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Secrets of a structural engineer

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Secrets of a structural engineer 0 dbarista Fri, 09/08/2023 - 11:54 Engineers Walter P Moore's Scott Martin, PE, LEED AP, DBIA, offers tips and takeaways for young—and veteran—structural engineers in the AEC industry.

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Hewitt creates residential tower in Seattle informed by stack of magazines

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Local architecture studio Hewitt has unveiled the 33-storey-high Skyglass residential block in downtown Seattle , which was informed by an offset stack of magazines. It's not enough to simply make space," continued Nagele. "We We have to add poetry to the spaces that we make and we have to make spaces where people truly want to be.

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Farm buildings inform Sonoma ADU by Schwartz and Architecture

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"Their original, steeply sloped roofs are now drooping into low-slung structures, peeling apart, allowing in unexpected puddles of natural light, and revealing fragments of their interior framing to the outside elements," the team said. The structural system is mostly wood with an occasional steel beam.

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Forge Craft uses "hammock" approach to create outdoor space for transitional apartments

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Called Zilker Studios, the structure includes 110 affordable apartments operated by local housing organisation Foundation Communities. The mid-rise housing complex consists of a long volume on a narrow site, flanked by outdoor public spaces with a breezeway and an open-air staircase on the far end.

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Geodes inform design of Arizona research building by Grimshaw and Architekton

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The structure is oriented around a courtyard "The building's form is the result of a rigorous design effort to negotiate site and climatic conditions unique to this project," the team said. Within the centre, one finds laboratories, classrooms, conference rooms, offices, and spaces for socializing, studying and eating.

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Niall McLaughlin Architects creates glasshouse-informed steel pavilion on the Isle of Wight

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Saltmarsh House was designed by Niall McLaughlin Architects Designed to have a high-performance thermal envelope, the house consists of a long living and dining space framed by three smaller chambers – a kitchen, a bedroom, and a bathroom. A wood-burning stove sits at the end of the living space on a raised granite platform.

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Branch Studio Architects designs student welfare space for Melbourne college

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Branch Studio Architects has created a dusty-pink student welfare centre at an all-boys school in Melbourne to provide a space for discussing mental health. Let alone, the potential of the space becoming a place for student welfare."

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