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Studio Bark devises structural use for waste timber in English woodlands

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Studio Bark developed the Shingles project to find structural uses for otherwise unusable bits of timber Spindles began when the studio was hired to build a family home on a wooded site in Buckinghamshire in the southeast of England. "We We were there in midsummer. It also hopes to make bespoke furniture with local students.

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Integrating Services and Environmental Control

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This neglect can be a result of a misalignment of priorities, poor communication among the members of the design team (architects and their engineers too often work in separate silos), or simply a lack of knowledge and experience on the part of the architects. Engineering is not one thing and design another.

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The Dog’s Breakfast by Paul Michael Davis Architects

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They also designed a matching replacement for original structure with another wing in a quasi-Craftsman McMansion style. Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft about a mile away. In 1991 a developer bought the bungalow and built a large addition. Photo © Mark Woods That never came to pass.

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Eugene/Architecture/Alphabet: O

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USS West Mahomet in "dazzle" camouflage, circa 1918 (photo from the Naval History & Heritage Command, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons) Olive Plaza is otherwise most notable as an example of a multistory building that utilizes the lift-slab type of structural system.

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This New Zealand Holiday Home Is as Cozy as a Cocoon

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Project Details: Location: Wanaka, New Zealand Architect: Condon Scott Architects / @condonscott Builder: Christie Brothers Building / @christiebrothersbuilding Structural Engineer: Meyer Cruden Engineering Lighting: ECC / @eccnewzealand Interior Design: Condon Scott Architects / @condonscott Joinery: B&M Joinery / @bmjoineryltd Interior Furnishings: (..)

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SAL floating public building by SOUR

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Image © SOUR Through its floating structure, SAL significantly reduces embodied carbon footprint, responds to rising sea levels, and avoids earthquake loads and ground improvements on a site with a high risk of liquefaction. SOUR’s proposal for Izmir Sustainability Center, SAL, is designed as Turkiye’s first floating public building.

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Shenzhen Chuanbu Street Experimental School by Aedas

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Designed by Aedas Executive Director Kelvin Hu and Shenzhen WOWA International Engineering and Design Co., The design embodies the aesthetic aspirations of the architecture by employing a combination of flexible individual structures with distinctive styles, as well as a vibrant color palette. Source by Aedas.