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Style Meets Safety with Fire Rated Glass Fences

BD+C

Style Meets Safety with Fire Rated Glass Fences 1 kcichowicz Thu, 09/21/2023 - 12:53 SAFTI FIRST For homes and developments built near or in wildland-urban interface (WUI) areas and designated fire zones, fire rated glass fences introduce a remarkable innovation that seamlessly combines safety and aesthetics.

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8 strategies for multifamily passive house design projects

BD+C

With the right approach, passive house strategies can help our clients serve their market, while leading us to efficient, healthy, and resilient multifamily dwellings. acre semi-urban, mixed-use redevelopment. At Northland Newton Development, our team designed four residential passive house buildings within a larger complex.

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Revealing the Past: The Importance of Property Surveys

Wolgast Corporation

Easements – if there are any property easements from the utility company or other entities that could potentially cause a problem with your using it the way you intended. Zoning – oftentimes, a property can be rezoned (trickier in a residential area) but having to rezone can add time and expense.

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Passive House is “In” in 2017

Green Building Law Update

Buildings utilizing the Passive House standard use dramatically less energy than typical buildings due to a high level of insulation, high-performance windows, an airtight building enclosure, minimized thermal bridges, and continuous ventilation with energy recovery. Information is available from events@psssivehousecal.org.

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Style Meets Safety with Fire Rated Glass Fences  

Safti First

For homes and developments built near or in wildland-urban interface (WUI) areas and designated fire zones, fire rated glass fences introduce a remarkable innovation that seamlessly combines safety and aesthetics. For more information, visit us at www.safti.com or give us a call at 888.653.3333.

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When office-to-residential conversion works

BD+C

When office-to-residential conversion works 0 qpurcell Wed, 06/28/2023 - 13:29 Office Buildings The cost and design challenges involved with office-to-residential conversions can be daunting; designers need to devise creative uses to fully utilize the space. Zoned business districts cease to function after 6 p.m.”

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Custom Home: A Modern Design of Light and Magic

Pro Builder

Built on the site of the client’s boyhood home, the design borrows from that past while establishing a modern future for the client and his family, while also applying lessons in creative ways to manage restrictive municipal zoning requirements and daylight access rules, with sometimes surprising results. A Warmer Spin on Modern Architecture.

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