Archinect

MARCH 4, 2024

Today is World Engineering Day , and to celebrate it, Archinect has curated a few outstanding bridge projects we’ve included in our recent news coverage to highlight critical pieces of infrastructure at an important time for civil and structural engineering in the Americas and abroad.

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Archinect

JANUARY 29, 2024

The results of this year’s Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel (IDEAS²) Awards have been shared by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) as part of the competition’s 64th edition. A total of six projects were honored by the 2024 edition.

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Archinect

JANUARY 31, 2024

SOM has completed work on their Two Manhattan West tower project to culminate the shorter second half of its $4.5 Design Principal Kim Van Holsbeke says it offers a "thriving new urban destination." billion mixed-use Manhattan West development in New York City.

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Deezen

AUGUST 22, 2022

He established his own studio Anthony Hunt Associates in 1962, with Neave Brown's Alexandra Road Housing Estate in London as one of its early projects. Read: Anthony Hunt is the high-tech architect's engineer. Hunt engineered numerous high-tech buildings including the Sainsbury Centre. Photo by Ken Kirkwood.

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e-architect

JANUARY 7, 2022

Max Fordham Engineers, Architects, Architecture, Studio, Projects, Structural Designs, News. Max Fordham Engineering. Contemporary Buildings + Structures Office News. ” – state this British engineering practice. . ” – state this British engineering practice.

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Archinect

JULY 28, 2023

A new look behind the process and select architects involved in Saudi Arabia’s controversial The Line megacity for NEOM has been released, answering some questions as to its ideation while leaving many remaining in regard to the project's structural engineering, technical specifics, and design feasibility overall.

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 1, 2021

It’s a fact; many times residential structures are simple and straight-forward enough that a structural engineer is not required. Pre-engineered wood roof trusses and engineered wood floor joists or trusses are common. Many times, a structural engineer is not involved with these homes.

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Bustler

MAY 20, 2024

This year’s cohort is said to be evocative of the "paradigm shift in design and construction practices." Over 100 projects were selected in the 2024 cycle. There, an overall winner of each category will be crowned, along with the headlining Best Tall Building and the new Global Community Award, which was introduced this year.

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Deezen

MAY 28, 2024

The design is centered around the sublime mountain landscape," the team said. Weathering steel characterises the facade Other projects by Lever Architecture include an Oregon winery building with angled roofs and cedar-clad walls and an office building for a charitable foundation that was partly constructed of mass plywood.

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Bustler

JANUARY 28, 2024

The results of this year’s Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel (IDEAS²) Awards have been shared by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) as part of the competition’s 64th edition. A total of six projects were honored by the 2024 edition.

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Archinect

JANUARY 5, 2024

Charlie Thornton, the well-admired structural engineer, co-founder and CEO of Thornton Tomasetti , passed away in early December at the age of 83, according to his firm. The Bronx-born Thornton began his career in the New York offices of Lev Zetlin Associates before pursuing a new venture with Richard Tomasetti after 1977.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The UK’s Institution of Structural Engineers has announced the winners of the Structural Awards 2022, which seeks to celebrate the role of structural engineers in sustainability, social impact, innovation, and ingenuity. “The winning projects perfectly encapsulate our new guiding attribut.

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BD+C

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

8 strategies for multifamily passive house design projects 0 qpurcell Mon, 11/20/2023 - 12:22 Sustainability Stantec's Brett Lambert, Principal of Architecture and Passive House Certified Consultant, uses the Northland Newton Development project to guide designers with eight tips for designing multifamily passive house projects.

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Bustler

MARCH 26, 2023

WoodWorks has announced the winners of the 2023 Wood Design Awards, an annual showcase of the industry’s most inspiring applications of mass timber and wood in building designs across the United States. Scroll down to see WoodWorks' selection of award-winning projects.

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Archinect

JULY 26, 2022

The new Strata Wynwood mixed-use residential building, designed by global firm Stantec, is the newest addition to the Wynwood Arts District in Miami. The project includes 257 residential units, artist studios, three floors of office space, street-level retail, and 474 parking spaces.

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Image: Gabriel Fernandes from São Paulo, Brasil, CC BY-SA 2.0 <[link] via Wikimedia Commons Tie rods are integral in structural engineering, primarily for transmitting traffic loads and alleviating compression forces within a structure. Read more »

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Construction is in full swing again on a Raphael Viñoly Architects -designed 88-story 125 Greenwich Street Manhattan residential project after resuming earlier this year following a four-year pause.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

A cluster of wood-clad, gabled volumes form a sculptural home by architectural studio Young Projects that nods to historic Long Island architecture while reimagining the barn typology. Young Projects created a swimming pool The house, which totals 2,600 square feet (242 square metres), consists of six gabled forms, each 24 by 24 feet (7.3

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Construction is in full swing again on a Rafael Viñoly Architects -designed 88-story 125 Greenwich Street Manhattan residential project after resuming earlier this year following a four-year pause.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Project Status: Built. This residential project involved the construction of three distinct structures, creating additional interior space and forming a private courtyard for an existing house that remains in place. © Buttrick Projects Architecture + Design. © Buttrick Projects Architecture + Design.

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DesignScape Architects

APRIL 17, 2023

Beginning any design project is always a significant undertaking. Whether you are designing a traditional home or your interests lie in large scale commercial buildings, you will find many different people involved in the construction process. This can lead to confusion and not feeling in control of your own project.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Czech architecture studio Chybik + Kristof has designed a mixed-use tower with cascading floors clad in red concrete for the New Boulevard in Tirana , Albania. All apartments will have loggias "This project showcases an extraordinary fusion of innovative design and visionary urban planning," Pashako added.

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Deezen

MAY 24, 2024

Studio Libeskind has unveiled The Atrium at Sumner Houses Within the block, which has angled facades typical of Studio Libeskind 's style, are 190 apartments designed for elderly people as part of the city's Seniors First program. Above this are the apartments, which are arranged around the central atrium and all designed to be adaptable.

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Archinect

APRIL 27, 2023

The project was enacted to “give greater physical visibility and transparency” to the institution's 39-year-old campus, which is seeking to reposition itself to a broader and more diverse public as its collection expands. The DMA shares that the competition’s first stage drew some 154 submissions from around the world.

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Deezen

JANUARY 20, 2022

Engineering firm Buro Happold has become the latest signatory to the SE 2050 Commitment Program, which unites structural engineering firms behind the common goal to slash embodied carbon emissions from their projects by 2050. There has been, to date, a focus on operational carbon," he told Dezeen. "As

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Deezen

APRIL 22, 2024

Danish architecture studio BIG , alongside faculty at the University of Kansas, has unveiled its design for the mass-timber Makers' KUbe in Kansas, USA. The structure will serve as an educational building for the University of Kansas ( KU ) School of Architecture & Design in Lawrence, Kansas. The imagery is courtesy of BIG.

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Architizer

AUGUST 22, 2022

Project Status: Built. In a city dominated by heavy structures preoccupied with merely an outer facade of buildings the priority was not to impose, touch the ground lightly and to draw abstract and modern inspirations from its cultural context and the its past, looking towards the future. Year: 2020. Budget: 1M – 5M.

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Deezen

JANUARY 12, 2024

A sawtooth roof, blue ceramic tiles and corrugated steel panels define this home in Madrid , Spain , designed by Ignacio G Galán and OF Architects. In this way, the different social networks that the house hosts are also connected with larger social structures in the area. Project credits: Architects: Ignacio G.

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Matt Fajkus Architecture

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

When starting a remodel or new construction project, an important early step is developing your budget to set realistic expectations and avoid surprises midway through the design process. This basic overview will help you understand the cost components of a residential construction project.

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Bustler

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The UK’s Institution of Structural Engineers has announced the winners of the Structural Awards 2022, which seeks to celebrate the role of structural engineers in sustainability, social impact, innovation, and ingenuity. Ten projects were honored, comprising two Supreme Award winners and eight shortlisted works.

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Deezen

APRIL 25, 2024

According to Gandhi, the biggest challenge of the design was navigating the intricate rocky subterranean soil conditions, which required the house to bridge seam in the bedrock. The photography is by Ema Peter.

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Architizer

APRIL 24, 2022

Project Status: Built. Architizer chatted with YU Ting, Chief architect at Wutopia Lab to learn more about the project. Architizer chatted with YU Ting, Chief architect at Wutopia Lab to learn more about the project. Architizer: Please summarize the project brief and creative vision behind your project. Year: 2021.

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e-architect

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Kigali Green City Project Rwanda, East Africa Business Investment, Urbanisation, Architect. Kigali Green City Project in Rwanda. Design: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (UK) with regional architects Light Earth Designs, A Studio Space and Studio FH Architects. Kigali Green City Project in Rwanda, East Africa.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Local studio Splyce Design has designed a light-filled, angled house with glazed corners and a sculptural staircase overlooking the Burrard Inlet in Vancouver , British Columbia. A concrete retaining wall with a cantilevered stair defines the pedestrian path to the entry. The photography is by Ema Peter.

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Deezen

MARCH 8, 2024

Architecture studio SO-IL has unveiled designs for the Williams College Museum of Art in the Berkshires , which will be topped with a tent-like cross-laminated timber roof. The roof was designed to evoke the surrounding mountains Both the building's structure and roof will be built from mass timber.

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The Architect's Newsletter

JULY 8, 2022

Brought to you by: Architect Kevin Daly Architects; PRODUCTORA Location Houston, Texas Projected Completion October 2022 General Contractor W.S. Bellows Civil Engineering Brown & Gay Engineers Structural Engineering Arup Texas [.].

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BD+C

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Matthew Wagner, PE, has joined Ghafari Associates as its Manager of Structural Engineering in Chicago. With over a decade of structural facility design experience, Wagner brings an impressive portfolio of large-scale stadia, healthcare, hospitality, civic and aviation projects to the firm. read more.

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