Thu.Aug 26, 2021

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California may require solar on new high-rise residential and commercial buildings

BD+C

The California Energy Commission (CEC) passed new standards that would mandate solar energy and storage on new commercial buildings and high-rise multifamily structures.

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The Intersection of Design and Politics with Andrew “Ace” Houston

Young Architect

Andrew Houston. Andrew Houston, also known as Ace, is a returning guest of the Young Architect Podcast. He also has a special place in the history of the Young Architect Conference Series as the first conference-goer to win the MVP award. In today’s episode, Ace and Michael discuss how that came about. . Andrew is currently running for Mayor of Seattle, and during this interview, he discusses how he got involved with running for office and what he thinks about the intersection of architecture an

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Fort Worth’s first public library for children opens

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The Reby Cary Youth Library, located in Fort Worth, Texas, celebrated its grand opening on Aug. 14. The project, named after civil rights pioneer and educator Reby Cary, is the first public library for children and youth in Fort Worth.

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Metro Reports: Woodstock Apartments, Troy Laundry, 900 SE Sandy, and more

Next Portland

The Woodstock Apartments at SE Woodstock Blvd & 50th Ave will include 84 residential units and ground floor retail. The project design is by Scott Edwards Architecture for developer Urban Asset Advisors. Every week, the Bureau of Development Services publishes lists of Early Assistance applications, Land Use Reviews and Building Permits processed in the previous week.

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Architectural Visualization Trends and the Rise of AI

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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Building hotels with modules, with Citizen M's Menno Hilberts

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In this exclusive interview for HorizonTV, Menno Hilberts, Managing Director of Project Management with hotelier Citizen M , explains how the company is employing modular construction to help double its presence in the U.S. The hotelier is planning to open five hotels this fall and winter. Hilberts why Citizen M is a big advocate of modular construction. . .

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Luxury residential tower breaks ground in Downtown Phoenix

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Skye on 6th, a 26-story luxury apartment tower, has broken ground in downtown Phoenix’s Roosevelt Row Arts District. The 357,850-sf building will comprise 309 apartments, 6,500-sf of ground level retail space, and a 78,000-sf parking garage with 201 spaces. The wellness focused design features a fitness center with a sauna, a steam room, and an outdoor pool and spa.

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Revit: Level Name in Use - But It Is Not

The Architect's Desktop

We create new projects from a set of "prototype project" model files, one for each discipline, that are already set up with worksharing and standard worksets and are cross-linked to each other. Models are opened detached from central and then saved to the project folders as central models and the links are reloaded from the project-specific models. There are six levels in (most) of the prototype models, and the levels in the other models are monitoring the levels in the architectural model, sinc

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