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Exploiting the virtues of metal fabric in rooftop design

Construction Specifier

Photos courtesy GKD Metal Fabrics. However, designing exterior architectural features can be challenging, as natural elements such as wind, rain, and snow test even the most durable materials. Manufacturers can provide a wide array of weave patterns, alloys, and color coatings to dramatically change the appearance using metal fabric.

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Introduction of Bamboo | Advantages & Disadvantages of Bamboo | Bamboo Uses in Construction | Properties of Bamboo as a Construction Material | Bamboo Architecture

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In this article, you will get to know about the uses of bamboo as a construction material and different properties of bamboo. Bamboo Architecture. Bamboo is very popular and widely used material in bamboo architecture and design. Bamboo architecture is very popular nowadays and widely used in the construction of the building.

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The rebirth of suspended (drop-in) grid luminous ceilings

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Miller, CDT A suspended (drop-in) luminous grid ceiling is a multi-functional architectural element that forms a major decorative surface. While there are other types of luminous ceilings, such as stretched fabric, suspended grid ceilings offer the highest versatility and functionality, while being an affordable option.

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CAD Shack: Revit Parameters - AUGIWorld Article

CAD Shack

Revit Parameters - AUGIWorld Article. I have an article in the current issue of AUGIWorld. Check out page 20 for how you can assign MEP scheduled parameters to items placed in the architectural model. We have already been asked by one of our consultants to use their MEP content in our Architectural model. Shackelford.

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The Cambridge Central Mosque

Natural Building

Domes are significant in Islamic culture and symbolize heaven and earth, making them a common addition to sacred architecture. ” The walls of the mosque contain a message formed by bricks in square Kufic calligraphy writing – a style of Arabic script traditionally used for transcribing the Quran and for architectural decoration. .”

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Adobe Homes.

Natural Building

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. One of the more unique aspects of their system is the use of specialized molds for fabricating the blocks.

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Using Tree Forks as Load-Bearing Joints

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She and her team have developed a six-step “design-to-fabrication workflow” that combines natural structures such as tree forks with the digital and computational tools now used in architectural design. A typical architectural design is filled with Y-shaped nodes where three straight elements meet up to support a critical load.