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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion

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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion 0 qpurcell Thu, 09/28/2023 - 10:37 Office Buildings IMEG's Edwin Dean, Joe Gulden, and Doug Sweeney, share seven key focuses for structural engineers when planning office-to-residential conversions. faces a housing deficit of 3.8 million units.

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Zeller & Moye and Katie Paterson align hundreds of glass cylinders for Apple campus sculpture

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Architecture studio Zeller & Moye has collaborated with artist Katie Paterson to create Mirage, a massive sculpture made from glass cylinders for technology company Apple 's campus in California. It is meant to be experiential Mirage derives its name from the effect that the glass gives off when hit by light.

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ACFD Architecture wraps glass home around apple tree in Quebec

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The Apple Tree House is a modernist-style glass residence. ACDF Architecture arranged the structure around an apple tree. Glass walls throughout the public areas of the home give sightlines of the tree and the other living areas from a variety of different positions. Inside, a minimal palette of materials defines the home.

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Glass Walls Make This New Zealand Beach House Look Like It’s Suspended in Midair

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The timber box, for sleeping and bathing, is placed above the deck and the area below is enclosed with glass to create a semi-outdoor living space on the deck. The ground floor is glazed on all four sides and comprises the kitchen, living, and dining areas. The use of concrete and steel was kept to the minimum required.

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Glass and steel form rooftop Cascada House apartment in Mexico City

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Kitchen cabinetry matches the structural colour scheme. This opens to a generous patio via sliding glass doors. Through large glass panels that open widely, the house integrates with the ambient vegetation, dissolving the boundary between interior and exterior," they explained. Structural engineering: CAFEL Ingenieri?a.

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Rice University by SOM new engineering and science building opens

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O’Connor Building for Engineering and Science is now open. Photo © Dave Burk “The design strikes a balance of historic and contemporary materials, leverages existing circulation pathways, and creates an energetic hub of social and scientific activity for the next generation of scholars and innovators.”

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Atelier WOA creates long timber-framed library in France

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Occupying a long narrow site in Herblay sur Seine, L'échappée – meaning "escapade" in English – faces a road to the north with a stone and glass facade and opens up to a field to the south with a large wooden colonnade. At L'échappée, the material is complemented with stone in reference to a historic nearby quarry. "We