Archinect

AUGUST 29, 2023

The American Institute of Steel Construction ’s AISC Education Foundation has announced a total of $211,000 worth of scholarships to 48 architecture, engineering, and construction management students across the country for the 2023–24 academic year. We’ve also awarded the inaugural Steven J.

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Archinect

APRIL 11, 2022

The University of Virginia (UVA) campus has become the showground for an array of creative structures built from natural materials. Penn State assistant architecture professor Benay Gürsoy Toykoç designed structures made from mycelium blocks. “It is both old-school and new-school,” MacDonald said.

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Archinect

JULY 29, 2022

A research team out of the University of Virginia (UVA) has developed a new innovative and sustainable approach to building that utilizes the power of 3D printing to create structures made of soil implanted with seeds.

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

As a construction material, however, when put under enough directional force along its grain, sawn timber is structurally unstable, so deemed unsuitable under higher loads. By crossing the direction of the grains, CLT achieves a far higher level of structural rigidity along both axes.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) has announced finalists for this year’s vaunted Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel (IDEAS²) Awards featuring a total of fifteen entries in the program’s 62nd year.

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ArchDaily

JANUARY 10, 2024

Image © Rewood It's fascinating to observe the current state of wood in the world of architecture. The aesthetic and architectural appeal of engineered wood, coupled with its intrinsic association with sustainability, has been a catalyst for the increase in wood-centric projects around the world. Read more »

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Through sawing, milling, and other engineered wood conversion processes, various wood forms have been created and applied in products, furniture, and architecture. However, these processes can sometimes alter the basic lines of wood structure. Read more »

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MAY 1, 2024

the exhibition sheds light on the field of structural design, the invisible force that brings architects' visions to life. The post tokyo’s WHAT museum exhibits engineering marvels with SENSE OF STRUCTURE appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

MAY 16, 2022

Named TESSERAE, the project seeks to create a highly-engineered tile which can be used as a building block for self-assembling, adaptive, reconfigurable structures. The MIT Media Lab has shared insights into their pioneering project to build habitats in outer space. Artist's render of TESSERAE spaceship.

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ArchDaily

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Image Courtesy of Q-Railing Guardrails and windscreens play an essential role in contemporary architecture, combining safety , functionality, and aesthetic appeal. Base shoes, a type of guardrail system, anchors glass infill panels to the structure, ensuring durability and precision.

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Archinect

JULY 16, 2024

In this week's curated employer highlight from Archinect Jobs , we are featuring five architecture and design firms with current openings in New York City and San Anselmo, California. Qualified candidates should be proficient with Revit, Rhino, Unreal Engine, and Adobe Creative Suite. Tribeca Lofts by AGENCIE.

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Image: Gabriel Fernandes from São Paulo, Brasil, CC BY-SA 2.0 <[link] via Wikimedia Commons Tie rods are integral in structural engineering, primarily for transmitting traffic loads and alleviating compression forces within a structure.

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Image © Stephen Bridger via Shutterstock Our contemporary society has been witnessing a surge in skyscraper construction in urban centers worldwide for various reasons—including engineering advancements, increased urban density , space constraints, and, arguably, a competitive drive for building the tallest structures.

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Courtesy of EAST Architecture Studio The Diriyah Biennale Foundation has announced Lebanon-based EAST Architecture Studio , in collaboration with artist Rayyane Tabet and engineering firm AKT II, as the winners of the inaugural AlMusalla Prize, a significant new architectural competition launched as part of the Islamic Arts Biennale.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Architecture, by its nature, is in constant conversation with the environment. Winter, with its snow, ice and frozen landscapes, temporarily alters not only the physical appearance of structures but also how we experience them. Architectural lines become more fluid and patterns of accumulation highlight surfaces in new ways.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Artist Janet Echelman has been honored with two international architecture and engineering awards for her work. The Boston Society of Architects’ Harleston Parker Medal is the society’s higher architectural award.

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ArchDaily

MAY 20, 2024

Courtesy of Ilia Salek A cornerstone of architectural innovation for centuries, concrete has transformed the structural capabilities of buildings worldwide. As one of the more versatile and durable building materials, concrete has aided architects and engineers in pushing the traditional boundaries of design. Read more »

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ArchDaily

MARCH 21, 2024

Image © French + Tye The main role of architecture is to create structures that protect us from the environment and create spaces that are safe and comfortable for all types of needs and activities. By providing shelter, architecture also shapes the way people interact with their surroundings. Bradbury Works - [Y/N] Studio.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The research group, led by assistant professor Catherine De Wolf of the university’s Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, sees the project as a demonstration of the potential for circular economics.

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Archinect

JUNE 9, 2022

Looking for some stand-out architecture studios for your next potential career move? For this week's highlight of featured employers , we have picked four firms with current job openings in New York , Seattle , and Portland, Oregon. David Zwirner, 20th Street by Selldorf Architects. Photo: Jason Schmidt.

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Archinect

MAY 8, 2023

Japanese architecture and engineering firm Mitsubishi Jisho Design has unveiled details of a sustainable teahouse project at the upcoming Venice Architecture Biennale , which takes place from May 20th to November 26th in what is now its 18th edition.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The office known for its familial atmosphere and daily team meals worked on the project collaboratively through its proprietary integrated LEAPP approach (short for internal Landscape, Engineering, Architecture, Planning, and Product Design).

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Courtesy of COOP HIMMELB(L)AU | Al Maktoum International Airport Coop Himmelb(l)au has been selected to lead the architectural design for the new Al Maktoum International Airport in Dubai , United Arab Emirates.

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Archinect

JANUARY 31, 2024

The four-year construction effort yielded a total two million square feet of new office space that was built above active railroad tracks in what the firm describes as an "extraordinary" advancement of the methods used in urban design, structural engineering, and architecture.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Image courtesy Hawaii Off-Grid Architecture and Engineering “We are so grateful to Shigeru Ban and the Volunteer Architects Network (VAN) to inspire and remind us of the compassion and creativity that architecture and architects can provide to our communities,” Hawaii Off-Grid principal David Sellers told local news outlet La.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Harnessing stone as a structural material can make architecture more enjoyable to both build and inhabit argues Tristram Carfrae, an Arup engineer working on the Sagrada Familia , in this Stone Age 2.0 The main benefit of structural stone is that it is a plentiful, natural, low carbon and beautiful material," said Carfrae. "It

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Archinect

JUNE 10, 2024

It follows a set of seismic safety tests that were performed last year by scientists at the University of California, San Diego , and will be useful going forward as now mass timber structures begin to substantially increase both their heights and overall footprint worldwide.

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Archinect

JANUARY 4, 2022

The structure responds to the region’s tropical climate through a series of biophilic and sustainable design solutions. SOM's work on this project included architecture, mechanical, electrical and plumbing, structural, and civil engineering.

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ArchDaily

MARCH 10, 2024

& The project is to renovate a structure made of corrugated pipe, a civil engineering material, Completed in 2023 in Japan. Images by Yoshiro Masuda. Hotel in renovated house made of corrugated pipes.&

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Mexico City architecture studio HEMAA utilised a steel structure and green-coloured eaves for Pabellón de la Reserva, a meeting place sited on the marshy shores of a lake in the mountains of central Mexico. This design choice blurs the structure's boundaries, framing the natural landscape with subtlety," he continued.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Milgard Hall embodies UWT’s mission as an “urban-serving university” and creates an accessible and welcoming space for collaboration between the Milgard School of Business, the School of Engineering & Technology (SET), the Global Innovation and Design Lab (GIDLab), and community groups.

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Archinect

JULY 12, 2024

Our client, a retired aerospace engineer and avid hiker, is not interested in horses, but fell in love with the site for its purity, simplicity and openness. He envisioned a playful, dynamic house, deeply rooted in the land, with ample opportunity for reading, watching and reflecting.

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DECEMBER 24, 2024

Santiago Calatrava, born on July 28, 1951, in Benimmet, Valencia, Spain, is one of the most celebrated architects and engineers of our time. Known for his innovative approach that seamlessly combines structural engineering with artistic expression, Calatravas works have left an indelible mark on the global architectural landscape.

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Archinect

JUNE 21, 2022

Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) Harnessing Emissions into Structures Taking Inputs from the Atmosphere (HESTIA) program.

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The Urban Farming Office in Ho Chih Minh City, Vietnam, seeks to return green space to the city using the building’s facade as a structure for vertical urban farming. By stepping up the concept of vertical farming into the world of architecture, we can bring all the goodness of the farm, straight to our doorstep. Read more »

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OCTOBER 1, 2023

Olive Plaza (my photo) This is the next in my Eugene/Architecture/Alphabet series of blog posts, the focus of each being a landmark building here in Eugene. My selection criteria for each will be threefold: The building must be of architectural interest, local importance, or historically significant.

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Deezen

APRIL 22, 2024

Danish architecture studio BIG , alongside faculty at the University of Kansas, has unveiled its design for the mass-timber Makers' KUbe in Kansas, USA. The structure will serve as an educational building for the University of Kansas ( KU ) School of Architecture & Design in Lawrence, Kansas.

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