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Cutting-Edge Innovations in Wood-Frame Construction

Santa Cruz Architect

Over the years, wood-frame construction has witnessed significant innovations that have revolutionized the way we build structures. These innovations not only enhance the structural integrity and safety of wooden buildings but also contribute to sustainability and energy efficiency.

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From Timeless Materials to High-Tech Hybrids: A New Era in Architecture and Construction

Architizer

This integration leverages the natural strengths and aesthetic appeal of traditional materials while enhancing them with properties through modern engineering techniques. For example, wood, a renewable and versatile resource, is transformed into engineered products like cross-laminated timber (CLT) and glue-laminated timber (glulam).

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Sustainable Architecture: How Green Building Practices are Reshaping the Industry

DesignRulz

Presented below are some ways in which green building practices are transforming the architecture world: Integrated design approach: Sustainable establishment practices foster an integrated design approach, enabling architects, engineers, and other architectural project stakeholders to collaborate from the construction planning.

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KAAN Architecten and LOW Architecten to renovate the headquarters of the National Bank of Belgium

aasarchitecture

Image © KAAN Architecten Moreover, the design focuses on establishing sightlines throughout the building and the atrium to improve the visibility of lifts and stairwells, with distinct entrances contributing to easy navigation and orientation for occupants and visitors alike.

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150 Holborn Building, Dar Group London HQ

e-architect

On one side of the building, freestanding totems measuring 3 to 4 metres flank a vertical green wall of evergreen and flowering plant species. The wall will be illuminated at night, promoting pedestrian safety while producing a dramatic visual effect.

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30 Best Architecture Firms in Australia

Architizer

In this sense we are OPEN and FREE in our design agenda, in our capacity to imagine or vision a new perspective, to craft spaces and places within a home or public space which deliver a sense of safety, comfort and which invite a more light-hearted, creative, curious spirit to be found in them. Fairhaven Beach House , Fairhaven, Australia.

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Zaha Hadid Architects completes dune-like Beeah Headquarters in Sharjah

Deezen

A smart building management system has been incorporated to automatically adjust lighting and temperature depending on occupancy and the time of day. It won the competition to create the Beeah Headquarters in 2013, which it designed in collaboration with engineers and consultants Atelier Ten and Buro Happold.

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