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Velux shares the "innovative" process behind Living Places housing concept

Deezen

Promotion : window manufacturer Velux has highlighted the lessons learned by the partners behind its experimental Living Places housing concept. The concept was brought to life last year with the construction of seven prototype homes in Copenhagen. How can we do that in the most simple, most cost-efficient [way]?"

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Engineered Wood Sprouts Solutions for Supermarket Chain

BD+C

Engineered Wood Sprouts Solutions for Supermarket Chain 1 kcichowicz Wed, 10/18/2023 - 13:31 Switching from a steel roof system to an engineered wood one helped a Sprouts Farmers Market design team solve supply chain challenges and lower the location’s carbon footprint. Engineer Mo Kateeb, principal of A.V.

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Collaboration: Architects & Engineers

EntreArchitect

Architects and Engineers: How do we best collaborate? It is also important that both architects and engineers are focused on the project’s success. It is also important that both architects and engineers are focused on the project’s success. As structural engineers, we typically work under an architect.

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"Promote demand for wood in low-rise buildings" says architect of timber supertall concept

Deezen

Ambitious concepts like Nikken Sekkei 's proposal for the world's tallest timber skyscraper can accelerate the use of engineered wood but should not be the focus, argues Hajime Aoyagi in this Timber Revolution interview. Nikken Sekkei is an architecture and engineering firm from Japan, with headquarters in Chiyoda, Tokyo.

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BABAMA Concept Store, Shanghai, China

e-architect

The overall narrative logic of the space follows this design concept, which completed the secondary creation and transformation from the perspective of design by dismantling the biological circulatory system of arteries and the structure of material transportation in the body.

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It’s Your Average Off-Grid Shipping Container Home—Just Set on a Tall Metal Tower

Dwell

When Mark Derenthal couldn’t find an architect or builder to take on his ambitious concept, he worked directly with an engineer to create the treetop retreat. My engineer designed the foundation, stair system, container platform, balcony and lower deck. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Kaan Architecten adds "monumental" visitor centre to second world war cemetery

Deezen

This inspiring concept has set the tone for the design of this building for us," he continued. Concrete blocks provide seating at the building's front "Many wars and struggles for freedom are commemorated, all designed and built in a very solid manner with the intention of preserving these sacrifices for eternity," added Panhuysen.