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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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New Canaan Residence by Windigo Architecture & Design

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Instead of simply rebuilding the previous structure, the family applied for a permit to rebuild the structure with a new use, a guest house. From the street the barn’s exterior is quiet, private and unassuming presenting itself as an archetype somewhe.

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Bitter Kiss Cafe by ASWA (Architectural Studio of Work - Aholic)

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The one-and-a-half-story cafe has approximately 70 seats, is located in Bangkok's eastern suburb, about 300 square meters, and is surrounded by a high-density residential zone next to the famous zoo in Bangkok. ASWA proposed adding the new welcome elements throughout the existing structure.

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Formafatal creates series of rammed earth structures in Costa Rica

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Their facades are clad in rammed earth The identical rectangular plans have only three solid exterior walls, constructed of rammed clay that was excavated from the site. Brazilian expert Terra Compacta was brought in due to Costa Rica's "lack of experience" with the construction method.

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Formafatal uses glass and light to denote treatment zones in Prague spa

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The Cellularium spa is located in the Institute of Natural Medicine, where it occupies one curved corner of a floor in the Main Point Pankrac building, which has a glazed exterior broken up by vertical aluminum sheets. The spaces were strategically placed around the building's inclined structural columns.

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Capitamall Xinduxin by Laguarda.Low Architects, LLC

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The project is located in the heart of Qingdao’s New Urban Center, a new commercial zone and has a direct link to Qingdao’s new subway system. Spatially, the interior is structured around the soft form of the central object that holds dining locations on B2, L4 and L5/L6 levels.

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Cast Corbel House by Grafted features handcrafted red-concrete details

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It features handcrafted concrete corbels Aiming to create a dialogue between the materiality of the Victorian home and the extension, Grafted used red bricks and pigmented precast concrete on the exterior. The timber roof structure of the extension is expressed internally The timber roof structure of the extension is expressed internally.

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