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San Francisco's Millennium Tower is sinking again despite foundational corrections

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San Francisco’s ill-fated Millennium Tower is making headlines once again for problems taking place beneath its turbulent foundation. Now, the building is sinking from underneath the center of its foundation mat at a rate of one-tenth of an inch per year. A local geothermal engineer who is monitoring the issue told NBC Bay.

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Researchers tackling innovative housing strategies selected as SOM Foundation 2023 Research Prize winners

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The SOM Foundation has announced two teams of academics as the winners of its 2023 Research Prize. ” The Prize is open to any faculty currently teaching at accredited degree programs in architecture, landscape architecture, interior architecture, urban design, or engineering in the United States.

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Tizziana Baldenebro will lead the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation as its next executive director

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The Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation (BWAF)’s search for a new organizational leader has culminated in the appointment of Tizziana Baldenebro as its next executive director following a national search that began this fall.

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Architecture and engineering students winning $211,000 worth of AISC scholarships

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The American Institute of Steel Construction ’s AISC Education Foundation has announced a total of $211,000 worth of scholarships to 48 architecture, engineering, and construction management students across the country for the 2023–24 academic year. We’ve also awarded the inaugural Steven J.

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San Francisco's Millennium Tower is tilting even further, despite engineering fixes

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The data came from a rooftop monitoring system, which the fix’s chief engineer Ron Hamburger said was less reliable than the one contained in its foundation before stating the half-inch tilt recorded was "negligible."

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Ellen MacArthur Foundation launches its first circular design strategy

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Promotion: Ellen MacArthur Foundation has launched its first circular design strategy that states that in order for circular economy ambitions to be met "organisations need to leverage design systemically". Each point is supported by case studies to illustrate the different system levels at which they can be applied.

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News: Researchers tackling innovative housing strategies selected as SOM Foundation 2023 Research Prize winners

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The SOM Foundation has announced two teams of academics as the winners of its 2023 Research Prize. The Prize is open to any faculty currently teaching at accredited degree programs in architecture, landscape architecture, interior architecture, urban design, or engineering in the United States.