Deezen

JANUARY 4, 2023

One of the last structures designed by Hadid, the tents were created by Zaha Hadid Architects ( ZHA ) in collaboration with non-profit Education Above All Foundation ( EAA ) as schools and health clinics for displaced populations throughout the Middle East. Photo courtesy of Education Above All Foundation.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 5, 2023

They also drew up guidelines for how the foundations of the structure should meet the ground, to minimise the impact on the rural terrain. A heat-burning stove and children's book library can be found inside The architects translated this into a structure with a pointed, diamond-shaped roof, an open front and a closed back.

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Deezen

APRIL 11, 2024

Its design was informed by the vernacular architecture of Ontario The studio also limited concrete use by eliminating a basement, choosing instead to lay the house on a shallow foundation and concrete slab, which was then left exposed on the interior to avoid the use of additional flooring.

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Deezen

AUGUST 16, 2023

The ground floor includes a multipurpose family room that leads out to the pool deck, which is set at the same height as the roof of the pink accessory dwelling unit (ADU). The pool deck and roof garden together create a 'middle ground' suspended between the streets at the site’s top and bottom," the team explained.

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BD+C

JUNE 5, 2023

How to properly assess structural wind damage 0 dbarista Mon, 06/05/2023 - 16:17 Engineers Properly assessing wind damage can identify vulnerabilities in a building's design or construction, which could lead to future damage or loss, writes Matt Wagner, SE, Principal and Managing Director with Walter P Moore.

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Deezen

MAY 8, 2022

US studio Ahmadreza Schricker Architecture North has topped a 1920s beer factory in Tehran with a series of distinctive concrete roofs to create a contemporary art museum. New York-based Ahmadreza Schricker Architecture North (ASA North) designed Argo Factory for non-profit organisation The Pejman Foundation to house its art collection.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Steep-pitched roofs reference arts and crafts buildings in the area. The lightweight CLT structure of the buildings reduces foundation loads, allowing the use of a thin reinforced concrete raft foundation 'floating' on rigid insulation," explained Smith and Wallwork structural engineer Tristan Wallwork.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The structure was built on the site of a former gas station Using references from the era, the structure features classic signage, an overhanging roof and divided metal windows. Remediation systems were added to the foundation to "clean the residual contaminants". Skylights were included in the gallery space.

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aasarchitecture

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Møller Foundation appointed the Danish architecture studio Cobe to design a new park at a former industrial island in Copenhagen’s inner harbor. The greenhouse is designed as an organically shaped glass structure with a hovering roof, intended to surprise and delight visitors as they navigate the lush landscape. Source by Cobe.

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Deezen

JULY 10, 2022

Neubau was approached by St Mary's Junior School for girls to transform the 1970s greenhouse into a specialised lab for teaching classes in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Its concrete slab foundation and aluminium frame were preserved, with a polycarbonate facade system introduced to replace the fragile glass panels.

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Deezen

JUNE 13, 2022

American architecture studio Gensler has completed the Fifth + Tillery office in Austin , Texas, which uses a canopy of photovoltaic panels to create shade for the plaza and roof terrace. MEP engineer: Arete. Structural engineer: MJ Structures. General contractor: RM Chiapas. Electrical engineer: Lloyd Engineering.

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Architecture Ideas

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Key Considerations Before Building Your Own House The idea to build your own house can be challenging if you don’t begin on a firm foundation. You need a team of contractors and engineers for a safe and sound building. Begin with marking the structure and start excavating for the foundation.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Kéré Architecture , the studio led by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Diébédo Francis Kéré , created Kamwokya Community Centre in collaboration with the local non-profit Kamwokya Christian Caring Community and the humanitarian organisation Ameropa Foundation. Client: Ameropa Foundation, Kamwokya Christian Caring Community.

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Deezen

JULY 6, 2023

Read: In Situ Studio revives mid-century modern home in North Carolina The original guest house was demolished and a new, two-bedroom dwelling was built on its foundation using a "roof form that is sympathetic to the main house" with deep overhangs. The connecting stair has a bent metal railing that continues up to the top floor.

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Deezen

MAY 24, 2023

Concrete-slab foundations are topped with pavers made of recinto volcanic stone. Roofs are covered with vegetation. In the main residence, slender steel columns support deep roof overhangs. Rising up from the roof are protruding light monitors sheathed with unfinished steel plates, which will develop a patina over time.

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Architizer

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The structure was created simply by installing a roof over the RC foundation deeply rooted underground. Structural calculations dictate the roof slope of a 60-degree-angle to withstand the snow load. Size: 0 sqft – 1000 sqft. Niki-H – A small house designed for wine-making settlers in Hokkaido. Team Members.

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Deezen

MAY 29, 2023

It is made from red steel and will house events This is constructed from a red-painted steel box frame, which has been clad with sawn-timber roof beams arranged in a fan formation in a nod to the geometry of the original building's brick facade. This maximises the benefit derived from the embodied carbon of their original construction."

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aasarchitecture

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The Kamwokya Community Centre the fruit of a partnership between local non-profit Kamwokya Christian Caring Communityand the Ameropa Foundation. These spaces are covered by two butterfly roofs raised by steel structures to allow for air flow, which give a strong identity to the site in its urban context. Photo © Iwan Baan.

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Deezen

JANUARY 16, 2023

LA studio Kevin Daly Architecture has created a headquarters for a Houston foundation that has a latticed canopy suspended over a white building that was created using steel and cross-laminated timber. MEP engineer: CMTA. Structural engineer: ARUP. Civil engineer: BGE. General contractor: WS Bellows.

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Deezen

JUNE 15, 2022

The school is named after pioneering female aviator Louise Thaden and is backed by the Walton Family Foundation, which is led by Walmart's founders. The studio also master-planned the school's 26-acre (10-hectare) campus in collaboration with New Orleans-based Eskew Dumez Ripple , landscape studio Andropogon and engineering firm CMTA.

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Deezen

AUGUST 16, 2022

They lifted up the entire house and modernised the foundation using a thick mat slab. A roof deck offers a sweeping view of the city and the bay. Atop the house, a portion of the roof is a planted surface with a mix of sedums, succulents and shrubs. A mixture of plants are included on the roof. General contractor: Forma.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Solar panels on the roof provide the building with its own source of electricity, while the surrounding harbour water is harnessed for a passive heating and cooling system. By using the water of the Rijnhaven to cool the building, and by using the roof of the office as a large energy source, the building is truly autarkic," he stated.

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 11, 2014

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. Here is a typical wall section through a pier and beam foundation.

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aasarchitecture

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Keck Foundation Chairman Robert Day ’65 P’12. Eight outdoor roof terraces located on the corner perimeters of each ‘bar’ offer sweeping 360-degree views of the mountains to the north, the campus to the west, and the Roberts Campus to the east. The building honors CMC alumnus, 52-year trustee, and W.M. Image © BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group.

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e-architect

JULY 8, 2023

The building’s small footprint, sloped roofs, compact volumes, and local materials reinforce Marlboro Music’s place within the lush rolling hills and streams of the Green Mountains. Features include LED lighting, a passive solar gains strategy, a green roof, operable windows that provide natural ventilation, and native plantings.

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aasarchitecture

AUGUST 4, 2022

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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Matt Fajkus Architecture

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

At the start of this phase, a geotechnical engineer is engaged to gather information on the soil conditions so that a structural engineer can design the house’s foundation. A structural engineer is engaged to design the structure of the house, including sizing beams and columns, and determining floor and roof assemblies.

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Deezen

APRIL 9, 2023

The main gallery space is surrounded by windows and features historic details "We designed the foundation to be a series of spaces that would compress and expand, collapse and unfold and move between dark and light," said Worrell Yeung co-founder Jejon Yeung. The photography is by Naho Kubota.

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aasarchitecture

JANUARY 31, 2023

The building provides the Foundation with a new way of working with its partners across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. The design is strongly connected to the site and context: the landscape and history of Spotts Park on the banks of Houston’s Buffalo Bayou.

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aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The shape of symmetrically placed columns evokes a certain level of lightness or even fragility – and yet, they represent the object’s stability as they carry the roofing grid reliably. The grid’s function is to provide shade, but it can be also covered with a light, transparent roofing material. Photo © BoysPlayNice. anchor bolts.

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aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The shape of symmetrically placed columns evokes a certain level of lightness or even fragility – and yet, they represent the object’s stability as they carry the roofing grid reliably. The grid’s function is to provide shade, but it can be also covered with a light, transparent roofing material. Photo © BoysPlayNice. anchor bolts.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Named Walk-Up Avenue, the site comprises a flexible events space, green-roofed stage, communal garden, cafe and play areas that residents and community groups can use freely. Further into the plot are a green-roofed stage and a plaza with box planters and seating, which neighbourhood groups are encouraged to use to organise their own events.

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BD+C

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

It calculates the two-dimensional heat-transfer effects in building components such as windows, walls, foundations, roofs, and doors. Collaboration is key Collaboration is foundational to our integrated design practice. But as we have learned, it’s not as clear cut as just adding more insulation to the walls and roof.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The upper floors of the house are captured below an unfolding roof pinned by a central hearth, the great gesture. The semi-subterranean lower floor is nestled discreetly into the valley saddle providing a green roof-lawn for the living spaces above. Albert Putnam- Structural Engineer. © SPAN Architecture. © SPAN Architecture.

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aasarchitecture

AUGUST 16, 2022

In excavating the top layer of soil, it became feasible to lift the entire house, and to modernize the entire foundation with a relatively thick mat slab. The intensive green roof has varying soil depth from 6” to 10” across the sloped roof, allowing for a mix of smaller sedums and larger shrubs and succulents.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Read more about 200 Amsterdam › Photo by Ed Reeve Mole House, UK, by Adjaye Associates Retired civil engineer William Lyttle, nicknamed the Mole Man, illegally dug a series of tunnels under his home in east London over a period of 40 years, running eight metres-deep and 20 metres-long in all directions.

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aasarchitecture

MAY 29, 2023

The project is a bold reimagining of a UNESCO world heritage site into a vibrant community complex, complementing the historic architectural foundations with new dimensions to make it fit for modern, dynamic use. Similarly for the reflective roof of the restaurant, invoking the surface of water and adding a whimsical feel to the space.

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