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Land Morphology and Olson Kundig update Oregon botanical garden

Deezen

The pavilion is an open, roofed structure with slatted wooden walls New additions include an event pavilion, an aerial tree walk and three "botanic collections". The pavilion, dubbed the Fireside Terrace, is an open, roofed structure with slatted wooden walls. Designed by Olson Kundig, the structure overlooks a pollinator meadow.

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Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) Design Iconic External Diagrid for Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank Headquarters

Architizer

The building was designed to “breathe” and flex to occupant needs, utilizing naturally ventilated atria and a column-free externalized structure. The structural system serves multiple purposes at once, creating an open and column-free environment, which is passively shaded and naturally ventilated.

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Insights: What do different engineers do, and when do I hire one?

Matt Fajkus Architecture

Before starting any new project, it’s important to check with your local governing body to see which types of submittals are necessary to obtain permits and which types of people need to certify those submittals. Depending upon the size of construction, a structural engineer may not be needed, but is always recommended.

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Leach Botanical Garden, Portland, Oregon

e-architect

Work is organized into three principle activities: 1) Design Development and Entitlement Processes ; 2) Site Development Permits and Construction Documents for Upper Garden Development ; and 3) eighteen months of construction. The Fireside Terrace is an open structure with a solid roof with views out to the tree walk.

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Hybrid Stadium, Hangzhou, China

e-architect

Suspendome Roof: Column-Free Hybrid Interior Spaces, Natural Light and Ventilation Archi-Tectonics took the initiative already in the competition phase to engage Thornton Tomassetti, to come up with the most innovative structural solutions. These greatly reduce heating and cooling loads during much of the year.

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Explorers at Home

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Prosper Portland, an economic development agency, gave $2 million, and Portland Metro, the transportation agency, made a $188,000 grant. They’re to be built in future phases and are suggested as calm shedlike structures framed in fir and clothed in cedar lath. Electrical Engineer Reyes Engineering, Portland, Oregon.

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Going Solar: The Rays That Pay

Community Architect

Going solar for buildings is not only as effective as improving transportation (another 40%), the two can be linked with solar as the power source for electric vehicles. panel degradation per year and certain specific local variable rate structure benefits the break even could happen within 7 years.