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Lemay redesigns open-air theatre in Montreal’s La Fontaine Park

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Project credits: Architecture: Lemay Landscape architecture: Lemay Mechanical and electrical engineering: Bouthillette Parizeau Structural engineering: Calculatec Inc.

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Meet the Team: Who Works with an Architect on a Design Project?

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Whether you are designing a traditional home or your interests lie in large scale commercial buildings, you will find many different people involved in the construction process. From building contractors, civil engineers, and even interior designers — we’re here to help you find out exactly who works with an architect.

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Kirkland Fraser Moor tops chalk-walled house with CLT arch

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To reduce the carbon footprint of the house, Kirkland Fraser Moor used natural materials for much of the home's structure and internal walls. While the basement and mezzanine are made from precast concrete, the roof is constructed from CLT and the majority of the internal walls are built from chalk blocks. Contractor: Husker.

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MVRDV tops Tainan food market with "rolling hills"

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The earth and planting on the roof help to further regulate the temperature and passively cool the market to a comfortable level. Ltd, Jiuyang Electric And Plumbing Engineering Co. Ltd Landscape architect: The Urbanists Collaborative Structural engineer: Columbus Engineering Consultants Inc.

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Ménard Dworkind adds sculptural mezzanine to 1980s Quebec home

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We originally wanted to keep this element but the updated municipal regulations and building code constraints made it impossible to preserve so we took inspiration from its curved forms and materiality which translates throughout the design of the renovation." The photography is by David Dworkind.

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Macdonald Wright Architects creates low-energy home in London as "scalable prototype"

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ACH@50Pa, which is significantly less than UK building regulations that require airtightness of 10 ACH@50Pa or less. The use of Porotherm block and Larsen Truss has helped us develop techniques of external envelope construction we are now developing in larger scale designs.". "By Structural engineer: Osbourne Edwards.

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GBBN creates set of housing blocks that reinterpret historic fabric of Cincinnati

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Constructed on former surface lots, the buildings work to repair holes in the historic fabric that "were created by years of demolition, economic disinvestment, and subsequent gentrification and displacement". The photography is by Ryan Kurtz.

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