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World's tallest mass timber tower opens in Milwaukee

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It cost $80 million to construct and will provide Milwaukee’s East Town neighborhood with a total of 259 apartment units built in partnership with structural engineers Thornton Tomasetti.

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5 things developers should know about mass timber

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5 things developers should know about mass timber 0 qpurcell Thu, 02/15/2024 - 13:36 Mass Timber Gensler's Erik Barth, architect and regional design resilience leader, shares considerations for developers when looking at mass timber solutions. Erik Barth Regulations Mass Timber Wood The Changing Built Environment The U.N.’s

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Architects "can develop a new language" with structural stone says Aurore Baulier

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"I haven't been able to specify stones as a structural material myself yet, but it's definitely something I've been looking into," she said. You need the right team, and then you need a structural engineer on board, you need a client on board, and then you need builders on board. It's a whole team. It takes time."

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Construction reaches roof levels of landmark development above Hong Kong’s High Speed Rail West Kowloon Terminus by Zaha Hadid Architects

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development above Hong Kong’s High Speed Rail West Kowloon Terminus. Adjacent to the West Kowloon Cultural District, the development connects established and emerging neighbourhoods with a network of public gardens and landscaped plazas. Construction works have reached roof level at the new 3.2 million sq.

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Austin Maynard Architects develops "ethical housing" in inner-city Melbourne

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These are highly sustainable terrace homes in an engaged community, at a relatively affordable price, with super-low running costs, and without the constant demands for maintenance and poor thermal performance of typical terrace houses," said the architects. Developer: Austin Maynard Architects. Services engineer: BCA Engineers.

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Ædifica presents "vision of densification" for Cité Angus II housing block in Montreal

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Called Cité Angus II, the structure is part of Technopôle Angus, an urban revitalization project that its developers say is a "full-scale sustainable development". This also acts as a passageway from the street to a semi-paved open space between other buildings in the development.

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Rice University by SOM new engineering and science building opens

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O’Connor Building for Engineering and Science is now open. ” The design activates the adjacent Engineering Quad and extends the vitality of campus into the building, where a five-story central atrium creates a hub of activity, connecting to seminar rooms, break areas, and informal gathering spaces.