BD+C

JULY 9, 2021

The Hilda L. Solis Care First Village (HSCFV), a new component-based model for interim housing, has completed construction in Downtown Los Angeles. The project met a highly aggressive schedule while also meeting the individual and social needs of the residents.

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BLDGBLOG

JULY 9, 2021

The genes that cause Romanesco, a kind of cauliflower, to grow in a fractal pattern have been identified. Researchers were subsequently able to manipulate one of those genes and get it to function inside another plant—thale cress—producing fractal blooms. The language used to describe this is interesting in its own right—a vocabulary of memory, transience, perturbation, and abandoned flowering.

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BD+C

JULY 9, 2021

Defining the “port of the future” isn’t easy. Designing one is even more challenging. On an average day—before the pandemic—more than 350,000 vehicles, 135,000 pedestrians, and 30,000 trucks passed through US border crossings with Mexico and Canada. Those border crossings simultaneously are a welcoming environment for guests and returning citizens and a beacon of safety and security.

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Sustainability Safety Environment Design 105

The Arch Insider

JULY 9, 2021

The Pritzker prize winner, Tadao Ando architect is renowned for his complex play of lights which fascinates all of us. Play of light obviously brings the play of shadows with itself which makes his work more interesting. The use of concrete and the connection with nature is what we can find in Tadao Ando architecture. His work is the blend of traditional Japanese architecture and modernism.

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A new industry study conducted by Architizer on behalf of Chaos Enscape surveyed 2,139 design professionals to understand the state of architectural visualization and what to expect in the near future. We asked: How are visualizations produced in your firm? What impact does real-time rendering have? What approach are you taking toward the rise of AI?

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BD+C

JULY 9, 2021

MojoDome, the newest offering from MojoDesk, is a new adjustable privacy pod and standing desk bundle meant to help ease the return of employees to the open office. With a footprint that is the same as a typical open office desk, the electric sit-to-stand MojoDome doesn’t require extra space or buildouts to use. MojoDome can be used for both sitting and standing and is raised or lowered via a button on the front of the desk.

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BD+C

JULY 9, 2021

On March 29, Neilson Library, on the Northampton, Mass., campus of Smith College, reopened to students after a four-year, $120 million renovation and expansion that reimagine the library’s 200,000 sf, in the conception of its architectural designer Maya Lin, as an intellectual commons.

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