Irving Smith Jack Architects Ltd in Nelson, New Zealand

The Irving Smith Jack Architects Ltd designed by Irving Smith Jack Architects Ltd is located in Irving Smith Jack Architects Ltd.  The Nelson region includes a substantial resource of plantation timber and a timber laminating plant which produces engineered timber with enhanced structural properties. Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) is a sustainable resource that allows for prefabrication, transportation... 

Tags: Architecture, Composite materials, Construction, Engineered wood, Engineering, Environment, Irving Smith Jack Architects Ltd, Laminated veneer lumber, Lumber, Structural system, Timber framing, Timber roof trusses, transportation, Truss, Wood

Canada Line – Olympic Village SkyTrain Station in Vancouver, Canada

The Canada Line – Olympic Village SkyTrain Station designed by Stantec Architecture Ltd is located in Vancouver, Canada.  Olympic Village is one of 16 stations on the new Canada Line that provides transportation between downtown Vancouver with the Vancouver International Airport and Richmond. The station is located on the south side of Vancouver’s False Creek at the foot of the Cambie Street... 

Tags: British Columbia, Cambie Street, Cambie Street Bridge, Canada, Canada Line, Downtown Vancouver, False Creek, Olympic Village SkyTrain Station, Olympic Village Station, Provinces and territories of Canada, Richmond British Columbia, SkyTrain, Stantec Architecture Ltd, Stantec Inc., steel, transportation, Vancouver, Vancouver International Airport

Nelson Mandela Bay Arena in Port Elizabeth, South Africa

The Nelson Mandela Bay Arena is located in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.  It is sad that the beautiful sweep of Algoa Bay and the nostalgic High Victorian seaside terraces of Donkin Street, Port Elizabeth, have been largely lost among poorly-planned Apartheid-era townships and freeways and an unsightly industrial sprawl. Set to change this is the construction of a 46,000 capacity stadium for the 2010... 

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Convention Centre Dublin in Dublin, Ireland

Located in Dublin, Ireland, Designed by Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates LLC, The Convention Centre Dublin (CCD) is Ireland’s new world-class, purpose-built international conference and event venue located in Spencer Dock. Its stunning design includes a unique glass-fronted atrium running the full height of the building which gives visitors panoramic views of the River Liffey, Dublin’s... 

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Folkart Narlidere Housing in Izmir, Turkey

Folkart Narlidere designed by Emre Arolat Mimarlik Ltd. Sti. located in Izmir, Turkey approaches the topographic situation of the site with the search for urban characteristics such as existing structural pattern, transportation, density and the sociological balances of the region. Constructional filters, that were constituted by thinking of future relationships of the target users with the environment,... 

Tags: Amorphous solid, Electronic filter, Emre Arolat Mimarlik Ltd., Engineering, Filter, Filter theory, Izmir, Optical filters, Photographic filter, Physics, Technology, transportation, Turkey