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Omar Gandhi Architects balances cedar house on rocky Nova Scotia coastline

Deezen

"Beyond its visually striking exterior, the true innovation of Rockbound lies in the unseen engineering," the team explained, lauding the collaboration with Blackwell Structural Engineers to redistribute the structural loads through a system of micro-piles.

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Killa Design's Museum of the Future opens in Dubai

Deezen

Lead consultant (design, site supervision and contract administration): Buro Happold: Structural engineering, facade engineering, sustainability, building services engineering: Buro Happold. Cost consultant: AECOM. The photography is courtesy of Dubai Future Foundation. Developer: North25.

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Morphosis completes terracotta-clad Orange County Museum of Art

Deezen

Structural engineer: John A. MEP engineer & sustainability: Buro Happold. Civil engineer: KPFF. Fire life safety engineers: Simpons Gumpertz & Heger. Cost estimator: Dharam Consulting. Geotechnical engineer: Leighton Consulting. Plaster: Infinity Drywall Contracting.

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

DesignScape Architects

Architectural and engineering companies often work together in a variety of areas, but three engineers that commonly work with architects include: 1. Structural engineers Everything from the weight of materials to the structure of the building will be taken into account by the structural engineer.

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David Kohn celebrates English eccentricities with Red House in Dorset

Deezen

Structural engineer: Momentum. Services engineer: SGA Consulting. CDM consultant: Insight CDM. Arboriculturist: Barrell Tree Consultancy. Contract administrator: David Kohn Architects. Main contractor: Ken Biggs Contractors. Quantity surveyor: Peter Gunning & Partners. Ecologist: AEWC.

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Haworth Tompkins creates "sense of arrival and intrigue" with chainmail theatre entrance pavilion

Deezen

Contractor: CEH Contracts. Structural engineer: Price & Myers. Service engineer: Skelly & Couch. Fire consultants: Norman Disney & Young. Accessibility consultant: All Clear Design. Lucy Picardo, Andreea Pirvan, Pierre Shaw, Roger Watts. Project manager: Plann. Quantity surveyor: Bristow Johnson.

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Marylebone Mews House, London, England

e-architect

By engaging an acoustic consultant, we ensured that no mechanical sound transfers to the principal bedroom suite adjacent or guest bedroom above and can disturb the calm atmosphere and peaceful material treatment that has been applied to the reconfigured house.

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