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

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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. Home Inspector : This house has structural issues. Bob : Really?

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The Sponge Evangelist

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Photo © Turenscape, courtesy the Cultural Landscape Foundation. In awarding the second biennial Oberlander Prize to the Chinese landscape architect Kongjian Yu, FASLA, the Cultural Landscape Foundation and its 2023 jury sent an unmistakable signal about the future of the field. Elizabeth K.

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Life of an Architect – Best of 2014

Life of an Architect

One upside of working many jobs is that you get to experience all sorts of different project types, firm sizes, and management techniques. Number 4 Pier and Beam Foundations – KHouse Progress June 12, 2014 How does a pier and beam foundation work? Add water, through rain and irrigation, and the soil expands.

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Des Forges Residence, Mauricie, Québec

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Résidence des Forge consists of three wings set on a natural stone foundation. Each of the wings is supported by a main structure of steel, as well as an intentionally exposed secondary woodwork structure. The design of the arches is inspired by Les Forges du Saint-Maurice, echoing traditional natural stone masonry techniques.

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Classical Villa Construction

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This villa design that we created has a G+3 structure. These marks are attached to strong structures such as plinths, roads, or trees. The sketch and benchmarks are used as a guide to determine the depth of the excavation. Footing Rebar Checking: Concrete foundations have steel reinforcement as a key component.

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Kendall College of Art and Design spotlights sixteen student projects

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I compiled images and fabric swatches that would inspire the piece and made thumbnail sketches of my ideas. My creative practice involves a large amount of research followed by drawing a hefty amount of composition sketches. After drawing composition sketches, I do more research in preparation for detailed drawing. "I

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Why Architects Should Never Stop Drawing By Hand

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A selection of Wines’ sketches. But, like the artist’s study for a painting or sculpture, the calligraphic nature of the conceptual sketch is always a decisive factor in its ultimate qualification as art. Also, in this way, vegetation can become as much a part of the aesthetic fabric of a structure as masonry, glass, and steel.

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