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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion

BD+C

But making an adaptive reuse project pencil out in a tight financing market isn’t so simple. It’s extremely important for a structural engineer to see the structural elements during a pre-acquisition consultation, or at the onset of the project, to help identify issues early in the development. faces a housing deficit of 3.8

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The programmatic evolution of the lobby

BD+C

As a result, the security guard, no longer needed for the most part to secure the building from unauthorized visitors nor positioned behind a massive stone reception desk, is now free to meet and interact with lobby users more like an ambassador or even a concierge in a comfortable, inviting lobby zone. 200 West Madison Street, Chicago, Ill.

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Why All Architects Should Tackle an Adaptive Reuse Project At Least Once in their Careers

Architizer

Renovation is not only a new creative frontier for architects, it is the future of architecture: according to Deloitte estimates, up to 90 percent of future development will involve re-designing existing buildings. At this point, adaptive reuse is mainstream, and the carbon-saving benefits are well-known (and widely touted).

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Chengdu Jiaozi Courtyard Towers, Peoples Republic of China

e-architect

With a dramatic cantilever and façade details inspired by the bamboo-weaving traditions of the region, the conference centre serves as an eye-catching addition to the site’s most prominent corner, facing the Tianfu International Finance Centre.

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Event: Building Socially Sustainable Communities: Bridging the Divide at Essex Crossing

Bustler

HSW REGISTER HERE: [link] Every community should have an opportunity to develop a collective vision to shape its future. Often, the process of urban redevelopment can be polarizing, with community stakeholders and private developers entrenched in opposition and design professionals acting as an ally to one or as a mediator between both.

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IQON Quito, Ecuador mixed-use building

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IQON Quito, Ecuador mixed-use building, South American Housing Project, Uribe Schwarzkopf property development. With the skyline able to grow upwards, Uribe Schwarzkopf hired BIG in 2017 to design IQON – a 390,000 sq ft mixed-use residential building, including 215 residences, commercial units, office spaces, and a variety of amenities.

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The Downcity Plan, II

Architecture Here and There

Chapter 22 concludes Part II of the book, whose final two chapters record the two major projects that sparked the Providence renaissance, which followed a series of major hiccups in the city’s development, which have been described in the other chapters of Part II, reprinted here over the past several months.

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