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Towers instead of Pavilions: An entirely different Inner Harbor

Community Architect Daily

The design breaks the current 50' height limit by a factor of 6 or more and introduces residential use to zoning regulations that allow only public and commercial uses. Predictably traffic engineers shuddered from the mere suggestion of doing away with the dogleg that isolated McKeldin Plaza and subsequently nothing changed.

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NGV curator picks seven highlights from 2023 Melbourne Now's Design Wall

Deezen

How and why new products are developed is driven by social dynamics, regulations and economic forces." July went through meticulous engineering and testing to achieve the balance between weight and cost before they first launched the product in 2021. Named Carry On Light, the suitcase weighs 1.8

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3 reasons to consider green products for your next building project

BD+C

The construction industry is a massive consumer of raw materials and natural resources, generating an estimated 39% of the world’s carbon emissions, according to the World Green Building Council. engineering and construction companies receive requests from customers to lower the amount of embodied carbon used in construction projects.

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Buildings With Less Embodied Carbon (Part 2 of Sustainability in Construction)

Community Architect

Engineered lumber, specifically cross laminated timber (CLT) is rapidly positioning itself as the "green" kid on the block that can replace concrete and steel in many cases. To find the right balance between quantity and strength is a optimization task between structural engineers and sustainability consultants and architects.

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Competitions: 'THE GARDEN OF PLANTS'

Bustler

Professional freelancers or teams of emerging architects, landscape designers, agronomists, garden designers, botanists, nurserymen, urban planners, engineers, artists, curators, and all those with the skills to design and build a garden can participate. Participation requirements.

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The Chesapeake Bay - A Complex Eco-System Explained

Community Architect

Beavers damming streams and creating wetlands, a bounty of huge oysters, 100' schooners transporting the lumber that came from swampy woodlands being converted into tobacco farms, finally massive sprawly shoreline development and a huge load of sediment reshaping the waterway in many ways.

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Going Solar: The Rays That Pay

Community Architect

Going solar for buildings is not only as effective as improving transportation (another 40%), the two can be linked with solar as the power source for electric vehicles. solar azimuth) What are the regulations in my state, what incentives are offered? After the feasibility analysis it is important to hire the right engineers.