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Shigeru Ban's timber-skeleton Tamedia building left engineers "incredulous"

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Continuing our Timber Revolution series, we look at the Tamedia Office Building by Shigeru Ban – Switzerland's first seven-storey mass-timber structure that was barely legal at the time of its completion in 2013. And engineers were incredulous that such a large wooden structure could function without steel connections."

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Elding Oscarson creates CLT dome theatre inside Swedish museum extension

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Made from 277 pieces of triangular cross-laminated timber (CLT), the spherical structure, which the designers refer to as a "visualisation dome", contains tiered seating surrounded by 3D screens. It sits atop an LVL column structure spanning 48 by 24 metres.

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How to Specify Engineered Wood Products

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How to Specify Engineered Wood Products 1 kcichowicz Thu, 06/22/2023 - 10:58 APA – The Engineered Wood Association offers guidance on the properties and applications of engineered wood products and how to correctly specify them in accordance with the IBC. The panels must pass wet and dry structural performance tests.

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Chris van Niekerk installs minimalist house in Cape Town's Steenberg mountains

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The structure combines sandblasted concrete and brickwork finished with lime plaster Some sections of the structure are made from reinforced concrete, which was sand-blasted to create a more textural finish. Previous projects include House IIIA , a Cape Town house with a distinctive pink exterior.

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UO Huestis Hall Tour

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Without necessary improvements, the 3-story concrete structure would sustain significant damage during a major earthquake. Installed FRP strips within the existing elevator shaft. Wishing to secure its long-term future, the University prioritized upgrading Huestis Hall’s ability to resist seismic forces. (1)

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REX creates "holy grail" combination of performance spaces in Providence

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Called The Lindemann Performing Arts Center (The Lindemann) the 101,000 square-foot (9,383-square-metre) structure consists of a shoebox theatre with a long bridge-like walkway. To accomplish this, REX included a "clear storey", a glazed walkway that runs the length of the building, passing between the shoebox form and the exterior wall.

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Bockus Payne renovates 1970s skyscraper in Oklahoma City

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Local architecture studio Bockus Payne has renovated a 1970s commercial skyscraper in Oklahoma City , reformatting its interiors and landscape and completely replacing its exterior glazing. Local bank BancFirst bought the structure and employed Bockus Payne to carry out the renovation.