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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion

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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion 0 qpurcell Thu, 09/28/2023 - 10:37 Office Buildings IMEG's Edwin Dean, Joe Gulden, and Doug Sweeney, share seven key focuses for structural engineers when planning office-to-residential conversions. RELATED ARTICLE: About 11% of U.S.

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Big Windows and White Interiors Punch Up a Gloomy ’60s California Beach House

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The house was very inwardly focused with low-lying windows that you couldn’t see out of unless you ducked or sat down. The original house was clad entirely with cedar shingles both inside and out: the walls, roof, and ceilings. The client described it as living inside a tree.

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OEB Architects adds Italian-informed loft extension to south London house

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The loft extension features a pair of colonnaded bay windows OEB Architects designed the extension to reflect the proportions of the Victorian property and reference the couple's memories of holidaying in Italy. This resulted in a pair of colonnaded bay windows featuring red and yellow details, and a "zinc swoop" containing a new staircase.

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Tomás de Iruarrizaga bridges concrete forms with wooden structure for Chile holiday home

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Iruarrizaga designed the 500-square-metre house with a timber-clad upper level that bridges two rectangular concrete structures. The home is located by a lake in southern Chile Large windows on all sides of the upper level provide views of the surrounding landscape, including the lake, mountains and nearby Mocho Choshuenco volcano.

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Oliver Leech Architects adds skylit extension to London home

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Prioritising natural light, Oliver Leech Architects expanded the ground floor with an open living, dining and kitchen space, which meets the existing building with a large skylight and a window seat overlooking a small courtyard. The extension features a window seat overlooking the rear courtyard Oliver Leech Architects was founded in 2016.

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Corstorphine & Wright carves scoop into office facade to celebrate neighbouring church

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The four-storey office building has been extended sideways and upwards and wrapped in glazed bricks , arranged to draw attention to the circular window of the neighbouring Grade II-listed church. The photography is by Daniel Shearing courtesy of Corstorphine & Wright.

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Konishi Gaffney converts 1950s garage into artist's studio with a sense of "civic grandeur"

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These changes unified the structure's appearance from the road creating a sense of contemporary "civic grandeur", as well as facilitating secure side access to the back garden. The grid of battens frame a window and conceal a side gate. "As Windows and skylights allow plenty of natural light to enter the studio. Windows: Velfac.