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How to properly assess structural wind damage

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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. Meanwhile the edges and corners of roofs experience higher wind pressures compared to the middle of the roof.

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This Black Gable Country Home Looks Like It Was Broken in Half

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Structural Engineer: Martin Wünsche Fire Safety Engineering: Pavla Tvrdá EPC: Tomáš Brückner Footprint: 1,560 square feet From the Architects: " The clients specified that the building program should include a home for a family of four and a separate unit for their grandparents.

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Kaan Architecten adds "monumental" visitor centre to second world war cemetery

Deezen

Supported by the internal concrete walls, this allows a small light gap to be created between the facade and the roof. Read: Loenen Pavilion offers space to rest and reflect in Dutch war cemetery Above, a facade of layered, poured concrete surrounds the upper story.

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Carlos Castanheira adds angular apartments to Quinta da Faísca vineyard

Deezen

The project creates four guest apartments Porto-based Castanheira designed an irregularly zigzagging roof profile that gives the building a distinctive shape. The structure is supported by a framework of steel I-beams that allow it to project out from its site, offering guests a panoramic view of the agrarian landscape.

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JKMM Architects adds timber art hall to Tammisaari old town

Deezen

It has a glued laminated (glulam) timber structure and was clad in black-stained spruce as a nod to the nearby timber buildings. Both spaces are illuminated by a prominent skylight and have exposed timber roofs. "In

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Loader Monteith completes "invisible" restoration of Peter Womersley's High Sunderland house

Deezen

The single-storey flat-roofed building comprises 14 bays arranged in a 2.4-metre Steel roof trusses, insulation and original timber panelling that were destroyed in the fire were reinstated and upgraded to enhance the building envelope's efficiency and thermal performance. Structural engineer: ? metre grid.

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Zaha Hadid Architects unveils modular tent classrooms for refugees

Deezen

The modular structures each have a steel frame secured with concrete foundations that supports stretched fabric walls and roofs. We hope that these newly donated tents will bring safety, learning and play to thousands in Yemen, Syria and Turkey". In total, 27 of the modular structures will be built.

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