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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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Thornton Tomasetti CEO and co-founder of Charlie Thornton passes away at 83

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Charlie Thornton, the well-admired structural engineer, co-founder and CEO of Thornton Tomasetti , passed away in early December at the age of 83, according to his firm. The Bronx-born Thornton began his career in the New York offices of Lev Zetlin Associates before pursuing a new venture with Richard Tomasetti after 1977.

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Young Projects "radically reimagines" traditional barn for home in the Hamptons

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A cluster of wood-clad, gabled volumes form a sculptural home by architectural studio Young Projects that nods to historic Long Island architecture while reimagining the barn typology. Young Projects created a swimming pool The house, which totals 2,600 square feet (242 square metres), consists of six gabled forms, each 24 by 24 feet (7.3

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Buro Happold pledges to eliminate embodied carbon in projects as part of SE 2050 commitment

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Engineering firm Buro Happold has become the latest signatory to the SE 2050 Commitment Program, which unites structural engineering firms behind the common goal to slash embodied carbon emissions from their projects by 2050. There has been, to date, a focus on operational carbon," he told Dezeen. "As

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8 strategies for multifamily passive house design projects

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8 strategies for multifamily passive house design projects 0 qpurcell Mon, 11/20/2023 - 12:22 Sustainability Stantec's Brett Lambert, Principal of Architecture and Passive House Certified Consultant, uses the Northland Newton Development project to guide designers with eight tips for designing multifamily passive house projects.

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Can a VR-enabled AEC Firm transform building projects?

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Can a VR-enabled AEC Firm transform building projects? 0 dbarista Fri, 06/16/2023 - 14:36 Virtual Reality With the aid of virtual reality and 3D visualization technologies, designers, consultants, and their clients can envision a place as though the project were in a later stage. Most clients don’t have that ability.

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Oliver Leech Architects adds skylit extension to London home

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Throughout, a largely muted colour palette of white punctuated by deep greens and blues was adopted to provide a "calm backdrop" to the client's possessions and artworks. The extension features a window seat overlooking the rear courtyard Oliver Leech Architects was founded in 2016. The photography is by Jim Stephenson.

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