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Kengo Kuma, the architect behind Tokyo’s new and controversial Olympic National Stadium

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A humble pineapple cake shop may, in architectural terms, be rather removed from an elaborate Olympic Stadium. I’ve even managed to arrange a stay at the luxurious, Kuma-designed Capitol Tokyu Hotel in Akasaka with its arresting and unmistakably Japanese lobby and standalone, pavilion-like restaurant.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Papercrete.

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. Kelly has lived in an earthbag/papercrete home that he built and consults about sustainable building design.

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

Building Information Management

2M Design Consultants, Inc. 360 Architecture. 4240 architecture. Albertin Vernon Architecture LLC. Alfandre Architecture, PC. Alpar Architectural Products. Campagna/Architecture + Planning PLLC. Bork Architectural Design, Inc. BRAZEN Architecture INC. Catherine Hall Designs, LLC.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Texas – Innovation Moves Front And Center In Austin

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Every year, tens of thousands of people descend on the city for South by Southwest (SXSW), a nine-day stretch of festivals and conferences designed to highlight the hottest new entrants in the world of music, film and technology. serves the world’s most innovative electronics companies with analog and digital semiconductor design.

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A Primer on MasterFormat & Improving Construction Project Collaboration

Building Information Management

It remains the leading standardized data architecture for organizing line item construction cost data, construction specifications, and similar information. 00 41 53 Bid Form – Design/Build (Single-Prime Contract). 00 41 56 Bid Form – Design/Build (Multiple-Prime Contract). design/negotiate/build).

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A Primer on MasterFormat & Improving Construction Project Collaboration

Building Information Management

It remains the leading standardized data architecture for organizing line item construction cost data, construction specifications, and similar information. 00 41 53 Bid Form – Design/Build (Single-Prime Contract). 00 41 56 Bid Form – Design/Build (Multiple-Prime Contract). design/negotiate/build).

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The Future of the Built Environment in 2019

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Here, our interdisciplinary team of sustainability consultants, engineers, designers, and project managers share sound bite insights on what 2019 is shaping up to be all about. Not just in design and construction, but in operations as well. As the New Carbon Architecture notes, “it’s a solar-powered carbon sequestration machine.”.