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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.

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Modu clads Houston building with "self-cooling" exterior

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Brooklyn-based studio Modu has created a building envelope that lowers the ambient air temperature in order to help cool the interior and exterior of this Houston building. Each tenant will be provided with both an interior and exterior space. A bamboo grove will also provide additional shade.

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Mexico City renovation by Taller Héctor Barroso includes dark exterior

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The team decided to strip the three-storey building down to its structural elements and completely revamp the facades and interior layout. For the exterior walls, the team used concrete blocks, which were then covered with dark brown stucco that, when dry, appears black. Structural engineering: Ricardo Camacho.

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Studio Circle Growth uses traditional forms and materials for Czech home

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Attempting to use as many local materials as possible, Studio Circle Growth finished the exterior with a base of larch planks and lime render above. We decided to negotiate an arched collar tie out of plywood with our structural engineer, which we could then clad in a more seamless way," explained Zizka.

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Akira Koyama + KEY OPERATION INC. / ARCHITECTS Redefine the Sakuragicho Residence Exterior

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Sakuragicho Residence – The development endeavored to re-define exterior wall tiling and balcony construction distinctive to, yet typical of, large apartment blocks. What drove the selection of materials used in the project? The brickwork-grooved exterior wall was originally planned to be painted in black. Year: 2021.

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Wisdome Stockholm by Elding Oscarson

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Conventionally, the program would generate a low volume with a protruding dome, but to utilize the unique dome to create a strong interior space as well as a telling exterior form, the dome is given a focal position under a free form timber structure. The gridshell structure is constructed from flat standard LVL panels.

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Ædifica presents "vision of densification" for Cité Angus II housing block in Montreal

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Parts of the facade have a metal-mesh second skin The architecture studio employed different material schemes for the outside and the inside facades. On the courtyard-facing facade, light metals and paints contrast with the greys of the exterior. This contrasting choice maximizes luminosity in the inner courtyard."

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