where her work through the Global South Humanities Lab earned recognition from the Graham Foundation. This year’s fellow, Emma Mendel, comes to the Center with a research critical focus on the role water has in shaping the built environment.

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Chuckanut Bay Rugby by Graham Baba Architects

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The DeWilde Rugby and Polo Fields have been home to Chuckanut Bay Rugby since 1973, and was gifted to the club by the DeWilde Family Foundation in 2018. Many players from the club have gone on to represent the United States, the Seattle Seawolves, and have played professionally abroad.

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GO'C places arts centre on former Seattle gas station site to "heal an urban problem"

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GO'C has created the City Park Mini Mart art centre in Seattle Initially attempting to renovate an existing structure, GO'C realised it did not provide enough space. The structure was built on the site of a former gas station Using references from the era, the structure features classic signage, an overhanging roof and divided metal windows.

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Deborah Berke Partners revamps modernist law centre at Harvard University

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Additional social spaces were also incorporated "The original modernist structure became outmoded with the changing needs of libraries and law pedagogy alike," said the firm. "As New York-based Deborah Berke Partners was tapped to design an update that met the centre's contemporary needs, which included more meeting rooms and social spaces.

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Kevin Daly designs canopied building to be "welcoming as the shadow beneath a tree"

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LA studio Kevin Daly Architecture has created a headquarters for a Houston foundation that has a latticed canopy suspended over a white building that was created using steel and cross-laminated timber. The structure features a latticed canopy that was designed to reference the surrounding oak groves.