The Architect's Newsletter

JUNE 17, 2022

Architect LMN Architects Location Kirkland, Washington Occupied 2021 Structural and Civil Engineer Coughlin Porter Lundeen, Inc. Landscape Architect Hewitt Architects Lighting Design Fisher Marantz Stone MEP Engineer Rushing General Contractor [.].

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Glass Civil Engineering Building Architect 118

Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

US studio CLB Architects has created a retreat in rural Wyoming that has three wood-clad structures, with a creek running underneath the primary residence. Located on a 35-acre (14-hectare) property near the town of Wilson, the home was envisioned as a series of "tectonic structures" set within a diverse ecosystem.

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Structure Architect Civil Engineering Clients 128

Architonic

OCTOBER 27, 2022

architecture: slapa oberholz pszczulny | sop architekten. interior & design: slapa oberholz pszczulny | sop architekten.

Civil Engineering 130

Civil Engineering Structural Engineering Contractor Consulting 130

BD+C

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Secrets of a structural engineer 0 dbarista Fri, 09/08/2023 - 11:54 Engineers Walter P Moore's Scott Martin, PE, LEED AP, DBIA, offers tips and takeaways for young—and veteran—structural engineers in the AEC industry.

Structural Engineering 111

Structural Engineering Engineering Engineering Structure 111

Deezen

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The 82,305 square foot (7,646 square metre) addition extends outwards from the college's main academic building and consists of buildings and courtyards encased in a large, elevated concrete terrace. The mass-timber buildings showcase an exposed, "eccentric" black-toned bracing system, which encircles the buildings in a cage-like skin.

Building 128

Building Consulting Civil Engineering Engineering 128

Deezen

JULY 21, 2022

Architecture studio SPF Architects has completed a sports facility in Los Angeles consisting of two separate buildings that were built using pre-engineered metal structures in order to not disrupt activity at the site. SPF Architects designed atheletic buildings for the Michelle and Barack Obama Sports Complex.

Engineering 111

Engineering Engineering Structure Architect 111

Deezen

APRIL 17, 2023

Brooklyn-based studio Worrell Yeung has updated a historic property in New York with a series of gabled buildings clad in various timber finishes and details. The studio collaborated with Silman Structural to size up the exposed rafters, blending them with the wooden trusses and accenting the steel tie rods.

Renovation 145

Renovation Building Civil Engineering Engineering 145

designboom

MARCH 5, 2024

monotrum redesigns Kenji Kawai’s corrugated house Corrugated House project by monotrum transforms a structure constructed from a corrugated pipe, a civil engineering material, into an accommodation facility.

Renovation 131

Renovation Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering 131

Deezen

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Gehry Partners has created a building for Warner Bros in Burbank Second Century Burbank is divided into two large blocks connected by a two-storey volume that is topped by a landscaped courtyard. These are used across the building's highway-facing elevations and have an "icy white appearance" intended to evoke the form of icebergs.

Building 135

Building Consulting Civil Engineering Glass 135

Deezen

JANUARY 30, 2024

California architecture studio Brooks + Scarpa has created a central structure for a sports complex in Florida with a sloped concrete shell designed to "make a spectacle of rainfall". The concrete shell protects the internal glass structure – where the offices and storage are located – and the outdoor spaces around it.

Building 126

Building Civil Engineering Roofing Glass 126

Deezen

JUNE 18, 2024

Polycarbonate , steel and concrete are among the resilient materials used to form a pair of industrial buildings at Fulldraw Vineyard, designed by American studio Clayton Korte. The team designed three buildings for the site. All of the structures are designed to offer a connection to the rolling terrain striped with grape vines.

Building 116

Building Consulting Civil Engineering Structural Engineering 116

Dwell

MAY 3, 2023

The clients had worked with another architect on a first floor addition and realized for the cost of the building, they were adding potentially unused space for a very high cost. The clients came to me wondering if they could achieve the bare minimum for their family, which would then allow for the quality items within those spaces.

Civil Engineering 137

Civil Engineering Consulting Structural Engineering Engineering 137

Deezen

APRIL 3, 2024

A crematorium clad in ribbed concrete and a geometric university bell tower feature in this roundup of 10 brutalist buildings photographed by Simon Phipps for his Brutal Wales book. I'm interested in the sculptural qualities of each building and the ways in which light and shade articulate them," he continued.

Building 138

Building Civil Engineering Structure Roofing 138

Deezen

JANUARY 22, 2024

Design studio HGA has completed a pair of educational facilities , Mills Hall and Gibbons Center, that are among the first "commercially scaled mass-timber buildings" in the state of Maine. Both buildings also have mass timber frames, wooden interior finishes and brick facades.

Building 128

Building Civil Engineering Structural Engineering Education 128

Deezen

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Local studio Hopson Rodstrom Design placed a sawtooth roof on top of this black-clad apartment building with an interior courtyard in southern California. Its facade is interspersed with many skinny windows The seven-storey structure has a ground-level podium clad in green-painted concrete interspersed with steel gates.

Roofing 131

Roofing Interior Building Civil Engineering 131

Deezen

APRIL 21, 2023

The Jeanne Gang -led studio, united eight previous structures, that have been built for the museum complex since it opened in 1937, with the concrete canopy.

Art 124

Art Building Civil Engineering Roofing 124

BD+C

JUNE 20, 2024

2024 Timber-Strong Design Build Competition: Small Buildings, Big Educational Opportunities 1 kcichowicz Thu, 06/20/2024 - 12:14 Student-led teams have 90 minutes to erect attractive, durable, engineered wood structures. APA – THE ENGINEERED WOOD ASSOCIATION MFPRO+ Blog Some designed playhouses.

Education 98

Education Building Mining Students 98

Deezen

JUNE 5, 2024

US studio Olson Kundig Architects has shaded a boxy, glass office complex with aluminium screens near Atlanta's BeltLine and included a glass-clad volume to connect to buildings and frame the pedestrian paths. We wanted to make the building porous, which in turn helped to drive the form," said design principal Kirsten Ring Murray.

Glass 128

Glass Building Civil Engineering Engineering 128

Deezen

JANUARY 24, 2025

The building form is addressed both additively and subtractively, creating a synergised, consolidated structure that encourages non-hierarchical relationships between office employees and factory staff," the CLB Architects team told Dezeen.

Manufacturing 110

Manufacturing Building Architect Civil Engineering 110

Deezen

MARCH 28, 2022

Cedar cladding and a rigorous structural grid feature in a winery tasting room by American studio GO'C that is designed to frame views of the terrain. A structural grid creates a focused entry. The clients wanted a building that was sensitive to the environment and embraced the landscape. Retractable shades keep the patios cool.

Structure 98

Structure Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering 98

Deezen

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Brooklyn-based studio Modu has created a building envelope that lowers the ambient air temperature in order to help cool the interior and exterior of this Houston building. In hot climates like that, if you can lower the air temperature, then it would require less air conditioning because the air around the building is cooler."

Exterior 124

Exterior Building Civil Engineering Engineering 124

Deezen

MARCH 19, 2024

CannonDesign has created a student centre for a Michigan university "The primary concept of the building was to celebrate place, with a focus on elements and symbols that are universal to all people – and especially important to the Western community," Brett Lawrence, Cannon Design project manager, told Dezeen.

Building 126

Building Students Civil Engineering Design 126

Architizer

AUGUST 26, 2022

The Health Sciences Innovation Building (HSIB) provides space for integrated, interprofessional medical and healthcare education, training and research. Martin Associates – Structural Engineer – KGM Architectural Lighting – Lighting – CO Architects – Design Architect & Architect of Record.

Innovation 98

Innovation Civil Engineering Building Architect 98

Deezen

OCTOBER 24, 2023

New York architecture studio REX has completed the "most automated" performance building in the world at Brown University's campus in Providence, Rhode Island. Called The Lindemann Performing Arts Center (The Lindemann) the 101,000 square-foot (9,383-square-metre) structure consists of a shoebox theatre with a long bridge-like walkway.

Space 132

Space Civil Engineering Consulting Safety 132

Deezen

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The Walker Hall project involved transforming a "vacant, seismically unsafe building" on the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) campus in northern California , just west of Sacramento. The 34,000-square-foot (3,159-square-metre) structure was originally designed to house the university's agricultural engineering programme.

Building 116

Building Civil Engineering Students Engineering 116

Deezen

MAY 22, 2023

Daniel Joseph Chenin designed the house in the Las Vegas desert Named Fort 137, "the building pays homage to the old fort structures from the early settlement days of Las Vegas, which relied upon site-sourced materials along with tried-and-true techniques for designing and building in an arid climate," the team told Dezeen.

Housing 111

Housing Building Civil Engineering Structural Engineering 111

Deezen

AUGUST 12, 2022

Polycarbonate walls and a row of tall window boxes bring diffused sunlight into the Iowa City Public Works building by US firm Neumann Monson Architects. The low-lying building is located just south of Iowa City's downtown district, near a recreational area and a future housing development. MEP engineer: Modus. A 12-foot (3.6-metre)

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Building Architect Civil Engineering Exterior 105

Deezen

MARCH 15, 2022

Structural plywood was used to help reduce the carbon footprint of an Oregon office building designed by Lever Architecture for a nonprofit organisation. Located in Portland 's Albina neighbourhood, the building serves as the headquarters for Meyer Memorial Trust , a charitable foundation focused on racial, social and economic justice.

Building 111

Building Architecture Roofing Civil Engineering 111

Deezen

MAY 24, 2024

Located at the centre of the New York City Housing Authority's (NYCHA) Sumner Houses campus, the 11-storey block is wrapped around a full-height central atrium that gives the building its name. I hope this project serves as a powerful example of how good design can positively impact society, especially for those in need."

Housing 145

Housing Home Civil Engineering Structural Engineering 145

SW Oregon Architect

DECEMBER 5, 2021

I’ve seen building codes become more voluminous, expectations grow unreasonably, and litigiousness rise to worrisome levels. Back in the day, we didn’t detail our exterior wall assemblies as rainscreens, and our weather barriers were often simply “building paper.” What thickness? The scope of many other concerns has expanded as well.

Civil Engineering 219

Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering Sustainability 219

e-architect

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Ballard Food Bank in Seattle Building, Washington Community Facility, Wilcox Construction Inc. Ballard Food Bank, Seattle Building Design. To provide a permanent and secure base for their operations and to address the increased needs within the community, the Food Bank set out to build a new home. Civil Engineer: KPFF.

Building 98

Building Consulting Civil Engineering Engineering 98

Deezen

JUNE 9, 2023

The academic building is located on ASU's main campus in Tempe, which is part of the Phoenix metropolitan area. Encompassing 281,000 square feet (26,106 square metres), the building houses a range of research institutes focused on topics such as food, water, energy and climate change.

Information 105

Information Building Civil Engineering Engineering 105

Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

UK architecture firm Studio Egret West has shared its plans to create housing within two concrete 1960s buildings in London , which were formerly the headquarters of food company Heinz. Studio Egret West has received planning permission to create 124 apartments across the two office buildings while preserving their external concrete frames.

Housing 145

Housing Consulting Civil Engineering Engineering 145

Deezen

JANUARY 16, 2023

LA studio Kevin Daly Architecture has created a headquarters for a Houston foundation that has a latticed canopy suspended over a white building that was created using steel and cross-laminated timber. The structure features a latticed canopy that was designed to reference the surrounding oak groves.

Building 105

Building Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering 105

Deezen

JUNE 23, 2022

Gehry designed the structure to serve as the first-ever home for The Children's Institute – a 116-year-old organisation that helps families in the Los Angeles area. According to Gehry's studio, the form of the building was "broken down" so that it does not stand out from the single-family residences that define the neighbourhood.

Building 98

Building Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering 98

Deezen

MAY 28, 2024

Weathering steel characterises the facade Other projects by Lever Architecture include an Oregon winery building with angled roofs and cedar-clad walls and an office building for a charitable foundation that was partly constructed of mass plywood. The photography is by Lara Swimmer.

Housing 143

Housing Civil Engineering Structural Engineering Architecture 143

Deezen

APRIL 25, 2022

American studio Eskew Dumez Ripple has used features of vernacular architecture in creative ways to form a sustainable multipurpose school building. The Home Building is part of the Thaden School, a private school in Bentonville, Arkansas , that serves students in grades six to 12. The building has a number of sustainable features.

Information 116

Information Building Civil Engineering Students 116