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Secrets of a structural engineer

BD+C

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. I have carried this lesson to every project I have managed since then.

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Lima cultural facility features pink walls and traditional construction techniques

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The IFEA headquarters comprises two structures in a narrow, rectangular infill property. The quincha walls reuse soil and adobe from the site and use more straw to lighten and insulate the material.

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SGA designs a tree-inspired glass facade to connect two historic buildings at Vanderbilt University

The Architect's Newsletter

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 [.].

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Polysmiths adds Mediterranean texture to Arch House in London

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The studio revamped the existing three-bedroom house in the east London suburb of Wanstead to taking cues the client's childhood home in Gibraltar with a sequence of arches as a nod to the mix of British, Spanish and Moorish architecture found on the peninsula.

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Gabion Walls Made of Volcanic Rock Flank a Flat-Roofed Farmhouse in Australia

Dwell

We asked ourselves how our clients could live on this land in a modern but thoughtful way, what a modern farm and farmhouse should and could look like, and how we could integrate the building into a site that has been cleared of its bushland. The clients erected and filled the gabion walls themselves.

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Oliver Leech Architects adds skylit extension to London home

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Throughout, a largely muted colour palette of white punctuated by deep greens and blues was adopted to provide a "calm backdrop" to the client's possessions and artworks. The extension features a window seat overlooking the rear courtyard Oliver Leech Architects was founded in 2016. The photography is by Jim Stephenson.

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RED Arquitectos integrates corn millstone into facade of Mexican house

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The house is constructed of concrete block, the most accessible material in the area, and covered on both the exterior and interior with naturally pigmented cement. The client named the house Casa que Da (House that Gives) to reference the act of "giving" in a culinary context. Rogelio Rojas Castro Structural engineering: Ing.

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