BD+C

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

5 things developers should know about mass timber 0 qpurcell Thu, 02/15/2024 - 13:36 Mass Timber Gensler's Erik Barth, architect and regional design resilience leader, shares considerations for developers when looking at mass timber solutions. Erik Barth Regulations Mass Timber Wood The Changing Built Environment The U.N.’s

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aasarchitecture

JANUARY 17, 2024

After won an international design competition to transform the 243,768 sqm historic military airbase site into a contemporary mixed-use project, now 10 Design continues construction. The development involves three interconnecting buildings, incorporating a shopping mall, retail, cultural and office spaces along with a boutique hotel.

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Brandon Donnelly

MARCH 7, 2023

As I mentioned yesterday , I am not a structural engineer. He is Principal at Stephenson Engineering and he was nice enough to answer a few of my questions about soft story buildings (storey if you’re Canadian). However, my friend James Cranford is. BD: What is a soft (or weak) storey building?

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Archinect

JULY 14, 2022

A historic milestone in the use of mass timber as a construction material is about to be passed as Korb + Associates Architects ’ aptly-named Ascent tower is finally set to open tomorrow, July 15, in Milwaukee. Standing 25 stories and a total of 86.6 meters (or roughly 4 feet). Standing 25 stories and a total of 86.6

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

series, which is exploring the material's potential to be a modern construction material. She advocates for the use of structural stone as part Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN), where she coordinates the Natural Materials Group. At the end of a building's useful life, it can also be repurposed or simply returned to the ground.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Cedar cladding and distinctive windows feature on the exterior of tall rowhouses that were designed, developed and constructed by California architect Brett Farrow. Located in Carlsbad, a beach town north of San Diego , the Laguna Row Development sits between an ecological reserve and urban amenities such as shops and eateries.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Bay Area studio David Baker Architects has completed 145 units of social housing using modular construction and a weathering steel facade in San Francisco , California. The use of modular construction reduced the project's timeline from the average five to seven years to three. Structural engineer: DCI Engineers.

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Architizer

JULY 28, 2022

The property’s owner also managed the various construction teams, and we were very thankful of their drive to make the project work, and not value engineer our designs as much as possible. Were any parts of the project dramatically altered from conception to construction, and if so, why? © JG NEUKOMM Architecture.

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Deezen

MARCH 24, 2022

Australian building company Revival Projects has turned a warehouse that is set for redevelopment into a hub for repurposing construction and demolition waste, which is open to the public during Melbourne Design Week. The Zero Waste Repurposing hub is located in Collingwood, Melbourne on the site of a future development.

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Matt Fajkus Architecture

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

After the schematic design phase has been completed and a viable project budget has been developed, it is time to design the building’s structural system, layer in mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems, and refine the design of functional spaces.

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Matt Fajkus Architecture

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

When starting a remodel or new construction project, an important early step is developing your budget to set realistic expectations and avoid surprises midway through the design process. This basic overview will help you understand the cost components of a residential construction project.

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BD+C

MAY 30, 2023

Milhaus, Gershman Partners, and Citimark close on $70 million multifamily development in Indy Versa will bring 233 studio and one- and two-bedroom apartments to Indianapolis's $271 million, Class-A Broad Ripple Village development enterprise. Versa will be the only recent development in the village featuring a pool and aqua lounge.

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Construction has began on the first two-story 3D-printed structure in the United States. The design uses a hybridized construction method that will combine printed concrete modules with wood framing, making it one of the first 3D printed to use wood and concrete in an integrative manner. Check out the full schedule !

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Matt Fajkus Architecture

DECEMBER 29, 2021

The fourth phase, and most time intensive, is the construction documents (CD) phase. This is when the architect, structural engineer, interior designer, landscape architect, and specialty consultants design and draw the building in detail, producing a set of drawings and specifications that the contractor can build from.

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SW Oregon Architect

OCTOBER 1, 2023

The National Benevolent Association constructed Olive Plaza during the late 1970s as a HUD Section 202 project. Popular at the time of its construction, the lift slab technique has since fallen from favor. The building's lift-slab system was partially blamed for the severity of the collapse.

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aasarchitecture

JUNE 13, 2023

The BaanTower has received an irrevocable building permit and construction will begin in September 2023, seven years after its initial conception. At 159m high, in black marble with a luminous crown, it can hold its own against the surrounding high-rise development – which is framed in fabulous urban views from The BaanTower’s huge windows.

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Deezen

APRIL 23, 2024

The timber cabin is wrapped by an external skin clad with cedar shingles "The idea behind the Monocoque Cabin was inspired by the construction techniques used in the aerospace and automotive industries, which are renowned for their efficient material utilization," Markos told Dezeen. metres-wide, 3.5-metres-tall

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Deezen

JANUARY 26, 2024

Studio Bark developed the Shingles project to find structural uses for otherwise unusable bits of timber Spindles began when the studio was hired to build a family home on a wooded site in Buckinghamshire in the southeast of England.

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SW Oregon Architect

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Screenshot of the coordinated Navisworks model for the Lane Community College Health Professions Building, now under construction. In the parlance of the construction industry a “clash” is the result of two elements in the design of a building unintentionally occupying the same space. The Sheffield, UK company Lightwork Design Ltd.

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Brandon Donnelly

MARCH 4, 2022

And because big office buildings also tend to have a lot of elevators, the structural core is usually what provides lateral stability to the building (or at least this is what the structural engineers tell me). As developers, it is impossible to know all there is to know about any one discipline. These are good questions.

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Dwell

MAY 28, 2024

Project Details: Location: Córdoba, Argentina Architect: Malvina Zayat Footprint: 1,140 square feet Builder: Christian Valverde Structural Engineer: Edgar Moran Photographer: Gonzalo Viramonte From the Architect: " House in the Clouds is located in a portion of native forest in Salsipuedes, 20 miles from the city of Córdoba.

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Deezen

MARCH 27, 2024

The temporary restaurant was designed by Pearce+ Each year, the food festival commissions the construction of a temporary structure that responds to its environment and incorporates sustainable reuse. "[The It was stretched over the framework. RAW:almond was a huge leap – would people embrace the winter and eat outdoors?

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Bustler

MARCH 6, 2024

It's time to learn about this revolutionary material, and we have the perfect professionals to explain: Michelle Roelofs, a structural engineer at Arup who specializes in Mass Timber, and Tanya Luthi, the Director of Engineering at Timberlab, a contractor specializing in Mass Timber structures.

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Deezen

MAY 30, 2024

Located in the Willets Point neighbourhood, the stadium is part of a 23-acre development that includes a public school, hotel, retail and a 100 per cent affordable housing project. The New York City Council recently approved the Universal Land Use Review Process for the entire development. The renderings are courtesy of HOK.

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aasarchitecture

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The façade is structured by slender, green anodised aluminium profiles that are fully recyclable. The office floors located on the upper floors have a timber hybrid construction, allowing for flexible layouts ranging from conservative cubicle offices to modern office landscapes with large, interconnected areas.

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Deezen

MARCH 25, 2024

Dutch studio MVRDV has revealed a series of residential high-rises arranged around courtyards in Shenzhen 's Qianhai bay, which will form part of a smart city development by technology company Tencent. MVRDV designed Tencent 5 as a social and green development that provides housing to employees working in the city.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

It is aimed at builders and designers who wish to gain the academic knowledge and digital tools needed to meet the new challenges posed by the "ecological transition and the industrialisation of construction". Above all, it helped me develop a new approach to problem-solving that I apply in my daily professional life."

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 14, 2019

In the beginning, when you are starting to plan your budget for building a new house, residential construction costs are not that complicated unless you really want to make them that way. Let’s start by identifying that hard costs are the physical assets that you need to acquire to complete your construction project.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Why did we persist with our high-carbon fossil-fuel building habit when we were surrounded by mountains of ready-made and viable construction material? We all know we need to reduce construction's carbon impact and to do that we need to wean ourselves off of fossil fuels.

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aasarchitecture

MAY 24, 2024

In the company of their peers, they will be encouraged in their development, play, romping, and discovery.” This is aimed at minimizing the building’s carbon footprint while maintaining simple and high-quality construction in line with the philosophy of Kéré Architecture. Source by Kéré Architecture.

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Deezen

JANUARY 12, 2024

On the opposite side, where the gates are, the face of the structure is mostly glass. The standing-seam metal roof was painted in Boston Red, a shade of prismatic paint custom-developed for the project at Monopol Color Lab in Switzerland. The photography is by Ema Peter.

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BD+C

JUNE 12, 2014

Constructing a concrete dome is a costly process, but this may change soon. A team from the Vienna University of Technology has developed a method that allows concrete domes to form with the use of air and steel cables instead of expensive, timber supporting structures. “[We Body Image: read more.

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aasarchitecture

MARCH 15, 2024

The immersive space developed by LaviniaNext and OnionLab has an impressive three-dimensional representation of five moments of technological development related to textile factories, urban development, automotive, media and artificial intelligence.

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Deezen

APRIL 3, 2024

Located in Tamarac, a city northwest of Fort Lauderdale, the walkway was placed at the edge of dense suburban development including sprawling single-family neighbourhoods and an Amazon fulfilment centre. Called Sunset Hammock, the structure consists of a long aluminium walkway painted red with a massive periscope at one end.

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aasarchitecture

MARCH 13, 2024

The Kuwait pavilion’s exhibition will showcase how the country is striving for a sustainable future for its people and fostering its global standing through a diversified economy and focused national development. It creatively combines tradition and high-tech.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The facade was made from a robotic winding process Its woven facade design is informed by textile construction and was developed by Allmannwappner and Menges Scheffler Architekten with engineering practice Jan Knippers Ingenieure. metres in height, each made by a robotic winding process developed at the University of Stuttgart.

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Deezen

APRIL 11, 2024

It includes high-rise office buildings by HKS "The project aligns with Austin's larger objectives of sustainable urban development, economic growth, and community engagement, including reimagining the 40-block area surrounding the Capitol building," the team said. "It & Elec.

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