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How to properly assess structural wind damage

BD+C

The assessment of wind damage is important for both property owners and insurers because it helps to identify the extent of damage, necessary repairs, potential safety hazards, and facilitates progress toward eventual remediation.

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Do You Know Why Burj Khalifa Does Not Fall?

Architecture Ideas

One of the key reasons why the Burj Khalifa doesn’t fall is its specially designed structure. Engineers and architects took several factors into account when designing the tower, including its height, location, and potential weather conditions. The building’s foundation is also a crucial factor in its stability.

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JKMM Architects adds timber art hall to Tammisaari old town

Deezen

The art gallery was built in the old town of Tammisaari The 1,210-square-metre building was built for the Albert de la Chapelle Art Foundation, whose founding donator gave the building its name, as an addition to the regional Raseborg Museum. Project credits: Client: Albert de la Chapelle Foundation Contractor: K.

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Killa Design's Museum of the Future opens in Dubai

Deezen

Built for the Dubai Future Foundation , the seven-storey building contains a combination of exhibits dedicated to the future and workshops for testing and developing emerging technology. The photography is courtesy of Dubai Future Foundation. Project credits: Client: Dubai Future Foundation. Developer: North25.

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Ross Barney Architects encloses NASA testing facility in unique copper-concrete panels

Deezen

It has a structure made of concrete mixed with copper This included the creation of a special concrete mixed with copper for a series of precast walls erected for a radar antenna-testing lab, which stands as a siloed element taller than the rest of the glass-clad building with a separate foundation.

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Zaha Hadid Architects unveils modular tent classrooms for refugees

Deezen

One of the last structures designed by Hadid, the tents were created by Zaha Hadid Architects ( ZHA ) in collaboration with non-profit Education Above All Foundation ( EAA ) as schools and health clinics for displaced populations throughout the Middle East. Above: a structure used for education in Turkey.

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The Collapse of Champlain Towers South

SW Oregon Architect

There was some initial speculation suggesting the culprit may have been a growing sinkhole beneath the tower’s foundations. Will unfortunate news of the failures of other reinforced concrete structures become ever more commonplace as much of this building stock continues to age? millimeters per year without a similar occurrence (yet).

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