Bustler

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The UK’s Institution of Structural Engineers has announced the winners of the Structural Awards 2022, which seeks to celebrate the role of structural engineers in sustainability, social impact, innovation, and ingenuity. Ten projects were honored, comprising two Supreme Award winners and eight shortlisted works.

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BD+C

APRIL 21, 2023

The Role of Engineered Wood in Sustainable Structures 1 kcichowicz Fri, 04/21/2023 - 11:23 Sustainability in construction is becoming more important as society moves towards a more sustainable future. Learn about engineered wood’s key role as a green building solution. What Makes a Sustainable Structure?

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ArchDaily

JANUARY 10, 2024

The aesthetic and architectural appeal of engineered wood, coupled with its intrinsic association with sustainability, has been a catalyst for the increase in wood-centric projects around the world. Read more »

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Archinect

JUNE 15, 2023

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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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

As a construction material, however, when put under enough directional force along its grain, sawn timber is structurally unstable, so deemed unsuitable under higher loads. By crossing the direction of the grains, CLT achieves a far higher level of structural rigidity along both axes.

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The Architecture Designs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

If you are undertaking a new construction project, renovating a home extensively, or carrying out other construction works, you may need to hire a civil engineer, structural engineer, or both. There is a lot of overlap between their functions, but they generally handle different aspects of construction projects.

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e-architect

JANUARY 7, 2022

Max Fordham Engineers, Architects, Architecture, Studio, Projects, Structural Designs, News. Max Fordham Engineering. Contemporary Buildings + Structures Office News. ” – state this British engineering practice. . ” – state this British engineering practice. Max Fordham.

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Deezen

APRIL 22, 2024

The structure will serve as an educational building for the University of Kansas ( KU ) School of Architecture & Design in Lawrence, Kansas. It will have an all wood structure It will have chamfered edges on all of the corners, creating entrance canopies on the ground floor and terraces up top. The imagery is courtesy of BIG.

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Deezen

JULY 21, 2022

Architecture studio SPF Architects has completed a sports facility in Los Angeles consisting of two separate buildings that were built using pre-engineered metal structures in order to not disrupt activity at the site. The complex consists of two pre-engineered metal buildings. Project credits. Civil engineer: Tetra-Tech.

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Deezen

AUGUST 22, 2022

High-tech pioneer Tony Hunt, who engineered buildings including the Sainsbury Centre , Waterloo station and Hopkins House , has passed away aged 90. Above: Hunt engineered Hopkins House. Hunt was born in London in 1932 and studied engineering at Westminster Technical College. Photo is by Tim Street-Porter.

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Bustler

JANUARY 28, 2024

The results of this year’s Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel (IDEAS²) Awards have been shared by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) as part of the competition’s 64th edition. A total of six projects were honored by the 2024 edition.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The Children’s Museum of Eau Claire (CMEC) is a first-of-its-kind structure that demonstrates the innovative usage of Structural Round Timber (SRT). One such firm to help bring this project to life is Madison, Wisconsin-based WholeTrees Structures.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Harnessing stone as a structural material can make architecture more enjoyable to both build and inhabit argues Tristram Carfrae, an Arup engineer working on the Sagrada Familia , in this Stone Age 2.0 The main benefit of structural stone is that it is a plentiful, natural, low carbon and beautiful material," said Carfrae. "It

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

US studio CLB Architects has created a retreat in rural Wyoming that has three wood-clad structures, with a creek running underneath the primary residence. Located on a 35-acre (14-hectare) property near the town of Wilson, the home was envisioned as a series of "tectonic structures" set within a diverse ecosystem.

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The Architect's Newsletter

AUGUST 1, 2022

The Chandigarh project, designed by Le [.]. The post Remembering Mahendra Raj, an Indian structural engineer, who died in May appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper. After India won independence from Great Britain in 1947, there was an urgency and idealism to rebuild the resurgent nation into a modern state.

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Deezen

MAY 5, 2022

Discarded tree forks could replace load-bearing joints in architecture projects using a construction technique developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MIT's Digital Structures group has built a demo structure using tree forks as joints.

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Deezen

JANUARY 26, 2024

Named Spindles, the project, which borrowed techniques from local chair making traditions, involved using small pieces of shaped wood to make a roof-supporting column. Studio Bark took inspiration from local carpentry to develop its project "In the UK, we don't have anywhere near enough timber that we need for current demand," said Thorns. "So

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Archinect

APRIL 11, 2022

The University of Virginia (UVA) campus has become the showground for an array of creative structures built from natural materials. Penn State assistant architecture professor Benay Gürsoy Toykoç designed structures made from mycelium blocks.

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ArchDaily

JULY 5, 2023

it was the Romans who solidified them as both an engineering element and a symbol of military victories , which we now see excessively as memorial arches. Shortly after, different civilizations and cultures adopted the arch for their own purposes, bridging together structural necessity and aesthetics.

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Archinect

MARCH 27, 2023

A total of 22 projects were selected in ten categories by a jury panel that included Hacker Architects Principal Corey Martin, Cheung Chan of the Iowa-based firm Neumann Monson Architects , and Arup Senior Structural Engineer Lauren Wingo.

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Archinect

JULY 28, 2023

A new look behind the process and select architects involved in Saudi Arabia’s controversial The Line megacity for NEOM has been released, answering some questions as to its ideation while leaving many remaining in regard to the project's structural engineering, technical specifics, and design feasibility overall.

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Archinect

MARCH 16, 2023

Preconstruction work is underway on the largest dam removal and river restoration project in U.S. The $450 million project will take out four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River in Oregon and California to restore habitat and passage for migrating fish.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

APA – THE ENGINEERED WOOD ASSOCIATION Multifamily Housing Engineered wood’s combination of benefits—from beauty and versatility to sustainability and strength—has made it a popular material for commercial projects such as mixed-use buildings, low-rise office structures and even eight-story mass-timber high rises.

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Architizer

JULY 12, 2023

We’re entering an era where architecture does more than simply exist structurally. These ten projects are more than mere structures; they are experiences, expertly crafted symphonies of design that embody and elevate the lives of those that enjoy them. Order your copy today. Look around you. What do you see?

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Bustler

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) has announced finalists for this year’s vaunted Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel (IDEAS²) Awards featuring a total of fifteen entries in the program’s 62nd year.

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Archinect

AUGUST 18, 2022

The participating teams are tasked to envision an important redesign of Lebanon's chief economic engine following the tragic 2020 explosion that took 218 lives and caused an estimated $15 billion in structural damage. Beirut as a city claims to have been destroyed and rebuilt seven times throughout its 5,000-year history.

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Deezen

MARCH 17, 2023

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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ArchDaily

MARCH 10, 2024

& The project is to renovate a structure made of corrugated pipe, a civil engineering material, Completed in 2023 in Japan. Images by Yoshiro Masuda. Hotel in renovated house made of corrugated pipes.&

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Deezen

JULY 22, 2022

Course: MArch Architecture (ARB/RIBA Part 2), MArch Architecture with Collaborative Practice Research (ARB/RIBA Part 2), Bachelor of Architecture with Honours in Architecture, Master in Engineering with Honours in Architecture and Environmental Design. Tutors: Tim Collett, Graeme Barker, David Short, Margaret Mulcahy and Alisdair Russell.

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Architizer

JANUARY 4, 2023

Project Status: Concept. Beyond the boundaries of typical architecture, our project aims to advance both sustainable construction and sustainable manufacturing. Beyond the boundaries of typical architecture, our project aims to advance both sustainable construction and sustainable manufacturing. © The Living. © The Living.

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Deezen

APRIL 24, 2023

Iruarrizaga designed the 500-square-metre house with a timber-clad upper level that bridges two rectangular concrete structures. Bedrooms and en-suite bathrooms are located in the two concrete structures, which are separated by a covered outdoor space leading to a decked patio overlooking the lake.

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The Spaces

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The site has been under investigation for the last 20 years, with Dominican lawyer and archaeologist Kathleen Martínez leading the project. Some believe it may also be the location of CleopatraCleopatra’s rtinez proclaimed the 1,305-metre-long, 2-metre-high structure to be an ‘engineer’ng miracle.’

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Deezen

OCTOBER 2, 2023

You have the basic simple form of the building and then other elements that are expressive and project beyond the facade and also cut in where the principal entrances are, so in a way, they capture the different routes as you approach the building from different directions." The structure is the architecture," said Henderson.

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Archinect

JANUARY 12, 2023

The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute has announced 25 winners and 8 Honorable Mention projects as part of this year’s PCI Design Awards , now in its 60th year. Projects from around the country, the UK, and Canada were selected by a panel of engineers, architects, and precast concrete producers in three categories.

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Archinect

JUNE 14, 2022

The buildings would be “different heights as you go,” adapting to the landscape, with their final size determined by engineering considerations and the terrain, Al-Nasr said. Rendering of the proposed mega-city.

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Architizer

MARCH 28, 2024

The Crystal Palace , constructed for the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London, stands as a groundbreaking precursor to modern pavilions, pioneering the concept of lightweight, prefabricated structures. The post Ephemeral Structures, Enduring Ideas: Why Architectural Pavilions Still Matter appeared first on Journal.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Massachusetts Institute of Technology chemical engineers have invented a new type of plastic that is twice as strong as steel and could one day be used as a building material. Two-dimensional molecular structure gives polymer super-strength. It has very unusual properties.". Material can be easily manufactured in large quantities .

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