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'Turning skyscrapers into batteries': SOM unveils energy storage prototypes partnership

Archinect

Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill has announced a new partnership with the Swiss energy storage company Energy Vault Holdings that will produce a series of prototype designs for deployable structures and vertical energy storage units up to 1,000 meters (3,280 feet).

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10 Best Criteria to know the Estimation of Your Dream House

Design Thoughts Architects

10 Best Criteria to Know the Estimation of Your Dream House. Before you start building your house, you should estimate some important elements like affordability, land availability, legal formalities, location, house construction cost, and time till you put the final brick in the wall. CARPET AREA + WALL AREA = BUILT UP AREA.

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When To Hire a Structural Engineer over a Civil Engineer

The Architecture Designs

If you are undertaking a new construction project, renovating a home extensively, or carrying out other construction works, you may need to hire a civil engineer, structural engineer, or both. Because of how involved some of these projects can be, it is best to get in touch with a civil engineering firm in St. Conclusion.

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Eugene/Architecture/Alphabet: O

SW Oregon Architect

The intent was not to hide the ship but to make it more challenging for enemy submarines to accurately estimate its course and range. Dazzle camouflage disrupted an opponent’s perception of a ship's size, shape, and speed. Olive Plaza’s “camouflage” likewise isn’t intended to hide the building, but rather to disrupt the reading of its size.

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Sara Kulturhus by White Arkitekter was the most significant building of 2021

Deezen

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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SOM covers computing college at MIT in large glass shingles

Deezen

Other recent projects by SOM include a "vertical campus" in Cambridge for the US Department of Transportation in Cambridge and a supertall skyscraper with "monolithic simplicity" in New York City. The photography is by Dave Burk and Lucas Blair Simpson.

Glass 130
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I’m a Jack of All Trades and a Master of None

SW Oregon Architect

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