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JUNE 5, 2023

How to properly assess structural wind damage 0 dbarista Mon, 06/05/2023 - 16:17 Engineers Properly assessing wind damage can identify vulnerabilities in a building's design or construction, which could lead to future damage or loss, writes Matt Wagner, SE, Principal and Managing Director with Walter P Moore.

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Deezen

JULY 11, 2024

Heavy timber, wood and brick are among the materials used by US studio Heliotrope to create an extension to a historic 1930s home that was originally built by a Norwegian ship captain. Wood was used for the structural system, and exterior walls were clad in materials influenced by the original home.

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Deezen

APRIL 22, 2024

The structure will serve as an educational building for the University of Kansas ( KU ) School of Architecture & Design in Lawrence, Kansas. The Makers' KUbe is conceived as a showcase in timber tectonics, traditional joinery, robotic manufacturing and sustainable materials." The imagery is courtesy of BIG.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

ACAN Natural Materials Group co-ordinator Aurore Baulier calls on architects to embrace stone 's natural qualities and reintroduce the material into their toolkits in this Stone Age 2.0 Swapping traditional materials – or materials that are traditional now – for stone can be done."

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Deezen

JUNE 22, 2024

WonKy has created a woodland education centre in London Local studio WonKy designed the centre to function as "an all-weather space" and constructed it with a palette of reclaimed materials. The photography is by Jim Stephenson.

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Behind the elegant dark wooden façade and bold aesthetics are particularly progressive engineering strategies that imbue the structure with remarkable resilience: the building was designed to withstand the force of possible avalanches. Materially, it turns out, nature also knows best.

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Archinect

MARCH 4, 2024

Today is World Engineering Day , and to celebrate it, Archinect has curated a few outstanding bridge projects we’ve included in our recent news coverage to highlight critical pieces of infrastructure at an important time for civil and structural engineering in the Americas and abroad.

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Deezen

JUNE 28, 2024

Webb Yates worked with The Stonemasonry Company to create a frame made from cored cylinders of waste limestone joined together with tensioned steel rods, aiming to showcase stone as a modern, low-carbon structural material. Read: Why aren't more architects using stone as a building material? "We

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

US studio CLB Architects has created a retreat in rural Wyoming that has three wood-clad structures, with a creek running underneath the primary residence. Located on a 35-acre (14-hectare) property near the town of Wilson, the home was envisioned as a series of "tectonic structures" set within a diverse ecosystem.

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Archinect

JULY 14, 2022

A historic milestone in the use of mass timber as a construction material is about to be passed as Korb + Associates Architects ’ aptly-named Ascent tower is finally set to open tomorrow, July 15, in Milwaukee. Standing 25 stories and a total of 86.6 meters (or roughly 4 feet). Standing 25 stories and a total of 86.6

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Archinect

MARCH 27, 2023

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.

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Deezen

JUNE 22, 2022

Local studio Oliver Leech Architects and interior designer Juliet O'Caroll used a palette of pale pink colours and materials for this extension and refurbishment of a Victorian terrace in London. A pale pink material palette was developed with Juliet O'Caroll. "[We] Structural engineer: Momentum Structural Engineers.

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ArchDaily

MARCH 20, 2022

In order to encourage the use of pedestrian infrastructure, here we present footbridges designed by architecture offices and structural engineers , alongside their construction details, to showcase innovative solutions in terms of materials, forms, and structures. Read more ».

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Deezen

JANUARY 31, 2022

The interiors of the home are finished with natural materials. "It Although Ridley and his team at Architecture for London carried out extensive renovation work they aimed to using natural materials and only make sustainably minded interventions. Structural engineer: Architecture for London.

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The Architecture Designs

AUGUST 2, 2024

Good architectural design needs to take into account the potential of climate change and this will affect the design and materials used in construction. Most regions are seeing greater extremes of temperature and weather conditions and this can severely affect the structural integrity of the building.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Attempting to use as many local materials as possible, Studio Circle Growth finished the exterior with a base of larch planks and lime render above. We decided to negotiate an arched collar tie out of plywood with our structural engineer, which we could then clad in a more seamless way," explained Zizka.

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Deezen

JANUARY 23, 2023

Timber and rubber are among the natural materials used at this nursery in Stoke-on-Trent, which British practice Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has designed to echo an adjacent nature reserve. To reduce material waste, the whole building's structure was sized to available timber sizes.

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Deezen

MARCH 6, 2022

TYPE 's design centres around simple, quality materials that can be left exposed, so they don't need external finishes. Details include an exposed concrete structure, lime plaster walls, a floor of quarry tiles and furniture elements made from ash and Douglas fir. Structural engineer: Blue Engineering.

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Archinect

JUNE 15, 2022

Featuring a mass timber design beset with a selection of local materials, a collaboration between two leading international firms has been announced as the winner of a two-stage global competition to deliver a pivotal replacement segment for Switzerland’s busiest transportation hub.

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Dwell

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Constrained by the neighborhood’s strict zoning rules and the unique site’s environmental sensitivities, Worrell Yeung delicately inserted the structure within the smallest footprint possible, and without removing any existing trees, minimizing the impact on the pristine landscape. Post it here.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Structural engineer and AKT II co-founder Hanif Kara has been named the winner of this year's Soane Medal for "realising some of the most recognisable architectural projects across the globe". The engineer worked with Grafton Architects on a university building.

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Design Thoughts Architects

JANUARY 19, 2023

A house design with an Australian theme with a composite structure Finding a home suitable for a big family that provides all the modern amenities like an Australian new house design can be difficult, especially when you are an NRI couple unfamiliar with the local area. What is composite structure? What is a steel composite structure?

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Architizer

APRIL 13, 2022

Architizer chatted with Xin Yuan, Director at XinY Structural Consultants to learn more about this project. This non-building structure consists of the rigid double curved roof and vertical columns. This non-building structure consists of the rigid double curved roof and vertical columns. © XinY Structural Consultants.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The home is located by a busy intersection in central Tokyo House in Aoyama's location at a busy intersection led Keiji Ashizawa Design to create a design that would offer its owners privacy, which informed the choice of concrete as the building material. "We The photography is by Tomooki Kengaku.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Architecture studio Fernanda Canales has created a semi-open community centre for the elderly in Mexico, using a circular form and simple materials The House for the Elderly is located in Neco, in the border state of Sonora, an arid environment with social and economic problems related to cross-border smuggling.

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Dwell

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The retreat’s outer provides all the structural support, allowing for a surprisingly roomy interior. The cabin’s standout feature is its monocoque timber structure, which allows the building to be lightweight while still strong. The cabin’s minimal interior design keeps the focus on the natural materials and the views outside.

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Deezen

MAY 28, 2024

Large stretches of glass wrap the exterior In addition to large stretches of glass, the exterior is wrapped in a mix of two sturdy materials – weathering steel and pale-toned accoya wood. The photography is by Lara Swimmer.

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Dwell

AUGUST 6, 2024

The new timber extension showcases the dedication to craftsmanship of British architects Bindloss Dawes, known for their rigorous detailing and material compositions that balance city and country sensibilities, delivered in close collaboration with client, Farrow & Ball color curator Joa Studholme, and her husband Andrew.

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Deezen

JUNE 18, 2024

Polycarbonate , steel and concrete are among the resilient materials used to form a pair of industrial buildings at Fulldraw Vineyard, designed by American studio Clayton Korte. The structures were designed to offer a connection to the rolling terrain The third structure will hold a tasting room and is slated to open in 2026.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Kengo Kuma & Associates has largely retained the existing concrete structure but updated it with an extension defined by a sweeping canopy that references an engawa – a sheltered corridor typical of Japanese architecture. One of the staircases has a spiral form and is illuminated by a circular oculus.

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Deezen

JANUARY 20, 2022

Engineering firm Buro Happold has become the latest signatory to the SE 2050 Commitment Program, which unites structural engineering firms behind the common goal to slash embodied carbon emissions from their projects by 2050. As structural engineers, we are more able to influence embodied carbon, so that is the focus for us.".

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Deezen

AUGUST 20, 2024

Texas-based studio Moontower Design Build has constructed a "plant-based" cabin in Austin that features cross-laminated timber structural elements and a facade clad in cork. Wood characterises the interior The cabin is composed of an elevated cross-laminated timber box "blanketed with plant-based insulation like cork, hemp and wood fiber."

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Zuzana & Nicholas has transformed a cottage into its own studio Architects Zuzana Kovar and Nicholas Skepper, the founders of Zuzana & Nicholas , looked to restore and update the cottage's original character after alterations over the past century had seen its undercroft filled in and the majority of its original structure replaced.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Two "maker courtyards" sit at ground-level "Their structures, which are among the first exposed mass timber structures in California and include a one-of-a-kind eccentric braced frame system, allow their natural materiality and lateral and gravity loads to be visible," said the studio.

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Dwell

MARCH 21, 2023

The roof extension is built in a timber frame structure with exposed beams. Straw bales from a nearby farm were chosen as the insulation material. Second-hand recycled products add character and prevent additional emissions from new materials. "By Have one to share? Post it here.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Both extensions were constructed using a timber frame and brick outer wall Another aim of the project was for it to be as "sustainable as possible" by prioritising timber and reclaimed materials throughout. "We Each two-storey extension is built from construction timber framing, with a brick outer leaf," he continued.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Chicago-based studio Wheeler Kearns Architects has created a wood-wrapped lake house with three separate structures whose design was informed "by the natural beauty and tranquillity" of Lake Michigan. Completed in August 2022, the Meadow Lane Retreat is a multi-structure house on a wooded site in Michigan.

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