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Secrets of a structural engineer

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Secrets of a structural engineer 0 dbarista Fri, 09/08/2023 - 11:54 Engineers Walter P Moore's Scott Martin, PE, LEED AP, DBIA, offers tips and takeaways for young—and veteran—structural engineers in the AEC industry.

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Studio Libeskind unveils social housing that feels "like home" in Brooklyn

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It contains 190 affordable apartments for the elderly The design of The Atrium at Sumner Houses was informed by Studio Libeskind founder Daniel Libeskind 's personal experiences growing up in the Amalgamated Housing Cooperative in the Bronx. The photography is by Hufton + Crow.

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Geodes inform design of Arizona research building by Grimshaw and Architekton

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Project credits: Architects: Grimshaw and Architekton Landscape: Ten Eyck Landscape Architects Structural engineering: Buro Happold Consulting Engineers Civil engineering: Sherwood Design Engineers LEED consultant: Thornton Tomasetti Client: Arizona State University The post Geodes inform design of Arizona research building by Grimshaw and Architekton (..)

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Field Architecture clads flowing Sonoma house in copper

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Field Architecture has created a house in Sonoma Valley with copper-clad roofs Dry in the summers with heavy rainfall in the winter, the area's geography informed the design, as did the client's desire to co-inhabit the land with the region's plants and animals. "We

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HGX Design creates house that "flows like music" in the Hudson Valley

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New York architecture studio HGX Design has created a linear, glass-fronted home in the Hudson Valley informed by the "individual notes of a music composition". The structure's horizontal form was informed by the vernacular architecture of the surrounding farmland.

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

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The structures have mass-timber structures and brick facades The new buildings – officially called Barry Mills Hall and the John and Lile Gibbons Center for Arctic Studies – were designed by American studio HGA , which served as both architect and structural engineer. The photography is by Michael Moran.

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SO-IL designs Massachusetts museum with undulating CLT roof

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Its undulating shape was informed by the surrounding hilly terrain. It consists of separate volumes surrounding a courtyard The 78,000-square-foot (7,246 square metre) building will consist of six separate volumes centred around a courtyard. The undulating cross-laminated timber roof will be laid atop these volumes, unifying them below.

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