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Technology & sustainability is trending among customers: Mr. B.O. Prasanna Kumar (Engineering Consultants)

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This is where the role of a plumbing consultant becomes pertinent. MEP consulting engineers are well-versed in a variety of commercial building issues. MEP consultants such as DesignTree Services Consultants Pvt Ltd create knowledgeable projections about future energy usage. About Mr. B.O. Prasanna Kumar.

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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion

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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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REX creates "holy grail" combination of performance spaces in Providence

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To accomplish this, REX included a "clear storey", a glazed walkway that runs the length of the building, passing between the shoebox form and the exterior wall. For the exterior, REX aimed to create a contemporary structure that "played nicely" with the surrounding historical styles.

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Studio Egret West to transform former Heinz HQ into London housing

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Studio Egret West will preserve the concrete exterior of the former Heinz headquarters They were designed by US architect Gordon Bunshaft while working at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and were his only project in the UK.

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MAD designs undulating Cloud 9 Sports Center for Shijiazhuang

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On the building's exterior, a semi-outdoor staircase was added to the side facing Central Park, allowing gym users and the public to access a rest bar located along the stair and to reach the third floor. Architectural design: MAD Architectural Affairs Institute Grade A design institute: Northern Engineering Design Institute Co.,

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Omar Gandhi Architects balances cedar house on rocky Nova Scotia coastline

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The exterior is "minimal in its massing" "The exterior is extremely minimal in its massing," said OGA principal Omar Gandhi. "It The house presents as two interlocked, stacking boxes – that are meant to weather over time to match the pale grey of the sky – perched on a hillside.

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Ross Barney Architects encloses NASA testing facility in unique copper-concrete panels

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Ross Barney Architects created the Aerospace Communications Facility at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, which originally opened as the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory in 1942 to test jet propulsion. On the exterior, undulating metal shutters were extended from the building to control light.

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