Architizer

JANUARY 26, 2023

miles from the site. The cost of bringing a sanitary sewer to the site was $2.0M – threatening the viability of the entire development. Working with our civil and plumbing engineers, we developed a design for an on-site black water treatment system where the outflow was clean water.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The 120-square-foot microHaus doesn’t require permitting, hookups, or a foundation. We asked Max to tell us about his company’s latest design, the microHaus : a 120-square-foot ADU that can be upgraded to suit off-grid sites. One of the first microHaus models that we shipped was to a client in Portland, Oregon.

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Santa Cruz Architect

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

For instance, a machine learning program may track and evaluate progress in foundation excavation operations to provide early identification of scheduling risks. Several applications are already applying AI this way, with benefits ranging from improved job site safety monitoring to heading off potential material shortages.

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Deezen

JANUARY 30, 2024

While the building and its site were largely in disrepair, CollectiveProject retained its original structure and adapted the interior arrangement to create brighter classrooms and cooler outdoor spaces. The studio updated the existing school with a canopy and outdoor spaces. The photography is by Benjamin Hosking unless stated otherwise.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Looking Glass Lodge is situated within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and was developed for a client whose parents established a nature reserve there in the 1960s. The building is set on a sloping site in the grounds of the client's family home. The lodge sits on a nature reserve.

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Deezen

JULY 22, 2023

Indian architecture practice Studio Array has used hand-woven bamboo screens to wrap this home and artist's studio in Delhi, which incorporated existing foundations and columns. Studio Array has created a home and artist's studio in Delhi A previous attempt to construct a building on the site had left foundations and columns in place.

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Deezen

JANUARY 23, 2024

The starting point for the design came from a "run-down and mould-infested" house that stood on the site previously. The living room boasts a double-height ceiling Atelier ST's clients previously lived in the city, in a converted school auditorium with a barrel-vaulted ceiling.

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The Architecture Designs

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Initial Consultation and Site Analysis source: pinterest.com The first step of the architectural process is to establish a relationship between the client and the architect. The client’s requirements, budget, and timeline are discussed, and the architect provides a preliminary proposal outlining the scope of the project.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Architect Melissa Shin works alongside her client to create a tiny backyard house in Silicon Valley with vivid green tile and a bright pink door. The client and architect became close friends over those four years, which enhanced Shin’s vision for the design. The upside?

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Kéré Architecture , the studio led by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Diébédo Francis Kéré , created Kamwokya Community Centre in collaboration with the local non-profit Kamwokya Christian Caring Community and the humanitarian organisation Ameropa Foundation. A water tower provides a visual marker for the site.

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Architecture Ideas

OCTOBER 23, 2023

From planning to on-site construction, a lot goes behind building a house. Key Considerations Before Building Your Own House The idea to build your own house can be challenging if you don’t begin on a firm foundation. Begin with marking the structure and start excavating for the foundation.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 27, 2014

Home / Construction / KHouse Modern – Foundation Progress KHouse Modern – Foundation Progress Bob Borson — April 28, 2014 — 45 Comments If you are an architect, and you like to get things built, getting the foundation going on a project is one of the most exciting times to be found.

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Dwell

OCTOBER 27, 2023

After making drawings for a prototype, they were hunting for a site to build it on when they came across a Quonset hut , a long structure made of corrugated steel with an arched roof. The obvious advantage of prefabrication is the limited time on site, which means minimal disruption of down time for the resort.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

"River Bend Residence is a tranquil home designed to sit lightly upon the land, minimising disruption to the site and existing trees," said Lake Flato Architects , which has offices in San Antonio and Austin. A portion of the dwelling is lifted above the site by concrete piers.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Built for the Dubai Future Foundation , the seven-storey building contains a combination of exhibits dedicated to the future and workshops for testing and developing emerging technology. The photography is courtesy of Dubai Future Foundation. Project credits: Client: Dubai Future Foundation. Developer: North25.

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 11, 2014

Home / Construction / Pier and Beam Foundations – KHouse Progress Pier and Beam Foundations – KHouse Progress Bob Borson — June 12, 2014 — 73 Comments On the residential part of our practice, we do a lot of pier and beam foundations. Here is a typical wall section through a pier and beam foundation.

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BD+C

MAY 1, 2023

Utilizing computer vision, AI technology for visual jobsite tasks 0 qpurcell Mon, 05/01/2023 - 09:32 AEC Tech Burns & McDonnell breaks down three ways computer vision can effectively assist workers on the job site, from project progress to safety measures. According to the U.S. nonfatal injuries or illnesses that required days off in 2020.

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ArchiDiaries

AUGUST 13, 2022

The design also took advantage of the longitudinal slope of the site via a stepped-down floor plate following the natural contours of the land and, in the process, optimized foundation costs. The Clients (a couple working as IT engineers) presented an extremely narrow site in Thiruvanthapuram as part of their design brief.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Japanese architecture studio Office M-SA has arranged a house in Akishima, Tokyo , around a series of exposed concrete elements designed as extensions of its foundations. Office M-SA has created a house in Akishima. "We The home is arranged around a series of exposed concrete elements.

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Dwell

JUNE 9, 2023

We also propose a discounted architectural fee if the client is willing to offer us more of a say in the design." Photo by Helge Skodvin The result is a tiny, 538-square-foot studio—Stefanescu says it’s "like a child’s drawing of a house"—that cantilevers out from a sloped site in the garden to perch atop a boulder.

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Dwell

MARCH 28, 2023

Emblematic of its style, the house, set on a sandstone foundation, retains its Federation character to the street: An asymmetrical, white-painted weatherboard exterior maintains the civic optimism of the period through fine timber details and fretwork. A lifetime of exquisite mementos, artifacts, and books round out the new work.

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EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 6, 2013

I have no portfolio of my own to show clients. I’ve shared articles on how much it may cost to start your own firm and how Annmarie and I launched Fivecat Studio with no clients and very little money. Your first clients may come from relationships built during your time as an employee. How do I get that first solo project?”

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e-architect

AUGUST 24, 2023

Located within a notoriously conservative Council, the foundation for this project was to create a new form and expression within an existing Cape Cod envelope. Below this space is the living space, which extends outside to the boundaries of the site. Bedrooms are enclosed in a solid language of screened charred timber at first floor.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The building was designed for the owner of an adjacent 1930s cabin in the forested region of Nordmakka north of Oslo, who wanted to upgrade the facilities on the site without altering the existing structure. Rever & Drage has created a cabin in Norway. It sits beside a 1930s cabin in the forested region of Nordmakka.

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aasarchitecture

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The Kamwokya Community Centre the fruit of a partnership between local non-profit Kamwokya Christian Caring Communityand the Ameropa Foundation. The goal of the project is to maintain and enhance the public and free character of the site, seeking not to impose, but to gently uplift it. Photo © Iwan Baan. Photo © Iwan Baan.

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aasarchitecture

AUGUST 23, 2023

Examining all material self-weight, superimposed dead load and traffic live loading, as well as environmental considerations of wind and temperature, this analysis ensured the structure and foundations have been designed to exceed the standards required for once-in-200-year weather events.

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e-architect

JULY 13, 2023

July 13, 2023 – The Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation (GWOTMF) today announced that its Board of Directors has chosen the award-winning Marlon Blackwell Architects to design the Global War on Terrorism Memorial to be built on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. More information on MBA website.

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Design Thoughts Architects

JANUARY 19, 2022

Site Preparation: If you’re working on a site you bought yourself, you can run upon unstable soils or ledges that need blasting. Construction time is reduced by using high-quality construction plans and specifications that are properly executed on-site without delay.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Local studio Jensen Architects designed the house to both embrace and defy its difficult site conditions – a hilly parcel in the Cole Valley neighbourhood, near the city's famed Sutro Tower. The site's complex geology and the clients' desires inform a composition of shifting volumes that de?ne c Ocean," the studio said.

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Deezen

MARCH 24, 2023

The CH73 House is located in the Bosques de las Lomas neighbourhood and occupies a long, slender site that slopes down toward a ravine. The house extends 20 metres over the site Designed for a retired couple, the full-time residence is meant to stand in contrast to the prevailing architecture in the area.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

However, from the water or the beach, its silhouette is evocative of a harbor marker, upright on the dune, guiding its seafaring clients home. The waterfront site occupies the land by the side of the road where ocean views are obstructed by the foredune—a common constraint of Midland’s Beach.

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The Spaces

MARCH 16, 2023

’ He and Elin took the structure back to its brick foundations and dug out the property to unearth the gloomy lower floor. Or he’ll be right here, sketching away, acting as his own best client. The roof was severely damaged and had to be replaced with specialist Dutch tiles.

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aasarchitecture

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Building on a site that is at high risk of and requires extensive ground improvements, how might we create a substructure that is naturally isolated from earthquake loads, floods, and rising sea levels? Is it possible to have a building with no foundation?

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aasarchitecture

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Møller Foundation appointed the Danish architecture studio Cobe to design a new park at a former industrial island in Copenhagen’s inner harbor. Located next to The Royal Danish Opera, the site had been a modest green lawn since the completion of the Opera nearly 20 years ago.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 20, 2023

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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Dwell

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Set on the edge of a very loose-knit cluster of residential properties, the lodge is located on the grounds of the family home in which the clients grew up. The subtle yet refined design is modest in scale, and makes use of the sloping site where the lodge appears elevated amongst the trees as the ground levels fall away below.

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Habitus Living

APRIL 5, 2022

Brighton House, located in its namesake Melbourne neighbourhood, is an Edwardian home that had been owned by Figr’s clients since the 1970s. “The undeniable character of old buildings like this provide an indelible foundation on which architecture can avoid whimsy and needless extravagance.”. Project details.

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