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Eugene/Architecture/Alphabet: O

SW Oregon Architect

Working with Miyamoto International for structural engineering services, our team’s solution employed a cost-effective and reliable system of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) strips added at critical locations to assist in the transference of lateral forces.

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Nanjing K.Wah G72 by UNStudio

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MEP: WSP Structure Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti Landscape architect: AECOM Façade Consultant: Inhabit, Hyder Lighting Consultant: BPI Traffic Consultant: MVA QS: ARCADIS Client: K.

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This New Zealand Holiday Home Is as Cozy as a Cocoon

Dwell

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners.

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Studio Bark devises structural use for waste timber in English woodlands

Deezen

Cutting the wood in round lengths allowed smaller pieces to be used without losing structural strength The round wood lengths complement the tree's natural growth pattern where the rings grow around any defects, she explained, and result in less wastage. The spindle shape — fatter in the middle, thinner in the ends — is also useful. "If

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

Dwell

Like inhabitable diagrams, these installations can be read as two fragments of a 3D-gridded matrix—the timber framework expressing x-, y-, and z- lines of interconnecting spatial relations." Post it here.

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SAL floating public building by SOUR

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Demet Sürücü – Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi Client: Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Size: 5885 m2 Year: 2023 Images: Courtesy of SOUR Image © SOUR Image © SOUR Image © SOUR Image © SOUR Image © SOUR Masterplan Plans Section Diagram

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Kaohsiung Social Housing by Mecanoo

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The coloured tiles, a typical material largely used in Taiwanese architecture, come together in a playful composition to pattern the visual identity of Kaohsiung Social Housing. Source by Mecanoo.

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