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Spanish Train Station Transformed Into Gorgeous Daylit Office for Casa Mediterraneo

by CC IT | Jun 18, 2013 | Construction Estimating and Takeoff

Ocana del Valle was given an interesting brief that pushed the design of Casa Mediterraneo’s headquarters beyond a typical tenant improvement for an existing building. The brief emphasized the importance of preserving the building appropriately for the program, but in...

Tiny Off-Grid Hawk House has Soaring Views of the Big Sur Mountains

by CC IT | Jun 18, 2013 | Construction Estimating and Takeoff

The building is carefully oriented to take advantage of natural lighting, heating and cooling while keeping its impact on its site to a minimum. The redwood bark façade was sourced from a neighboring sawmill, and the doors look like secret compartments, with the front...

Digital Grotesque: World’s First Full-Size 3D-Printed Room to be Unveiled Next Month

by CC IT | Jun 18, 2013 | Construction Estimating and Takeoff

The Digital Grotesque project isn’t the first example of 3D-printed architecture we’ve seen; Dutch firm DUS Architects has led the way, developing an 11.5-foot custom 3D printer that it plans to use to print an entire house. But Dillenburger’s and Hansmeyer’s Digital...

Super Resilient DesertSol House by Team Las Vegas Captures the Mojave Desert’s Sun and Soul

by CC IT | Jun 18, 2013 | Construction Estimating and Takeoff

Team Las Vegas is made up of 60 students from various disciplines and already they have shown themselves to be highly organized and poised to win with a design that is not only befitting to the Mojave desert site for which it is intended, but also complementary....

Vertical Forest Building in Vancouver Features an Innovative Energy-Efficient Facade

by CC IT | Jun 18, 2013 | Construction Estimating and Takeoff

The building sits in one of Vancouver’s most desirable districts and aims to connect the old and new Mount Pleasant. It is slightly rotated to create an interesting relationship with the ground, as well as to make room for outdoor garden areas. The form reflects the...

Has a Seattle Building Discovered the Secret to Making Stairs Irresistible?

by CC IT | Jun 18, 2013 | Construction Estimating and Takeoff Software

Seattle’s $30 million carbon neutral Bullitt Center, billed as the world’s greenest commercial building, will feature what its owner, the Bullitt Foundation, calls an “irresistible stairway” when it opens at the end of the month. The elegant, light-filled escalier...

Ancient Roman Concrete Is About to Revolutionize Modern Architecture

by CC IT | Jun 18, 2013 | Construction Estimating and Takeoff Software

After 2,000 years, a long-lost secret behind the creation of one of the world’s most durable man-made creations ever—Roman concrete—has finally been discovered by an international team of scientists, and it may have a significant impact on how we build cities of the...

SOM on Taking Timber Towers from Tall Tales to Reality

by CC IT | Jun 17, 2013 | Construction Takeoff and Estimating Software

For its prototypical tower, SOM proposes a concrete jointed timber frame structural system. Solid, 8-inch-thick mass timber floor panels span between the timber shear walls at the building core and the perimeter columns. The wood primary structural members are...

When Architectural Vision Goes Very, Very Cold

by CC IT | Jun 13, 2013 | Construction Takeoff and Estimating Software

The Halley VI station on the Antartic ice sheet, designed by Hugh Broughton Architects Credit: British Antarctic Survey June marks the start of winter for half of the world. But while Americans sample gelato and sprawl on beaches, researchers and staff at the Halley...

HGA and Acoustic Dimensions Design a Versatile Performance Space for Macalester College

by CC IT | Jun 13, 2013 | Construction Takeoff and Estimating Software

At Macalester College, Minneapolis-based HGA Architects and Engineers collaborated with acoustician David Kahn to renovate a 350-seat concert hall that can be tuned for each performance. Credit: Paul Crosby Goethe famously compared architecture to “frozen music,”...

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Spanish Train Station Transformed Into Gorgeous Daylit Office for Casa Mediterraneo

Tiny Off-Grid Hawk House has Soaring Views of the Big Sur Mountains

Digital Grotesque: World’s First Full-Size 3D-Printed Room to be Unveiled Next Month

Super Resilient DesertSol House by Team Las Vegas Captures the Mojave Desert’s Sun and Soul

Vertical Forest Building in Vancouver Features an Innovative Energy-Efficient Facade

Has a Seattle Building Discovered the Secret to Making Stairs Irresistible?

Ancient Roman Concrete Is About to Revolutionize Modern Architecture

SOM on Taking Timber Towers from Tall Tales to Reality

When Architectural Vision Goes Very, Very Cold

HGA and Acoustic Dimensions Design a Versatile Performance Space for Macalester College

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