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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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dMFK Architects restores CFA Voysey's Arts and Crafts factory to its "former glory"

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dMFK Architects renovated Voysey House The team aimed to revive the structure's original character reversing a series of renovations over the past 100 years following its conversion into offices after a fire in 1928. This included replacing the non-original windows with steel reproductions of the original frames.

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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. It is important to connect the house to nature and this is a small way to do this." The photography is by Jim Stephenson.

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This Landscape Architect Disguised His Backyard Addition in Sydney With a Green Roof

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The roof to the living space is densely planted and its concrete structure provides enough depth for the plants to thrive. The garden between the studio and house is also planted out and the focus on landscape benefits not only the client but also the neighbors immensely." Have one to share? Post it here.

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RED Arquitectos integrates corn millstone into facade of Mexican house

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The client named the house Casa que Da (House that Gives) to reference the act of "giving" in a culinary context. Large sliding doors line the living area The integration of the nixtamal was inspired by the client's culinary experience and created a pattern of sunlight and shadow. Rogelio Rojas Castro Structural engineering: Ing.

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Gabion Walls Made of Volcanic Rock Flank a Flat-Roofed Farmhouse in Australia

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We asked ourselves how our clients could live on this land in a modern but thoughtful way, what a modern farm and farmhouse should and could look like, and how we could integrate the building into a site that has been cleared of its bushland. The clients erected and filled the gabion walls themselves. Have one to share? Post it here.

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