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SGA designs concept for ‘New England’s first all-timber frame laboratory development’

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Taking an urban site in one of Boston’s leading life sciences clusters as a test case, the team believes their concept offers “the true potential for the first mass timber research development in New England.”

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Autodesk develops AI-powered embodied carbon tool for early-stage design

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Autodesk has developed an embodied carbon analysis tool to be integrated into the software maker’s AI-driven Forma application. Powered by the C.Scale data model developed by U.S.-based

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Are For-Profit Developments Consistent With the Values of a Public University?

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But for about 10 years, as the University of California Berkeley ’s campus planner and then campus architect, I watched these developments play out in higher education —sometimes from a front-row seat, sometimes as a participant. And yet the definition of a public-private partnership was slippery. Read more »

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NEOM unveils new bridged Treyam resort development for the Gulf of Aqaba

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The next satellite development of NEOM has been announced as a new lagoon straddling resort called Treyam. News of its announcement follows last week’s update from NEOM detailing the golf course and resort concept Gidori from Aedas architects Ignacio Gomez and Lama Al-Kharboush in the Saudi Gulf of Aqaba region.

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NEOM announces new Gidori resort and golf course satellite development — its tenth overall

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A new golf resort concept has been revealed as the latest satellite development for NEOM , Saudi Arabia’s $500 billion+ experiment in urbanization and global luxury tourism.

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Hypostyle: Contemporary Interpretations of an Ancient Concept

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Defined as rows of columns that support a roof, this solution has developed in different cultures in different periods of time, which can explain the variety of materials, shapes, sizes and distances between the columns that can be found around the world. Famous examples of the use of this concept are Great Hypostyle Hall (c.

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University of British Columbia develops ‘smart construction robots’ for basic on-site tasks

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A team at the University of British Columbia has developed “smart construction robots ” for performing basic tasks on construction sites, such as lifting and moving objects.

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