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Designers Take a More Holistic Approach to Home Wellness Features

Pro Builder

Apart from strictly health-conscious design focused on sanitation and hygiene, homeowners are taking a more holistic approach to their well-being, incorporating biophilic elements and retreat spaces, such as home gyms and meditation rooms, into their floor plans. Read more Home Design Trends Environmental Home Design

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Concrete mix design

GCP Applied Technologies

Concrete mix design. This article also addresses issues with air entrainment, high-strength concrete (HSC), and considering certain project performance requirements when designing the proper mix. Topics include: Concrete mix designs by project. Determining how to use the correct mix design. Design Advantage.

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Concrete mix design

GCP Applied Technologies

Concrete mix design. This article also addresses issues with air entrainment, high-strength concrete (HSC), and considering certain project performance requirements when designing the proper mix. Topics include: Concrete mix designs by project. Determining how to use the correct mix design. Design Advantage.

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Nation's first 'food forest' planned in Seattle

BD+C

Seattle''s Beacon Food Forest project is transforming a seven-acre lot in the city’s Beacon Hill neighborhood into a self-sustaining, edible public park. Architects New Project Portfolios Sustainable Development Designers Cultural Facilities Engineers Designers / Specifiers / Landscape Architects Green Sustainability'

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3 affordable housing projects that serve as social catalysts

BD+C

Trish Donnally MFPRO+ Blog Higher Education University Buildings Multifamily Housing Affordable Housing Senior Living Design Student Housing Designers Architects Projects Sustainable Development To say the United States is facing an affordable housing crisis is a major understatement. That’s what earns public trust.”

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CEU Article: Designing buildings for real performance

SAB Magazine

The next great leap in the design of sustainable buildings is measuring and reporting the operational building performance. Traditionally design teams have ensured buildings are built as designed but have had limited involvement in the operation of a building.

Design 75
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First look: Revised plan for Amazon's Seattle HQ and 'biodome'

BD+C

NBBJ has released renderings of a revised plan for Amazon ''s new three-block headquarters in Seattle. Architects Sustainable Design and Construction Building Owner Contractors Designers Engineers Facility Managers Office Building' Varied botanical zones will be created, based on diverse climate patterns.

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