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MAD "cracks open" facade of Denver residential building

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Named One River North, the residential block in Denver's northern RiNo neighbourhood was designed as a nod to geographic formations in the nearby Rocky Mountains. MAD Architects wanted the reference to natural rock formations to appear to be imposing itself on an otherwise typical residential facade.

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This architect has identified the qualities office buildings need for converting to residential

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Labeled by Fast Company as “Goldilocks” zones, the sweet spot for office buildings with the potential to become residential are ones that are mid-rise, built pre-WWII, with at least two sides facing open areas or streets near, but not within, a city’s financial core.

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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion

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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

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World's tallest mass timber tower opens in Milwaukee

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It cost $80 million to construct and will provide Milwaukee’s East Town neighborhood with a total of 259 apartment units built in partnership with structural engineers Thornton Tomasetti.

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SOM completes Two Manhattan West, marking a major milestone for corporate office design in NYC

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The four-year construction effort yielded a total two million square feet of new office space that was built above active railroad tracks in what the firm describes as an "extraordinary" advancement of the methods used in urban design, structural engineering, and architecture.

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5468796 Architecture adds "floating" office floor within preserved pumphouse

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5468796 Architecture has added residential buildings to the site The station closed in 1986 and was slated for demolition. 5468796 Architecture preserved the structure by converting it into an office and restaurant, while additional residential buildings were added to the site. The photography is by James Brittain.

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Gensler completes Austin's tallest skyscraper

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Located in downtown Austin, Sixth and Guadalupe is 865 feet tall (264 metres) and has an ascending program of retail, office, and residential, with terraces and balconies dispersed at different points of the construction. The idea is that residents never really come in contact with the office tenants."

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