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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion

BD+C

Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion 0 qpurcell Thu, 09/28/2023 - 10:37 Office Buildings IMEG's Edwin Dean, Joe Gulden, and Doug Sweeney, share seven key focuses for structural engineers when planning office-to-residential conversions. faces a housing deficit of 3.8 million units.

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Check out the 22 projects just named winners of WoodWorks' 2023 Wood Design Awards

Archinect

A total of 22 projects were selected in ten categories by a jury panel that included Hacker Architects Principal Corey Martin, Cheung Chan of the Iowa-based firm Neumann Monson Architects , and Arup Senior Structural Engineer Lauren Wingo. Investing in a more sustainable future deserves to be recognized.

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Remembering Mahendra Raj, an Indian structural engineer, who died in May

The Architect's Newsletter

After India won independence from Great Britain in 1947, there was an urgency and idealism to rebuild the resurgent nation into a modern state. The post Remembering Mahendra Raj, an Indian structural engineer, who died in May appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper. The Chandigarh project, designed by Le [.].

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Eight lesser-known examples of mid-century modern architecture

Deezen

Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Masterpieces is a book of "landmark architecture" built around the world between the 1950s and 70s. For our mid-century modern series , its author Dominic Bradbury picks out eight lesser-known buildings that encapsulate the era.

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Klopf Architecture updates San Francisco home with "modern inversion"

Deezen

The Modern Inversion project involved the renovation of a San Francisco home. The new layout for the home reversed the positions of the kitchen, living, and dining rooms with the bedrooms, lending the project its nickname, Modern Inversion. Structural engineer: ZFA. The living spaces now open up to the backyard.

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A Jurassic stone circle is a modern sanctuary for Canary Wharf

The Spaces

Partnering with structural engineers Webb Yates and designers experimentadesign , they’ve arranged the slabs in a standing circle reminiscent of the prehistoric gathering places that remain throughout the Celtic Sea lands, from Ireland via Britain to Brittany. Henge is at Wren Landing, Canary Wharf until 25 September 2022.

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More on soft story buildings — a Q&A with structural engineer James Cranford

Brandon Donnelly

As I mentioned yesterday , I am not a structural engineer. He is Principal at Stephenson Engineering and he was nice enough to answer a few of my questions about soft story buildings (storey if you’re Canadian). However, my friend James Cranford is. BD: What is a soft (or weak) storey building?