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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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Want to Maximize Views? Point Your Home in Two Directions at Once Like This Alabama Cabin

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The kitchen, dining, and living spaces spill into each other and bleed into the outdoor gathering spaces to allow for easy exterior-to-interior gathering and entertaining. Sustainability, in the short term and long term, is a focus of the project, which is located in a hurricane zone. Post it here.

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RKTB Architects cantilevers Brooklyn housing block over neighbouring building

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The upper four levels are wrapped in exterior insulation finishing systems (EIFS), often referred to as synthetic stucco. The programme – discontinued in 2021 – facilitated the inclusion of affordable residences for seniors in housing projects by increasing zoning allowances.

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Michael Hennessey Architecture clads renovated California house with black cedar and metal

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The building's beige exterior was replaced with black, vertical cedar siding that adds a sense of gravitas, the studio said. Inside there is a clear division between public and private zones Inside, the 1,870-square-foot (174-square-metre) house features a clear division between public and private zones.

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Robert Gurney clads gabled Delaware house with cedar shingles

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Its space are connected by a central space "These materials are intended to be durable and sustainable," the team said of the exterior cladding. On the first floor, one finds the main communal zone, a media space and a bedroom suite. Inside, there is a mix of public and private areas spread across the three levels.

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Daniel Joseph Chenin uses passive building strategies for stone-clad Nevada house

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The five-bedroom house was conceived as a series of connected rock masses, oriented to maximise views of the surrounding landscape and arranged to create thermally protected communal zones on the interior. Fort 137 is characterised by its stone facade The house is heralded by a 28-foot tall (8.5

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Omer Arbel uses fabric formwork for concrete pillars in Canadian house

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Along with curling exterior walls that span the length of the houses's perimeter, they were created using a technique in which concrete is poured slowly into fabric formwork supported by a plywood rib structure. "The They are fluted at the base before extending upwards into an expansive "lilypad" shape.

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