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Killa Design's Museum of the Future opens in Dubai

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Built for the Dubai Future Foundation , the seven-storey building contains a combination of exhibits dedicated to the future and workshops for testing and developing emerging technology. The photography is courtesy of Dubai Future Foundation. Project credits: Client: Dubai Future Foundation. Developer: North25.

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Pier and Beam Foundations - KHouse Progress | Life of an Architect

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Home / Construction / Pier and Beam Foundations – KHouse Progress Pier and Beam Foundations – KHouse Progress Bob Borson — June 12, 2014 — 73 Comments On the residential part of our practice, we do a lot of pier and beam foundations. Remove water due to hot and dry conditions, and the soil contracts.

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

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Constructed with a lightweight timber frame supported on sand-bag foundations, the pavilion is enclosed in polycarbonate on its street-facing facade. Contractor: CEH Contracts. Structural engineer: Price & Myers. Service engineer: Skelly & Couch. It is covered with bronze chainmail curtains.

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Insights: What do different engineers do, and when do I hire one?

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Dealing with the local governing code can get hairy, so one of the major benefits of hiring an architect is letting them coordinate and schedule design, engineering, and construction all at once. At their most basic function, structural engineers design the bones of a new building to resist forces caused by gravity and the elements.

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Behavioral Health Teaching Facility by SRG

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The University of Washington has established a bold vision for a new Behavioral Health Teaching Facility that will become the foundation for positive transformation of the entire Behavioral Health system in the state of Washington. Located adjacent to an existing acute care hospital on the UW Medical Center Northwest Campus.

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022: Residential Construction Costs

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Demolition (if there are structures currently on the lot) Construction costs, including foundation, framing, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, interior finishes, exterior finishes, lighting, cabinetry, appliances, plumbing vessels, etc.) 425 per Square Foot (and up) Bring on the monks and other artisans from around the world!

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New Scottish galleries at the National, Edinburgh

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An extremely successful fundraising campaign raised over £16m thanks to an extraordinarily generous response in donations from trusts, foundations, Patrons, the National Galleries of Scotland’s Friends organisation, American Patrons and a wide range of private individuals. The Art Come on a journey through nearly 150 years of Scottish art.

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