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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. RELATED ARTICLE: About 11% of U.S.

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A Wall of Books Puts the Finishing Touch on This Rough-Hewn Backyard Home in Austin

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Photo by LEONID FURM Photo by Leonid Furmanksy Photo by Leonid Furmanksy See the full story on Dwell.com: A Wall of Books Puts the Finishing Touch on This Rough-Hewn Backyard Home in Austin Related stories: Glass Walls Make This New Zealand Beach House Look Like It’s Suspended in Midair Before & After: Think Your Renovation Took Awhile?

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A Ravishing Live/Work Space in Brussels Is Finished With Soils Collected From Building Sites

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The roof extension is built in a timber frame structure with exposed beams. Clay plaster and rammed earth from the waste soil of Brussels building sites are used for finishing. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share?

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Hacker Architects overhauls Oregon residence with colourful interiors and natural pine finishes

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This space has soaring ceilings finished in natural pine boards, a feature they wanted to preserve and highlight. Much of the design focuses on peeling back the aging interior layers to uncover the beautiful wood structural elements of the Bailey Residence that have been there all along," said Hacker Architects.

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Warm Wood Finishes Sandwich the White Interiors of a Coastal Home in New Zealand

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The front is deliberately exposed, with visible connection to the street and the harbor, whilst the courtyard and sleeping quarters are progressively more private in expression and experience."

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Hamptons artist studio by Worrell Yeung is tucked among the trees

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Interior finishes include birch plywood Different-sized boards were used "to create a sense of shifting, lateral scale that counters the vertical massing of the structure". Interior finishes include birch plywood , which was used for flooring, walls and cabinetry. centimeters). Within the building, the four-foot-tall (1.2-metre)

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HGA creates two mass-timber buildings for Bowdoin College in Maine

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Both buildings also have mass timber frames, wooden interior finishes and brick facades. Interior finishes include polished concrete flooring, spruce laminated panels and wood-fibre acoustic ceiling panels. The studio collaborated with Consigli Construction Co, which is based in the eastern US. The photography is by Michael Moran.

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