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AI can be used to predict infrastructure damage, researchers find

Archinect

Led by Ali Behnood, assistant professor of civil engineering, the research stems from the university’s NextGen Infrastructure Lab which explores how recycled materials , renewable resources, and alternative construction materials can create a new generation of sustainable, resilient infrastructure.

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Sanders Pace Architecture cantilevers porous steel pavilion over Tennessee park

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Design and Construction Services Inc. was selected to construct another structure — a $4.6 Read: Puerto & Sánchez Arquitectos adds looped lookout to Spanish mountain pass The first phase of the $10 million Urban Wilderness Gateway Park project opened in 2024, with the conclusion of the second phase scheduled for later this year.

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5468796 Architecture adds "floating" office floor within preserved pumphouse

Deezen

"The walls are defined by steel studs and stiffening bars that cut the required glazing thickness in half and eliminated the need for skilled installers, which in turn sped up the construction, made it more affordable, and reduced the building's embodied carbon by half."

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olson kundig frames new zealand coastline with modern beach house ‘te whare tupu kirikiri’

designboom

.’ a curving concrete roof with softened edges reflects light and channels water the structure is embedded in dunes and framed by native Pohutukawa trees a steel gate leads to a central courtyard framed by glass walls and earthen wings operable shutters and sliding walls allow the house to adapt to shifting coastal conditions a restrained palette (..)

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folded glass facade fronts AWSOM medical school’s new arkansas building

designboom

Designed by Arkansas-based firm Polk Stanley Wilcox and constructed by Crossland Construction, the four-story, 154,000-square-foot facility marks the beginning of the school’s inaugural MD program. Arkansas-based studio Polk Stanley Wilcox approached the project with an architectural language that draws from the geology of the Ozarks.

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Mecanoo completes "magic wooden box" theatre at Jacob's Pillow in Massachusetts

Deezen

The photography is by Iwan Baan Project credits: Lead architect: Mecanoo US-based architect: Marvel Landscape architect: Marvel Theatre & acoustic consultant: Charcoalblue Structural engineer: TYLin MEP, IT, security: Altieri Lighting consultant: Fischer Marantz Stone Code consulting: New York Civil engineering: Foresight Land Services Indigenous (..)

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Dig Studio and Lake Flato revamp Scottsdale Civic Plaza for "increasingly warming world"

Deezen

Project credits: Architectural design: Lake Flato Architects Landscape architect: Dig Studio Civil engineer: Ardurra Structural engineer: Architectural Engineers Collaborative Mechanical engineer: Affiliated Engineers, Inc.