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Largest-ever Norman Foster retrospective opens at Centre Pompidou in Paris

Deezen

The exhibition, which according to the Norman Foster Foundation is the largest-ever retrospective display of Foster's work, features around 130 of the architect's projects including the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Headquarters , Hong Kong International Airport and Apple Park.

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Pier and Beam Foundations - KHouse Progress | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Home / Construction / Pier and Beam Foundations – KHouse Progress Pier and Beam Foundations – KHouse Progress Bob Borson — June 12, 2014 — 73 Comments On the residential part of our practice, we do a lot of pier and beam foundations. Here is a typical wall section through a pier and beam foundation.

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The Sponge Evangelist

Landscape Architecture Magazine

By Stephen Zacks An old industrial site in 2020, before the construction of Benjakitti Forest Park in Bangkok. Photo © Turenscape, courtesy the Cultural Landscape Foundation. Kongjian Yu, FASLA, sketches the concept for Chinatown Park in Boston in 2003. Photo © Turenscape, courtesy the Cultural Landscape Foundation.

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The Rise of AI in Architectural Design: A Comprehensive Overview

Architizer

The process of making architecture is a balance between creative — almost instinctive — explorations and artistic endeavors and considering an array of information, such as program and function, building codes, material specifications etc. Nevertheless, their applications are not limited to text-based imagery.

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Designing drainage: The pivotal role of onsite measurements

Habitus Living

Whether it is a straight-forward project or a more complex development, a precise, timely and effective measurement process is the foundation of every successful drainage undertaking. To assess the drainage requirement, the Stormtech team will commence by ascertaining specific details that would inform the measurement process.

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Construction Begins on the Island Outpost

30X40 Design Workshop

Foundation + site work has begun on the island Outpost project and we quickly encountered an important decision after removing the overburden of soil at the building site. Our initial foundation strategy to use posts + piers and minimize the amount of concrete was thwarted by higher than expected bedrock (ledge) elevations.

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AWARDS FOCUS: CRIMINALIZED FOR THEIR VERY EXISTENCE

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Informed by repeated site visits to L.A.’s Criminalized for Their Very Existence: The Spatial Politics of Homelessness. Student Research Award of Excellence. Image courtesy Jared Edgar McKnight, Associate ASLA. “So