Archinect

MAY 17, 2023

Using Epic Games’ powerful game engine Unreal Engine 5, the entire original master plan for the radical early 1960s scheme has been constructed, marking a significant expansion on the realized segment situated in Montreal , Canada. “I came to the conclusion that suburbs weren’t feasible in the long term.

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The Architect's Newsletter

MARCH 29, 2024

There, architects, business leaders, engineers, students, construction experts, techies, and other professionals coalesced The post How can forced labor be eliminated from the global construction sector? Design for Freedom held its third annual summit this week at Grace Farms in New Canaan, Connecticut.

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

via New York Engineers Almost two decades ago, in the downtown corridor of Columbus, Ohio, the century-old landmarked Lazarus Building underwent an extensive renovation to save the department store and restore it to its former glory. Sixty million dollars went into its restoration and transformation into a retail and office complex.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Australia has become the first country in the world to ban engineered stone, following rising cases of silicosis among workers who handle the material. The ban targets engineered stone, also known as agglomerated stone – a type of material made by mixing crushed stone with a resin binder.

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Image © Valerie Bennett Timber has been a popular source of construction material for thousands of years. Through sawing, milling, and other engineered wood conversion processes, various wood forms have been created and applied in products, furniture, and architecture. Wood Chip Barn Project, 2016. Read more »

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Construction is in full swing again on a Raphael Viñoly Architects -designed 88-story 125 Greenwich Street Manhattan residential project after resuming earlier this year following a four-year pause.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Construction is in full swing again on a Rafael Viñoly Architects -designed 88-story 125 Greenwich Street Manhattan residential project after resuming earlier this year following a four-year pause.

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ArchDaily

AUGUST 17, 2023

From the top floor of the Hilton Hotel at Tucherpark in Munich, you could see the skyline of the city dotted with construction cranes, a reflection of its current state of development.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Secrets of a structural engineer 0 dbarista Fri, 09/08/2023 - 11:54 Engineers Walter P Moore's Scott Martin, PE, LEED AP, DBIA, offers tips and takeaways for young—and veteran—structural engineers in the AEC industry. Below is a summary of the presentation “Secrets of a Structural Engineer” that I gave to the students.

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Archinect

MARCH 19, 2024

Chinese state-owned construction contractor will build China’s largest soccer park in Guangzhou on the site where struggling Chinese property developer China Evergrande Group was supposed to build its soccer stadium. The site was originally meant for a 100,000-seat stadium designed by Gensler.

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BD+C

MARCH 22, 2023

Onsite prefabrication for healthcare construction: It's more than a process, it's a partnership 0 dbarista Wed, 03/22/2023 - 10:32 Project + Process Innovation Prefabrication can help project teams navigate an uncertain market. One answer to consider is onsite prefabrication (or industrialized construction). AND WHY DO IT?

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

APA – THE ENGINEERED WOOD ASSOCIATION Multifamily Housing Engineered wood’s combination of benefits—from beauty and versatility to sustainability and strength—has made it a popular material for commercial projects such as mixed-use buildings, low-rise office structures and even eight-story mass-timber high rises.

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Archinect

APRIL 26, 2022

Rugged Robotics, a Houston-based developer of construction technology, raised $9.4 Similar to Dusty Robotics, Rugged offers a robot to automate construction layout. Rugged’s Mark I marks architectural and engineering designs directly onto concrete floors so workers know where to build. million in Series A funding.

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Archinect

JANUARY 12, 2022

Construction Drive is reporting that the falsework has been removed and the first of ten spans successfully installed on the $588 million project that will eventually connect Boyle Heights to the Downtown Arts District.

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Deezen

MARCH 17, 2023

Its prefabricated frame is made of 2,000 cubic metres of glued-laminated timber , held together entirely without screws or nails using a novel structural system developed by Japanese architect Ban in collaboration with Swiss engineer Hermann Blumer.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

While the government has doled out grant money to research 3D printing capabilities in space, and several proof-of-concept projects from bridges to Army barracks have garnered headlines, the applied use of 3D printing in commercial construction remains nascent. Patti Harburg-Petrich, principal in the Los Angeles office of U.K.-based

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BD+C

MAY 18, 2023

Get a competitive edge in your construction projects with value engineering 1 kcichowicz Thu, 05/18/2023 - 11:53 Trimble Over the past half-century, value engineering (VE) has proven to be an effective tool to manage time, costs, and quality with an aim to maximize value. What is value engineering?

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Archinect

APRIL 22, 2024

LAX 's new Midfield Satellite Concourse South (or MSC South) recently topped out as the project's construction progresses in nine segments toward its 2025 completion date.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The awards are divided into three categories representing three target audiences for Autodesk: 'Architecture, Engineering & Construction,’ ‘Product Design & Manufacturing,’ and ‘Media & Entertainment.’

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Archinect

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The project, which saw a three-story timber extension added atop an existing seven-story concrete building, is described by the design team as “the first commercial office building in Washington DC to feature a vertical extension constructed using mass timber.”

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BD+C

AUGUST 30, 2021

Effective September 1, the University of Texas at San Antonio will launch its College of Engineering and Integrated Design (CEID), one of the few academic programs in the U.S. that combine engineering, architecture, and construction.

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Archinect

JANUARY 29, 2024

The results of this year’s Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel (IDEAS²) Awards have been shared by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) as part of the competition’s 64th edition. A total of six projects were honored by the 2024 edition.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion 0 qpurcell Thu, 09/28/2023 - 10:37 Office Buildings IMEG's Edwin Dean, Joe Gulden, and Doug Sweeney, share seven key focuses for structural engineers when planning office-to-residential conversions. faces a housing deficit of 3.8 million units.

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Archinect

MARCH 1, 2022

It’s doing it (again). San Francisco’s Millennium Tower is on the move once more, this time in an entirely different dimension as the 13-year-old building is sliding while it sinks and tilts. Now the tower is said to be moving to the east, specifically. Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons user Hydrogen Iodide.

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Santa Cruz Architect

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Among these age-old methods, rammed-earth construction stands out as a beacon of eco-friendly building practices. Modern rammed-earth technology combines traditional wisdom with contemporary engineering, offering a sustainable solution to contemporary construction challenges.

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Deezen

JANUARY 28, 2024

Northeast Pavilion is a permanent bamboo structure created by Mumbai studio AtArchitecture to showcase local craft and construction techniques from the northeast of India. Bamboo was also chosen as it is a traditional construction material in this region of India. This required 90 workers from around the region to travel to the site.

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Bustler

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The UK’s Institution of Structural Engineers has announced the winners of the Structural Awards 2022, which seeks to celebrate the role of structural engineers in sustainability, social impact, innovation, and ingenuity. Ten projects were honored, comprising two Supreme Award winners and eight shortlisted works.

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The Spaces

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

This newly discovered tunnel had been buried by mud and seawater for hundreds of years after a series of earthquakes led to the partial collapse of Taposiris Magna – a town constructed between 280 and 280 BC by Ptolemy II. The post An ancient “engineering miracle” has been discovered in Egypt appeared first on The Spaces.

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ArchDaily

MARCH 3, 2024

Image Due to their aesthetic, sustainable, durable, and resistant qualities, stone materials have accompanied the disciplines of architecture and engineering since their origins. As is known, in Mexico, stone has been a fundamental element in pre-Hispanic constructions where experimentation was done with vaults, ashlars, masonry, etc.

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The Architecture Designs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

If you are undertaking a new construction project, renovating a home extensively, or carrying out other construction works, you may need to hire a civil engineer, structural engineer, or both. There is a lot of overlap between their functions, but they generally handle different aspects of construction projects.

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Architizer

JANUARY 4, 2023

Beyond the boundaries of typical architecture, our project aims to advance both sustainable construction and sustainable manufacturing. The post Airbus NIS Engine Factory // The Living appeared first on Journal. This new building is a model for sustainable factories of the future. © The Living. © The Living. © The Living.

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designboom

AUGUST 24, 2022

in their new study, the engineers show how their robot constructed a kinematic model of itself and utilized it to plan motion, attain goals, and avoid obstacles. The post columbia engineers develop robot that imagines and understands itself appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 3, 2023

A circular wooden structure with a diameter of 700 metres is under construction off the coast of Japan as part of architect Sou Fujimoto 's masterplan for Expo 2025 Osaka. The post Construction begins on Expo 2025 Osaka masterplan by Sou Fujimoto appeared first on Dezeen. The visuals are courtesy of Sou Fujimoto Architects.

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Architizer

MARCH 11, 2024

Halls are filled with interactive areas teaching us the benefits of urban greening, allowing us to play as net zero town planners or showcasing preserved relics from the early days of internal combustion engines and the marvels of injection molding. It’s a chilly evening in early February when we arrive at Tekniska. sound system.

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Dwell

MARCH 28, 2024

Assuming the role of contractor, Julie Park works through trials and tribulations to construct a Blue Sky house with a complex metal roof. Homeowner Julie Park ordered the home’s components from the prefab company Blue Sky Building Systems, and she hired architect Andrew Goodwin to assist with structural engineering and permits.

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BD+C

OCTOBER 18, 2023

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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Archinect

APRIL 17, 2024

Image credit Joshua White Photography, courtesy of SCI-Arc The exhibition culminates years of research into engineering and sustainable construction methods and Kipping's belief that timber architecture can play a role in alleviating the impinging housing crisis in Los Angeles and abroad.

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