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A Mother and Daughter Share an Expanded Weatherboard Cottage That’s Still Just 807 Square Feet

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Project Details: Location: Yarraville, Victoria, Australia Architecture and Interior Design: OOF!

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Kaan Architecten adds "monumental" visitor centre to second world war cemetery

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A layered concrete facade wraps around the structure Located east of the cemetery's central court of honour, a winding pathway framed by trees gently slopes downwards into a concrete patio at the front of the visitor centre. Here, a row of concrete blocks provides seating.

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Feste designs free-to-use cabins for 25 locations in southern Norway

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The Agder Day-Trip Cabins are being installed in each of the 25 municipalities in Agder to encourage both locals and tourists to spend more time in nature. The Agder Day-Trip Cabins are being installed in 25 locations The first 20 are now in place, with the following five set to be installed by the end of 2024.

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Telescope House by Wendell Burnette offers framed views of Sedona

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Project credits: Architect: Wendell Burnette Architects Wendell Burnette team: Wendell Burnette (architect), Brandan Siebrecht (project manager), Jared Abraham and Joby Dutton (project designers) General contractor: Roots Design Build (Mark McCulloch) Structural engineer: Rudow + Berry, Inc Lighting designer: Creative Designs in Lighting Mechanical (..)

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Omer Arbel uses fabric formwork for concrete pillars in Canadian house

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Along with curling exterior walls that span the length of the houses's perimeter, they were created using a technique in which concrete is poured slowly into fabric formwork supported by a plywood rib structure. Interior planting beds were also installed in the gathering space. Concrete floors run throughout the project.

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How to properly assess structural wind damage

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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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A Wood Canopy With Netting Fills Out a Glass-Wrapped New York Apartment

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Continuing to interrogate the fundamental nature of a partition, the installation of a garden folly responds to the inhuman proportions found in the newly combined double-height space, which opens to the city through 22-foot-tall glass walls on three sides, and takes on the scale of landscape. Have one to share? Post it here.

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