Dwell

APRIL 9, 2024

Over his 70-year career, Frank Lloyd Wright designed more than 1,000 structures—museums, homes, churches, commercial buildings—532 of which were built. Frank Lloyd Wright at a drafting table with several onlookers while at Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin, in 1937. From his protégés to his admirers. Schindler decided to stay in L.A.

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Westeck News

APRIL 5, 2024

Windows that let drafts in, cause cold spots, collect condensation, dampness, and mould, usually don’t offer enough defence against noise pollution either. Larger buildings may have windows, doors, and curtain wall systems making up between 50 and 100 percent of the facade and envelope.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

North Norfolk MP Duncan Baker is set to propose a bill to the UK Parliament today that would make it mandatory to calculate and reduce the embodied carbon footprint of new buildings for the first time. Bill was drafted based on industry insight. Read: Dezeen's top 10 low-carbon buildings of 2021.

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

MARCH 14, 2024

As municipal governments, developers, universities, and corporations begin to collect emissions data, either voluntarily or to comply with local regulations, experts say that the building sector will need better standards for reporting embodied carbon data. “We The ECHO Project held its inaugural meeting in Seattle in March 2023.

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Architizer

AUGUST 15, 2023

Amidst the drafting tables and rolls of blueprints of the 1980s, the first whispers of computer-aided design began to emerge from those in the know. ” We had shifted from the drafting board to the keyboard, but the process was much the same. Plug in to the latest design discussions by subscribing.

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Architizer

JUNE 7, 2022

Project Status: Built. Due to its rapid growth, the unicorn IT company Infobip commissioned a new hybrid building in Zagreb. The plot is located in an entropic and poorly regulated area with low-rise medium-density multi-dwelling buildings lacking both articulated public space and natural surroundings. Year: 2021. © Studio 3LHD.

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Deezen

APRIL 21, 2022

Foster, who prepared a draft manifesto for the reconstruction of Kharkiv ahead of the meeting, explained that the first step towards reconstruction will be preparing a masterplan. Foster's studio is among a number of architect practices that have withdrawn from projects in Russia. "We The first step would be a city masterplan".

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Dwell

APRIL 25, 2023

The owners, a pair of architects, used the "least expensive materials possible" to build a rough-and-ready retreat near the mountains. We knew that the project had to be low cost and that we would be working with a very small building. We ended up building the house ourselves (just two people). Have one to share?

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Westeck News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Content courtesy of Building Excellence Magazine . . Emissions From Buildings. The federal government pledged a raft of policies to tackle green house gasses generated from Canada’s built environment, including drafting a Canada Green Building Strategy. Content courtesy of the Pembina. youtube.

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The Architecture Designs

JANUARY 23, 2024

If you are ready to invest in a major home renovation project, then you cannot start haphazardly. You will want to be mindful and strategic when planning things, including setting your budget, finding a perfect contractor, obtaining building permits, etc. This way, you will also know how extensive your home renovation project will be.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Tim Vander Hoek designs and builds a 60-square-foot office using a mix of lumber and a hallmark wraparound acrylic clerestory. Instead of renting a suburban office space, why not apply the cost of a year’s office rental to designing and building a tiny office of his own? a more reasonably priced aspect of his project.

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Architizer

JULY 19, 2022

For architects though, arguably the most important piece of software was first created way back in 1982: AutoCAD , a new type of 2D drafting application, was launched as a desktop app running on microcomputers with internal graphics controllers. to digitize a drawing of a school building in 1987; image via Wikipedia.

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Deezen

JANUARY 5, 2023

Rone used photo references to create the themed rooms, which nod to the building's history as well as the industries found in downtown Melbourne in the middle of the 20th century. I find it fascinating that there is an entire wing of the building that was locked up for decades," explained Rone.

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Deezen

MAY 25, 2023

Materials recovered from over 40 installations have been collected and catalogued, ready to be used for repairing and upgrading buildings and public spaces all over Venice. With the title Open for Maintenance , the exhibition is billed as "an action framework for a new building culture".

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Shades of Grey

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The second digital study was done in Revit, a drafting view. Then draft out the main lines of the composition with a soft graphite pencil. The balance between free strokes with thick paint and the angular qualities of the buildings is not quite right. Growing in confidence with each new project. Good enough.

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Shades of Grey

JULY 20, 2022

I did spend some of my enforced free time remastering one of the building books we wrote for Zimbabwe secondary schools back in the 1980s. The line drawings here were intended to teach basic concepts of technical drafting. Using familiar objects to translate between orthographic and isometric projections.

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Portland Architecture

DECEMBER 12, 2022

While at Allied, Daniel worked on celebrated projects like the Corvallis Museum. My grandfather was an engineer as well, who taught me how to sketch and draft with a t square in his workshop, and when I saw what was possible with the Wright book, I was hooked. there was still a slight connection to that era.

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SW Oregon Architect

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Jan’s entreaty to his fellow professionals in the building sector was to add their names to a letter addressed to the mayor and city council that supports policies to transition structures from polluting fossil fuels to renewable electricity. Electrification is a prevalent building decarbonization strategy.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

MAY 23, 2022

Universum seeks to document a specific moment, providing a portrait of work-life spaces and adding an explanation of the projects that are underway at that moment in the studio, believing that they will be significant to its future. A visit to their studio did not disappoint.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Project Status: Built. Inside Out is a residential project and is located within a high-density urban area. The project site is close to a major highway and is surrounded on all three sides with residential buildings, with a small narrow access road. Year: 2020. Size: 10,000 sqft – 25,000 sqft. © Studio Krubka.

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Dwell

JANUARY 12, 2024

The announcement last week that + POOL would receive city and state funding might seem promising, but as one of its creators points out, the project has come a long way from its original vision. The project may have been ‘stalled,’ but the work has not. Even with the funds, building the pools is not going to be easy.

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Whichever way you define the approach, though, it’s hard not to consider the latest project from Swedish real estate and asset management giant Atrium Ljungberg AB as true placemaking. When we quiz him on how many architectural firms have been drafted, he cracks a smile and simply answers, “many.”

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e-architect

MAY 1, 2023

It was to be a light filled, crafted and sculptural home where she could appreciate her garden, furniture, paintings, and ‘absolutely no drafts’! Planning & Form Our planning strategy was a building with a bold, sculptural form, yet contextual sensitivity. Were there any special project objectives, challenges, or constraints?

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Westeck News

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

NAFS is the window and door requirement of the National Building Code for residential housing and requires you test and properly label windows and doors in accordance with the standard and ensure doors and windows are rated to perform in the area they are being installed. What kind of projects will it affect? How does NAFS affect me?

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Westeck News

JUNE 2, 2023

Updating or installing new windows for a new residential or commercial build requires a bit of a learning curve to understand the “science” behind an energy-efficient window. R-VALUE R-value refers to a building material’s insulation level. Content courtesy of Energy Star Energy-Efficient Window Terms Explained.

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Aric Gitomer Architect

MAY 24, 2022

They take the renovation as a challenge and aspire to transform the project with a wow factor. During the renovation, the scale of the project matters. Building a Connection with the Outdoors. A porch could create a draft lobby that reduces heat loss from your home. Building Shelves. Instilling Sustainability.

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BD+C

JUNE 16, 2023

Can a VR-enabled AEC Firm transform building projects? 0 dbarista Fri, 06/16/2023 - 14:36 Virtual Reality With the aid of virtual reality and 3D visualization technologies, designers, consultants, and their clients can envision a place as though the project were in a later stage. The space, volume, and structure.

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A4 Architects

DECEMBER 8, 2022

One interesting example is the Waves, which is built on the southernmost projection of Aquidneck Island out into the Atlantic Ocean. This brick crenelated building looked like a cartoon version of its namesake missing only a moat and guards on the roof to complete the effect. The son of the governor, Charles Lippitt Jr.,

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Architizer

JUNE 6, 2023

Soft lighting and homogenous greenery make the building stand out in its location (left); the same soft light harmonizes with the attractive wavy forms of the building’s interior(right). They move back and forth between the drafting desk and the model-making table, adjusting lines or folding planes. Photos by Iwan Baan.

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e-architect

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Going beyond London, the report delves into how other cities around the world from New York to Tokyo have focussed on balancing goods movement and neighbourhood needs to create more liveable communities, and an extensive project showcase highlights the innovation and ambition of a sector that keeps London running.

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Deezen

MAY 8, 2022

The studio added five concrete roofs to the building. Argo Factory's rooftop echoes its neighbouring buildings. ASA North's goal for the museum, known fully as the Argo Factory Contemporary Art Museum & Cultural Centre, was to give new life to the building rather than focus solely on its preservation.

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Architizer

APRIL 11, 2022

When he first conceived his progressive tower, architect Kisho Kurokawa not only wanted to design something the world had never seen, but he also saw the project as an on-the-ground opportunity to radically overhaul architecture as the profession understood it. Image via Wikimedia.

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BD+C

MARCH 15, 2024

This practice enables me to evaluate the day's tasks and priorities before immersing myself in larger projects. In the field of architecture, where effective communication is pivotal throughout various phases of the project, email serves as the primary means of interaction with owners and contractors.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Signatories to the declaration would agree to design buildings and cities "in a way that limits the use of energy, uses only sustainable energy sources, reuses rainwater and limits the use of other natural resources", as well as using recycled materials where possible. Read: Foster + Partners launches sustainability manifesto.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Drawing on a wealth of historical models and archetypal patterns, he developed new typologies of streets and public squares as an architect and urban planner, and was responsible for numerous urban development projects throughout Europe. Rob Krier , architect, former professor at the Technical University Vienna (1976-1998).

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30X40 Design Workshop

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Ten years ago I wrote my first blog post from a drafting table set in the corner of my living room. And, the more time you’re able to commit to designing and building your dream business the better chance it has of succeeding. Excited, apprehensive, determined and naïve.

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2022

A design by the artist Theaster Gates, Black Chapel was a pilot project of Design for Freedom. The Serpentine Pavilion has been an annual commission since 2000, where contributors, usually architects, are invited to build their first structure in England. A program to end modern slavery in the materials supply chain advances.

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