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APRIL 3, 2023

A new concept for an EV charging station has won the American Institute of Steel Construction ’s 2023 Forge Prize at a special live-streamed event held Thursday, March 30th, in Chicago.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The catastrophic events have devastated countless heritage structures, archaeological areas and religious sites, many still active places of worship, across an area so vast that it encompasses ten Turkish provinces and impacts more than 13 million people. For their part, UNESCO says they are “mobilizing [.]

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The building's structure relied on standardized parts, such as cast-iron columns and girders, which were quickly assembled on-site. This efficient, industrial approach reduced construction time significantly.

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JUNE 16, 2023

Construction has commenced on the MVRDV -designed Chengdu Jiaozi Courtyard Towers in the city’s financial district. The mixed-use complex comprises three office towers and a conference center sitting atop a ring-shaped plinth, with an architectural language that “recalls the traditional structures once located on the site.”

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MAY 28, 2024

Zaha Hadid Architects has posted a new construction update on its forthcoming XRL Topside Development at the Hong Kong High-Speed Rail West Kowloon Terminus. The project, which adds 3.2 The project, which adds 3.2

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JUNE 15, 2022

Construction of Studio Gang ’s planned Parcel F contribution to the Mission Rock development is officially underway in San Francisco, filling in the final puzzle piece of a 28-acre mixed-use scheme led by Tishman Speyer and the local Major League Baseball affiliate San Francisco Giants.

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OCTOBER 23, 2024

Preliminary construction work on the awe-inspiring Mukaab tower has been reported in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The cube-like structure, whose volume is equivalent to 64 million cubic meters (more than 2.2 At its core, another tower-like structure anchors over 21.5 Montreal-based AtkinsRéalis has been named as the designer.

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DECEMBER 7, 2022

The church is the second Calatrava-designed project to be completed at the World Trade Center Memorial site in New York City, following his World Trade Center Transportation Hub , which opened in 2016. Work has been completed on the Santiago Calatrava -designed St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine.

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MAY 26, 2023

The annual contest, now in its sixth edition, sought “iconic and unique designers for a high-rise structure,” with this year featuring the “added twist” of requiring a skyscraper that was primarily constructed out of timber.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

A team led by MVRDV has begun construction on a leisure and cultural district in Shanghai on the site of a disused cement factory.

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JUNE 21, 2022

It is promoted to include some 4000 new housing units distributed through a program of 6 blocks and 12 buildings equaling a massive total construction area of 473,300 square meters (about 5.1-million-square-feet). million-square-feet). In a press statement, MAD also said space.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Image © Jim Stephenson A few years ago, the architects at Studio Bark , in collaboration with Structure Workshop and Cut and Construct , began to develop the idea of a circular kit of parts designed so that anyone with reasonable DIY skills could build their own structure.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2023

SGA has unveiled details of its proposed mass timber life sciences building, which seeks to demonstrate the potential of the construction method in future research buildings. Image credit: SGA The mass timber concept deploys industry-standard dimensions for laboratory bay spacing, meets the requirements for structural an.

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DECEMBER 20, 2024

Japanese studio Sou Fujimoto Architects has released construction photos of The Grand Ring, a vast wooden structure that will encircle the pavilions at the upcoming Expo 2025 Osaka. According to the event organisers, the structure is intended to serve as a symbol of unity between the 161 participating countries.

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AUGUST 27, 2024

As of August 2024, the wooden construction of this structure is now complete, fully connecting the 2-kilometer ring into a continuous loop. This achievement is a crucial step in the development of the Expo site on Yumeshima, an artificial island on Osaka's waterfront, where the Expo will take place from April 13 to October 13, 2025.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Image © Helene Binet As cities grow and evolve, the question of preserving, rehabilitating, or adapting historic sites arises. They then create modern extensions that either harmonize or contrast with the original structure. Antwerp Port House by Zaha Hadid Architects.

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APRIL 18, 2023

Originally constructed in 1958 and designed by I.M. Pei and Henry Cobb , who had opened their practice in New York just three years before, the site had become shopworn since its last redevelopment was completed in the 1980s.

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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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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

A landmark era of high-profile additions and architectural changes to the historic Brooklyn waterfront has ushered in a new chapter with today’s official public unveiling of the PAU -designed The Refinery at Domino office component at the 11-acre former Domino Sugar Factory site in Williamsburg.

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MARCH 23, 2023

The 35,000-square-foot distillery and adjacent 20,000-square-foot rick house structure dubbed ‘Meander’ will begin construction later this year at the Lanes Run Business Park located at the northeastern edge of the city, which is just 15 miles from the capital of Lexington.

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MAY 31, 2023

The system aims to decrease the building’s energy consumption by over 60% compared to structures equipped with standard HVAC systems. The building features an array of amenities such as an outdoor pool, fitness center, landscaped courtyard, indoor handball and basketball courts, tenant lounges, co-working space, and on-site parking.

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JANUARY 19, 2024

The contract calls for the construction of three dams and an artificial lake feature plus a new structure called the Bow that will house its 3,600-guest hotel and residences, complimenting a ski resort and network of experiential nature areas and wildlife reserves. Elevations at the site range from 4,920 to 8,530 feet.

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

Construction has begun on the 400-metre-high, cube-shaped Mukaab supertall skyscraper in Riyadh designed by AtkinsRéalis, which will be the world's largest building when it completes. Construction of the Mukaab skyscraper has begun Designed by AtkinsRéalis , the Mukaab skyscraper will be cube-shaped with 400-metre-long edges.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

Asked by the client for a space that "has to look as if it has been there and will continue to be there for the longest time," Ishigami responded with a cave-like structure punctured by three courtyards. Concrete was then poured in situ and the surrounding earth excavated further to reveal the final form.

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MARCH 12, 2024

Preliminary details from the ongoing National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) investigation into the deadly 2021 collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium building in Florida were shared recently, revealing evidence that supports theories about the precise source of its structural failure and other prevailing factors.

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DECEMBER 28, 2022

SIPs (Structural Insulated Panels) are self-supporting panels composed of a rigid foam core that is located between two structural coverings, usually OSB boards. Courtesy of abarca+palma.

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

Image: HKS Construction on the scheme, which is located on a four-parcel site at 6767 Sunset Boulevard, is now expected to begin in 2024 and wrap up by 2027. Urbanize LA has details on the promising development, which, when completed, will be one of the largest Black-owned enterprises in the city.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2024

As of November 2024, construction is progressing on schedule, with the theater taking shape on the original site of the initial structure lost to a devastating fire in November 2020 in Massachusetts , United States. Read more »

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OCTOBER 4, 2024

As part of the project, Foster + Partners has also refurbished existing facilities on the site. The studio was selected following its previous collaboration with the family on Bodegas Portia – a Corten-clad structure completed in the Ribera del Duero region in 2010.

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JUNE 18, 2024

Architecture studio K59 Atelier has designed a home in Di Linh, Vietnam , using local materials that were easy to transport to its remote site, such as timber and rammed earth. Named Di Linh House, the 50-square-metre dwelling was constructed in 2022 for a family who moved from the nearby city of Da Lat during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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APRIL 5, 2024

Construction has already commenced for the $250 million development, which will be delivered at 200,000 square feet in advance of two other “incubator” and residential structures that will follow at a later date on the four-acre site.

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APRIL 28, 2023

Canadian construction company PCL Construction is celebrating a major milestone in the construction of George Brown College’s new Limberlost Place on Toronto ’s waterfront, with the installation of a mass timber pedestrian bridge. Individual CLT pieces were prefabricated at an off-site location befor.

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APRIL 24, 2023

With water on three sides, the site is rich in natural beauty and ecological diversity. The wetland’s soft soil caused the site’s foundation to be rather weak. In order to minimize the impact of construction on the local ecology, the building area has to be compressed into a smaller scope.

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APRIL 4, 2023

The competition’s brief called for designers to enact a pavilion structure in the capital’s historic Centro district while working within the curatorial framework of the MEXTRÓPOLI Architecture and City Festival , which takes place at six different historic locations from September 22-25th this year.

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AUGUST 30, 2024

The selection of eleven winners for this year’s AISC/ACSA Steel Design Student Competition has just been announced by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). For the contest's 2024 edition, students were given the choice between two sites and project types.

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JUNE 12, 2023

Image © Atchain Construction has begun at the last remaining empty sites in Chengdu ’s Jiaozi Park Financial and Business District, where MVRDV has designed a complex comprised of three mixed-use office towers and a conference center united by a ring-shaped plinth. MVRDV Jiaozi Towers. Read more »

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Architecture Research Office (ARO) , in partnership with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYS OPRHP) and The Olana Partnership (TOP), has today revealed a new plan for the Frederic Church Center for Art and Landscape at the Olana State Historic Site in Upstate New York.

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