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AI and its Impact on the Design and Construction Industries

SW Oregon Architect

Maket : Simplifying zoning compliance. I figure we’re still some years away before general AI becomes a reality and truly useful in comprehensive design and construction applications. The problem with the coming AI revolution may be the elimination of many current jobs in the design and construction fields.

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A dearth of BIPOC Boston-area construction workers reveals the industry's ugly 'caste system'

Archinect

But the city's construction workforce has not kept pace, according to Boston city data. The data also shows a kind of caste system in construction. The higher up you go in a building under construction, the less likely you are to find workers of color.

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MVRDV begins construction on overhaul of old Shanghai cement factory

Archinect

A team led by MVRDV has begun construction on a leisure and cultural district in Shanghai on the site of a disused cement factory.

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Jingu Center by LYCS Architecture

Archinect

Located in the heart of Hangzhou's Yinhu Sci-tech City, the project spans a total construction area of 92,010.23 Jingu Group (002488) is a high-tech enterprise specializing in producing automobile wheels, recognized by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers as the "Leading Enterprise in China's Auto Parts Wheel Industry."

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Shenzhen Construction Industry Ecological & Intelligent Valley by Aedas

aasarchitecture

joined hands to win the Shenzhen Construction Industry Ecological & Intelligent Valley Headquarters design competition. Image © Aedas The design has integrated urban development, industrial spaces and villages to create a multi-functional park. Client: Shenzhen Longgang District Urban Construction Investment Group Co.,

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Wenzhou Innovaland Start-up Zone: Aedas

e-architect

Wenzhou Innovaland Start-up Zone Building, Chinese Commercial Architecture, Design Images. Wenzhou Innovaland Start-up Zone. Creating a High-Tech Hub at Wenzhou Innovaland Start-Up Zone. Aerial view of the start-up zone: Images by Aedas. Wenzhou Innovaland Start-up Zone, Zhejiang province, China. 8 November 2022.

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A conversation with Quang Truong: carbon fiber, zoning, and architecture's slow evolution

Portland Architecture

And that's before he wrote the world's first book about composite materials in architecture, became a Portland State University professor, and founded a software company to visualize complex zoning codes. Recently I talked with Truong to learn more about all these things: composite materials, zoning, education, mass timber.

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