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Virtual reality as a tool for sustainable design

Construction Specifier

Recent developments in virtual reality (VR) technology allow for the visualization of unbuilt information as full-scale occupiable environments, providing previously unavailable insight to designers, clients, and other stakeholders. BIM to VR for spatial visualization. Image © Amber Bartosh.

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The growing demand for transparency in buildings

Construction Specifier

This includes building controls, lighting, electrical and digital infrastructure, audio/visual (A/V), and other aspects of the structure. There are options for LEED certification for nearly all building types, and the focus of the rating system is on creating “healthy, highly efficient, and cost-saving green buildings.”

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Architectural ‘Frankenstein’ features breakthrough sustainable design

BD+C

Architectural ‘Frankenstein’ features breakthrough sustainable design 0 qpurcell Mon, 10/23/2023 - 10:53 Government Buildings The General Services Administration (GSA) has embraced adaptive reuse with Building 48, an exciting workplace project that sets new precedents for how the federal government will approach sustainable design.

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Fire-rated curtain wall supports Maine environmental center’s green goals

Construction Specifier

Along with sustainable aesthetics, the center sought to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certification. However, many opaque forms of standard fire-rated building materials, like concrete and gypsum, limit light transfer and views—both of which are essential to LEED Platinum certification.

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Building a Performance Model

Pro Builder

First, those at the front would need to be architecturally correct, with the same sizes and shapes as the old ones. First, they manufacture all windows to-order, and were able to make the new windows at the front gable visually indistinguishable from the originals. And those at both ends needed better glass. sponsored.

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Behind the Build: Interview with Gabriela Celi, Head of Innovation, Research, and Development, SEMAICA

Autodesk Construction Cloud

So, besides my bachelor’s degree in architecture I got a minor in universal history and took, for example, art, language, and administration courses. Even while studying architecture, I didn’t receive many construction classes, but I still learned a lot. In the beginning, I was the only person in the architectural division.

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2016 - National Winner: JASPER PLACE LIBRARY - Edmonton, AB

SAB Magazine

The bold sculptural form makes this library an enchanting focal point in an otherwise visually unremarkable suburban community.