The Architect's Newsletter

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Brought to you by: Architect SGA Architecture Location Nashville, Tennessee Completion Date August, 2020 Architect of Record Centric Architecture Client Vanderbilt University Construction Manager Messer Structural Engineer Structural Design Group [.].

Glass 124

Glass Inspiration Structural Engineering Building 124

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. It's intended to be an inviting, welcoming building that integrates with the surrounding community.

Glass 128

Glass Building Civil Engineering Engineering 128

Architizer

JANUARY 22, 2025

Across the globe, regions prone to seismic activity face the dual challenge of designing structures that not only endure these forces but also serve as symbols of hope and recovery for their communities. The lightweight yet strong vaults are waterproofed and topped with local granite for additional stability and a natural aesthetic.

Safety 130

Safety Zoning Innovation Architecture 130

Deezen

APRIL 13, 2025

To update the 130-year-old Flow House in Toronto, Dubbeldam Architecture + Design extended the building at the rear and on top to add more space for the family. Wooden cabinetry and white surfaces allow this space to feel light and bright, aided by the large sliding glass door that leads out to the back yard.

Renovation 106

Renovation Home Architecture Design 106

Deezen

MARCH 21, 2023

Specht Architects has designed a symmetrical glass pavilion in The Berkshires in Massachusetts that was created as a residence and a place to showcase antiques. The axial approach includes replanted natural grasses The roof extends to create a 15-foot (4.5-metre) Replanted natural grasses will create a dramatic ground plane when fully grown.

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Glass Housing Architect Structural Engineering 143

Deezen

DECEMBER 10, 2024

US studio Peterson Rich Office has inserted a glazed art gallery into the heart of a university campus, creating a contemporary thoroughfare between two neoclassical buildings at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. Completed in the spring of 2023, the Pruzan Art Center is Wesleyan's first new arts building in 50 years.

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Glass Building Engineering Engineering 111

Deezen

JULY 22, 2024

US architect Philip Johnson's Glass House annexe, the Brick House, has been restored and reopened following a 15-year closure in Connecticut. Architect Mark Stoner has led the restoration of Philip Johnson's Brick House It follows the building's closure in 2008 after the structure suffered ongoing "water intrusion" due to its sloping site.

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Restoration Glass Housing Civil Engineering 132

Deezen

JANUARY 3, 2022

o de Buen and Luis Young have used a green metallic frame to form the structure of an airy apartment built atop an existing building in Mexico City. o de Buen and Young to provide a standalone unit atop a concrete building from the 1950s. Kitchen cabinetry matches the structural colour scheme. Furniture: Taller Nacional.

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Glass Cities Housing Structural Engineering 145

Deezen

JANUARY 16, 2023

The Apple Tree House is a modernist-style glass residence. ACDF Architecture arranged the structure around an apple tree. Glass walls throughout the public areas of the home give sightlines of the tree and the other living areas from a variety of different positions. Structural engineer: Poincaré – Paul-Henry Boutros.

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Glass Home Architecture Structural Engineering 145

Dwell

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Secondly, the entire facade in this segment is made of glass, even above the sliding glass doors. Have one to share? Post it here. First, the roof ridge was located in the center of the volume, to allow for the highest interior space.

Glass 132

Glass Structural Engineering Roofing Exterior 132

Deezen

AUGUST 3, 2022

metre-tall mass-timber tower in Wisconsin designed by Korb + Associates Architects, has been certified as the world's tallest timber building. The 25-storey tower, which opened in July, has a concrete base, elevator and stair shafts, with the rest of the structure made from cross-laminated timber (CLT) and glulam. Ascent, an 86.6-metre-tall

Building 141

Building Structural Engineering Glass Windows 141

Dwell

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Oliver Leech Architects transforms a West London townhouse using reeded glass that suffuses the family home with natural light while maintaining privacy. To add visual impact to the much-improved plan, Oliver Leech Architects worked vertically, adding reeded Linit glass panels to the double-height extension.

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Glass Structural Engineering Contractor Commercial 113

Dwell

JANUARY 24, 2023

Continuing to interrogate the fundamental nature of a partition, the installation of a garden folly responds to the inhuman proportions found in the newly combined double-height space, which opens to the city through 22-foot-tall glass walls on three sides, and takes on the scale of landscape. Post it here.

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Glass Diagram Structural Engineering Installation 138

Deezen

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A web of glass and carbon fibres envelops Texoversum, a university building for textiles that architecture studios Allmannwappner and Menges Scheffler Architekten have created in Germany. This creates a multi-layered effect that shades the internal spaces while also providing openings with views out of the building.

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Building Manufacturing Glass Engineering 135

Deezen

MARCH 4, 2023

Izquierdo Lehmann has designed a round lakeside house near Lago Ranco in southern Chile that is wrapped in glass with a series of wood-clad boxes projecting from its sides. Pine clads the house's facade Additionally, the glass was cut into small modules for transportation to the site and ease of installation for the small on-site crew.

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Glass Housing Structural Engineering Exterior 116

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. The winery is known for its production of Rhone-style wines.

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Building Consulting Civil Engineering Structural Engineering 116

Deezen

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The studio added a metal and glass extension to the school The extension included the "careful inssertaion" of a modern, glass-lined structure between the cathedral and the school. For the restoration, the team revamped large portions of the school building's, extending the programme of the addition's interior throughout.

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Glass Engineering Engineering Structural Engineering 105

The Architect's Newsletter

JULY 29, 2022

Brought to you by: Architect Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners Location New York, New York Completion Date Winter 2022 Architect of Record SLCE Architects Structural Engineer Gace NYC Facade Engineer [.].

Residential 133

Residential Structural Engineering Building Engineering 133

Dwell

JULY 12, 2022

The pergola structure provides solar shading to the glazed facade, while triple glazing with solar reflective glass improves the thermal efficiency of the building’s envelope." The redesign by Will Gamble Architects includes a sunken room to overlook the conservation area surrounding the home.

Glass 111

Glass Home Structural Engineering Contemporary 111

Dwell

JANUARY 16, 2025

Externally it is expressed as a bright horizontal band of colored mosaic, becoming a continuous library inside; it is separated from the floor and the roof by two bands of special reflective glass blocks. The multi-faceted roof has a fully visible structure inside and expressed waterproofing seams outside. "In

Home 105

Home Contractor Client Clients 105

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.

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Building Consulting Civil Engineering Engineering 128

Deezen

JANUARY 5, 2023

London practice PDP has renovated Eighty Strand, an art deco office building on the Strand, restoring its original finishes and complementing them with glazed pavilions that reference the style's geometric forms. The studio added glass and steel extensions that have an art deco look. Photo by Andrew Meredith. Photo by Andrew Meredith.

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Glass Art Restoration Renovation 105

Deezen

OCTOBER 16, 2023

US studio Anacapa Architecture has transformed an early 1900s, stucco -clad building that was formerly closed off to the public into a welcoming hotel filled with compact rooms and handcrafted decor. The building has served various uses over time. The building's terracotta tile roof was retained, as well.

Building 128

Building Architecture Consulting Renovation 128

Dwell

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

This shared gable frames a 100-foot-long continuous space for gathering, one that can easily transform into a breezy outdoor living room via large sliding glass doors that open at either end. Post it here. The gable extends outside the home to create shaded porches that draw the living space out into the expansive surrounding landscape.

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Home Utilities Landscape Client 98

Deezen

MAY 28, 2024

Large stretches of glass wrap the exterior In addition to large stretches of glass, the exterior is wrapped in a mix of two sturdy materials – weathering steel and pale-toned accoya wood. The 3,980 square-foot (370-square-metre) house is organised to make the most of views while providing privacy where needed.

Housing 143

Housing Civil Engineering Structural Engineering Architecture 143

Deezen

APRIL 4, 2024

New York firm RKTB Architects has completed One Sullivan Place, a mixed-income apartment building that rises 12 storeys and cantilevers in two directions over the rooftop of an adjacent structure. The building is located in the Crown Heights neighbourhood, near Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

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Building Housing Architect Structural Engineering 94

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

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The project encompassed the renovation of pre-existing buildings and landscape at the Joslyn Art Museum and adding a 42,000 square-foot (3,900 square metre) extension that juts off the front. Both buildings were clad in a distinct Georgia Pink marble.

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Art Civil Engineering Renovation Structural Engineering 128

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

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.

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Roofing Interior Building Civil Engineering 131

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.

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Information Building Civil Engineering Engineering 105

Dwell

MAY 15, 2024

Blue Sky Building Systems makes steel structures to your specifications, whether for a suburban dwelling or Joshua Tree retreat. Welcome to Prefab Profiles , an ongoing series of interviews with people transforming how we build houses. Photo by Eric Rorer Tell us about the most exciting project you’ve realized to date.

Home 111

Home Building Structural Engineering Structure 111

Deezen

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

metres) below the street-level concourse and minimised the height of the building in relation to the surrounding buildings. Additionally, an elevated upper concourse wraps around the building with a drink rail along the facade, opening the stadium to the gameday festivities on the exterior of the stadium.

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Structural Engineering Engineering Engineering Consulting 124

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. Both of the entrances are covered by the roof as it cantilevers above the glass entryways. The rainwater collected in the roof's channels will be used to water the greenery.

Art 124

Art Building Civil Engineering Roofing 124

Architizer

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The idea started in May 1988, born of a conversation between Feist and fellow professor and structural engineer Bo Adamson of Lund University, Sweden. In this way, a building that adopts Passivhaus principles remains at a completely comfortable temperature every day and night, no matter the season outside.

Building 125

Building Technology Technology Structural Engineering 125

Deezen

AUGUST 24, 2022

Thai firm IDIN Architects has completed an office building in Bangkok , featuring angled metal cladding that reflects sunlight away from a nearby shrine and helps prevent the interior from overheating. The private office building also contains a penthouse for the owner on its top floor. Structural engineer: C-insight company.

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Building Structural Engineering Engineering Engineering 105

Deezen

MAY 9, 2022

Local studio Mesh Architectures has completed Timber House, a condominium in Brooklyn that developer The Brooklyn Home Company claims is "the largest mass timber building in New York City.". The building has 14 condos. The way we do that here is by using a plant as the primary building material.".

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Cities Building Structural Engineering Windows 111