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A subtropical climate vegetated roof (SCV roof) is a type of green building practice that employs a planted soil media installed above a waterproof roof deck to obtain environmental benefits and address sustainability concerns, similar to traditional green roofs located in northern continental United States. Soil media, plant palettes, and ...
It was not love at first sight for Amy Studebaker and her family’s would-be St. Louis house. Rather, it was pure weariness and nagging potential that won her over. Rather, it was pure weariness ...
Coles was the Langston Hughes Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Kansas in 1989, where he delivered the lecture "Black Architects, An Endangered Species" which was later published in Progressive Architecture Magazine. In 1990-1995, Coles was an Associate Professor of Architecture at Carnegie Mellon University. [7]
The 2009 Federal Roofing Tax Credit is part of a twofold plan rolled out by the US federal government.The first goal was intended to stimulate the economy by motivating Americans to replace their roofs with more energy efficient roofs, thereby creating jobs by increasing the demand for labor in the roofing, manufacturing, and construction industries.
The Architect Registration Examination (ARE) is the professional licensure examination adopted by the 50 states of the United States, the District of Columbia, and four U.S. territories (Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands).
The educational program at Princeton under Professor Jean Labatut, who offered provocative design studios within a Beaux-Arts pedagogical framework, [6] was a key factor in Venturi's development of an approach to architectural theory and design that drew from architectural history and commercial architecture in analytical, as opposed to ...
Good structural design is important in most building designs, but particularly for skyscrapers since even a small chance of catastrophic failure is unacceptable given the high prices of construction and potential risk to human life on a massive scale, as seen in the Surfside condominium collapse of 2021. This presents a paradox to civil ...