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Casa Pau | Besonias Almeida arquitectos

ArchiDiaries

The challenge of this commission was then to conceive a house that had to start playing alone, establishing its laws, and waiting for completion that, regulated in this type of urbanization, encourages the proliferation of formally autistic loose objects surrounded by gardens. With adjustable orientation.

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EDGE Suedkreuz Berlin by TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten and Buro Happold

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Located opposite the Südkreuz station, one of Berlin’s major transport hubs, the project is part of a new urban development that integrates sustainability with livability. The use of this system means that the timber-hybrid structure weighs as much as 50% less than a standard structure, which kept the foundation requirements low.

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The Resilient Construction Imperative in the Face of Climate Change

Santa Cruz Architect

Durability: The Foundation of Resilience Durability is the bedrock of resilient construction. Additionally, investing in robust foundations and structural designs can ensure the long-term integrity of buildings in the face of seismic activities and other environmental stresses.

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What Is A Manufactured Home?

The Architect's Guide

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), established new guidelines to ensure that these homes would be safe, affordable, and durable. Their construction is highly regulated by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). But the Safety Act, passed by the U.S. Benefits and Features.

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Manchester School of Architecture presents 13 architecture student projects

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The &rchitecture course explores how professional and personal behaviour can enable urban development and construction to be more inclusive, respond to diverse economic models, protect and produce public commons, and make sustainable use of materials and labour. Making our cities more inclusive has never been more urgent.

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Is Your Tiny House Really a Tiny House?

Dwell

But that doesn’t mean that there are no regulations; it’s more that the square peg of a tiny house, whether it’s movable or not, has to be applied to the round hole of various regulations that often weren’t really designed for them. At first, this led to many tiny house builders working without a foundation, on a wheeled chassis.

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Hagibor Apartment Building, Prague, Czech Republic

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This helps to regulate the microclimate and enhances the connection with nature, and its principle will stretch across the rest of the territory,” adds Eduard Trembulák, the creative director of the office. The articulation of the structure that grows from a common foundation gives the houses a human scale.