Archinect

AUGUST 31, 2022

The state’s building code regulators recently voted to approve local contractor Tim Stark’s request to 3D print walls as an equal replacement for either CMUs or standard cored concrete blocks. Montana has become the first state in the nation to adopt broad-ranging regulatory approval for the use of 3D printing in construction.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 3, 2024

What sets Finland apart from many other countries is that the political landscape of the progressive country actively supports developments that are proven to be climate-conscious and forward-thinking through favorable regulations, incentives and public investment. Building codes have been updated to accommodate taller wooden structures.

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Architizer

JANUARY 15, 2025

For example, the central building of the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) in Ultimo, Australia, features an automated sun-shading system that regulates solar heat gain and minimizes glare. Such features include green roofs and living walls, solar panels, dynamic shading systems and materials such as bamboo or recycled wood.

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Archinect

JULY 10, 2024

Stephen Smith, through the New York nonprofit Center for Building in North America , has been exposing variables that undermine the housing market's intricate calculus in the form of building codes, cost of labor, zoning regulations, and the construction industry.

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SW Oregon Architect

MAY 21, 2023

By stamping and signing our drawings and specifications, I am certifying that those documents comply with applicable codes, regulations, and professional standards. This includes having a solid understanding of architectural design principles, building codes, regulations, construction techniques, and industry standards.

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Santa Cruz Architect

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In an era when sustainability, cost-efficiency, and resource conservation are paramount concerns in the construction industry, Advanced Framing, also known as Optimum Value Engineering (OVE), has emerged as a revolutionary construction method. Working with an experienced structural engineer is crucial.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

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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Architizer

MARCH 13, 2025

Even offcuts of cross-laminated timber (CLT) and laminated veneer lumber (LVL), previously considered too complex to reuse, are being reassembled into new engineered wood products instead of going to waste. Then there is the issue of regulation. Most building codes are still based on materials behaving in predictable ways.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

At Hitra Office & Commercial Building, we have found the answer by redefining the current regulations & restrictions to cause a win-win relationship with the building, neighborhood & city. Causing a balance among the mentioned ones as a goal was met by redefining the restrictions and regulations that limited us the most.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

According to Foils, it required remodelling due to this unusual layout, which had been subject to a series of alterations, and the presence of stairs that did not comply with building regulations.

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Deezen

APRIL 11, 2024

Completed in only 2012, the glulam -and-steel truss bridge was designed by Norwegian architecture studio Plan Arkitekter and engineering firm Norconsult for the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA). Tretten Bridge was designed while building regulations in Norway were in transition from a national system to European codes.

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BD+C

APRIL 9, 2021

A familiar, if time-worn, cliché depicts owner-developers as cost obsessed and hostile to regulations, genuflecting at the altar of value engineering and choosing architects, engineers, and contractors on their track records for delivering projects within budgets so tight they squeak.

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SW Oregon Architect

MARCH 20, 2022

EWEB says relandscaping portions of the site for public use and erecting interpretive signage to educate visitors and celebrate the site’s history are possible; however, to meet current state regulations for security around public drinking water facilities, the new tank structures will be secured behind a fence.

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

APRIL 2, 2025

Around 2018, the company began assembling a multidisciplinary team of experts, tapping design, engineering, and branding consultants to help transform this conventional no-frills campground into an amenity-rich glamping retreat while honoring KOAs sustainability objectives. We really tried to maintain what had already been disturbed.

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Deezen

JUNE 10, 2022

Timber wall systems will need to pass a large-scale fire safety test before they can be used on medium-rise residential blocks in England under building regulations being introduced by the UK government. Above: the Grenfell Tower fire prompted a review of building regulations. This hybrid approach has many benefits".

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Deezen

JANUARY 27, 2025

Working with structural engineers Florian Kosche, two construction methods were developed that minimised the use of concrete and steel in the structure, both of them based on the use of cross-laminated timber (CLT) and glue laminated timber (glulam).

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Hotel Designs

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Hotel Designs hansgrohe asks: why is value engineering happening in silos? hansgrohe asks: why is value engineering happening in silos? Image credit: hansgrohe Budgeting the right way From a contracting perspective, the practice of value engineering for projects continues to be debated.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The design uses engineered wood from floor to ceiling that can be seen from the street through glass curtain walls and exposed to occupants through an opening in the finish layers. Horizontal sunshades band along the glazed façade to control sunlight and regulate internal temperature. the team said.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The distinctive house was built under the Paragraph 80 planning regulation. Another house completed under this regulation, which was formally called Paragraph 79, is a rural Passivhaus in Devon hidden behind a linear red-brick wall. In Kent, architect Charles Holland has also designed a house approved under the regulation.

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Deezen

JUNE 14, 2022

"I've heard that in an architecture degree you get half a day on fire safety," agreed fire engineer and fire safety consultant Andrea White. The lack of training is leading to dangerous knowledge gaps in the architecture profession, argued architectural technologist and fire engineer Frances Maria Peacock. "A

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Deezen

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Project credits: Architecture: Lemay Landscape architecture: Lemay Mechanical and electrical engineering: Bouthillette Parizeau Structural engineering: Calculatec Inc.

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A4 Architects

MARCH 5, 2025

The American electrical grid, once seen as a marvel of 20th-century engineering, now faces an unprecedented challenge in the 21st century. Current regulations often lack technological advancements, hindering the integration of new technologies and business models.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

If passed into law, the Carbon Emissions (Buildings) Bill would require building regulations to be amended to limit the roughly 50 million tonnes of CO2 that are emitted from the materials and construction of buildings in the UK every year. Duncan Baker is proposing a bill to regulate embodied carbon.

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Community Architect

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Professionals who are guided not only by rules, codes, and regulations but also by societal values. Complaints about insufficiently skilled graduates from architecture, planning and engineering schools are common sometimes accompanied by musings whether political correctness has replaced creativity and basic skills.

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Deezen

JANUARY 13, 2025

It sits on a narrow plot next to a former railroad The use of a black structural steel facade selected as a nod to the area's industrial history that has risen from a peripheral service neighbourhood to a vibrant area accommodates Mexico City's seismic regulations while allowing the floors to be free of columns.

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Deezen

APRIL 4, 2023

As architecture has evolved it has become detached from an understanding of construction and engineering that was once at the profession's core, writes Eleanor Jolliffe. His 10 books on architecture cover everything from inappropriate decoration on columns to the basics of hydraulic engineering. There have always been architects.

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Santa Cruz Architect

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Architects work hand-in-hand with other professionals such as civil and structural engineers to deliver qualified designs. However, designing an entire building is a huge task for a single person; architects work with civil and structural engineers to discuss technical issues and the structural integrity of a building.

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Architizer

APRIL 7, 2025

But what becomes of wonder in a time ruled less by emperors and more by email, where the built environment is defined by regulation, restraint and value engineering rather than divine mandate and imperial will? Has awe been relegated to the realm of tourism, something to visit rather than inhabit? Perhaps not.

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The Spaces

MAY 23, 2022

Kacheri worked with Real Earth Engineers on constructing the various building blocks from available earth. The mud blocks, poured earth, rammed earth, and mud concrete were perforated like traditional jaalis to offer ventilation, natural light and shade and to regulate heat.

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Deezen

MARCH 8, 2024

Engineered via an experimental technique in warped cross-laminated timber, the roof will be the first of its kind in North America," said the studio. and Core Green Building Certification by providing shade and temperature regulation as well as being part of a rainwater retention system.

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Dwell

AUGUST 17, 2022

Project Credits: Location: Madrid, Spain Architect: B urr Studio / @burr.studio Structural Engineer: TQE Engineers Footprint: 1,300 square feet From the Architects: " Blasón is part of a project series called ‘Elements for Industrial Recovery, a strategic toolset to protect the city’s industrial heritage.

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Deezen

JANUARY 3, 2023

It operates as an assemblage of different climates, ecosystems, architectural traditions and regulations.". The building volume is also highly efficient, thanks to both its multi-level layout and an optimised structural arrangement calculated by engineer and researcher Iago González Quelle. Services engineering: JG Ingenieros.

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Deezen

MARCH 22, 2023

Uncertainty among governments and insurers over whether mid- and high-rise timber buildings are safe in a fire remains a key obstacle to the greater adoption of engineered-wood buildings. I think it's important to know what you know, and know what you don't know, and when you don't know you have to ask the right engineers," he said.

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Deezen

MAY 13, 2024

When New York City took a different approach in 1916 by regulating building shapes through setback rules, and its skyline mushroomed in the Roaring Twenties, global cities learned a lesson: great cities need tall buildings to help them thrive. In this sense, cities are the engines that power our economic lives.

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Dwell

JANUARY 11, 2023

Photo by Leonardo Finotti Erica is the owner and founder of the interior design studio Solsken, and Eduardo is a civil engineer and the vice president of Data IQ. A covered deck runs the length of the structure, its deep overhang helping to regulate solar gain.

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Dwell

JULY 12, 2024

Project Details: Location: Victoria, Australia Designer: Altereco Design / @ alterecodesign Footprint: 769 square feet Structural & Civil Engineer: Altman & Associates Photographer: Jade Cantwell / @ jjjjade From the Designer: "An exemplar of sustainable living and intelligent design has emerged in Lyonville, Central Victoria.

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BD+C

MAY 25, 2023

Polly Osborne Designers / Specifiers / Landscape Architects Engineers Architects Regulations Biophilic Design Sustainable Development Sustainable Design and Construction Urban Planning When we spend time in nature, we instinctively feel its value. There’s more focus than ever on the environmental impact of construction projects.

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